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Reading evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Reading evidence

...free course, Reading evidence, you will be focusing on the variety of methods for presenting and organising qualitative and quantitative evidence in the form of numbers and text. You will learn how to understand the ways in which evidence is presented and to read it actively and with purpose...What is active reading? It is reading with the aim of understanding and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...free course, Engineering: The nature of problems, we learn that engineers see the problems more as challenges and opportunities than as difficulties. What they appear to be doing is solving problems, but in fact they are busy creating solutions, an altogether more imaginative activity...Engineering is about extending the horizons of society by solving technical problems,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
The database development life cycle
Science, Maths & Technology

The database development life cycle

...free course, The database development life cycle, has been designed to give you an overview of the developmental lifecycle for a database system, explaining the importance of data analysis and highlighting how database development differs from traditional software development...No idea how relational database systems are constructed? Did you know that they underpin the...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Companies and financial accounting
Money & Business

Companies and financial accounting

...free course, Companies and financial accounting, introduces you to the legal characteristics of limited companies and how limited companies raise finance through ordinary shares and loan capital. It also introduces the interests of company stakeholders, and looks at three different perspectives on companies and their role in society. Finally, it introduces the formats of...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...free course, Studying mammals: The social climbers, you will find out about some of the characteristics that make them so like us: their physiology, complex social interactions, large brains and intelligence. This is the ninth course in the Studying mammals series...Monkeys have long fascinated us because of their similarities to the human race. In this free course,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
Money & Business

Quantitative and qualitative research in finance

...free course, Quantitative and qualitative research in finance, explores the underpinning methodologies, then looks at how research data are produced and how they are analysed. The course also includes case study interviews with active researchers and activities to help you understand data sources and sampling...What are the key features of qualitative and quantitative...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Social psychology and politics
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social psychology and politics

...free course, Social psychology and politics, moves away from a state-centric study of politics and, using insights from social psychology, explores the role of identity, personality and culture for political action. The course introduces a critical perspective considering how psychologists themselves can be activists and interrogating the norms of ‘good citizenship’...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Exploring philosophy: faking nature
History & The Arts

Exploring philosophy: faking nature

...free course, Exploring philosophy: faking nature, examines ‘the restoration thesis’, and provides an insight into philosophical study at postgraduate level...Commercial exploitation of nature, such as mining, fracking, or generating hydro-electric power, often damages the way the natural environment looks. What if the environment could be restored to exactly how it...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs