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The formation of exoplanets
Science, Maths & Technology

The formation of exoplanets

...studying its influence on a nearby astronomical source has also been applied to exoplanets and their host stars. However, exoplanets were expected to be extremely hard to observe in practice. Using the orbits and size of planets in our Solar System as a guide, the influence of an exoplanet on its host star was predicted to be very small. Indeed, it took until the late...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Energy in buildings
Nature & Environment

Energy in buildings

...study time. You will need a calculator handy (perhaps within your computer) to answer some of the course questions...Energy in buildings: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the main ways in which a house loses heat energy carry out basic U-value calculations for windows and insulation materials understand the factors...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Introduction to polymers
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to polymers

...study in Science...Introduction to polymers: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: isolate the key design features of a product which relate directly to the material(s) used in its construction indicate how the properties of polymeric materials can be exploited by a product designer describe the role of rubber-toughening in improving the...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...study in Arts and Humanities...Imagination: the missing mystery of philosophy: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: discuss basic philosophical questions concerning the imagination understand problems concerning the imagination and discuss them in a philosophical way...Imagination: the missing mystery of philosophy: 1 Imagination -...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Transport and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Transport and Sustainability

...studying the material in this course, you should be able to: outline the energy and environmental impacts of transport activities and their importance, and understand that behavioural changes have an important role in achieving transport sustainability carry out simple calculations on fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and running costs and understand the possible...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Language on the move: Migrating literature and Zachary Richard’s Cajun tales
Languages

Language on the move: Migrating literature and Zachary Richard’s Cajun tales

...and foreign influences are not purely unfavorable; they also entail a gain of other cultural traditions. Indeed, Cajun culture can only benefit from preserving its transnational outlook. This article was originally published in the European Journal of American Studies under a CC-BY licence. You can read the original, with footnotes and references, at the EJAS website....
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Article 15 mins
Ian Kershaw on Hitler's Place In History: The Lecture Podcast
History & The Arts

Ian Kershaw on Hitler's Place In History: The Lecture Podcast

...study purporting to ‘out’ Hitler as a homosexual has undermined that assumption. Another investigates the equally tenuous evidence that Hitler had contracted syphilis from a prostitute in Vienna in 1909 or 1910. The implication of such approaches, taken to logical absurdity, is plain. In the one case a Munich rent-boy, in the other a Viennese prostitute was to blame...
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Audio 45 mins
An introduction to web applications architecture
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to web applications architecture

...studying this course you should be able to: understand the development of web application architecture leading to a more modular approach sketch out the components that would be used in a range of approaches to web application architecture outline a range of benefits and potential problems associated with a specific approach to web application architecture contrast...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs