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The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...work, a significant proportion of the population needs to be immunised to achieve ‘herd immunity’ (estimated to be 95% for MMR by the World Health Organization). Scientifically (and politically) the small risk of an adverse reaction is seen as a price worth paying. Most governments acknowledge the inherent unfairness of this. In Britain, in the event of a serious...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease

...work on all modern browsers on both desktops and tablets. However, it is recommended that you complete the course on a desktop for better viewing of the sections and to enable integration of microscopy with the course text, images and videos in separate windows. This course is designed for students studying human biology at school or university, medical laboratory...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...working within an organisation. For example, you may have come across the story of the architect Christopher Wren when he was surveying the rebuilding of St Paul’s Cathedral after the Great Fire of London in 1666. Paraphrased, on encountering three stonemasons working on the rebuilding, he asked each the same question: ‘What are you doing?’ The reply from the first...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Teaching Spanish pronunciation
Languages

Teaching Spanish pronunciation

...working in the United Kingdom who wish to extend their theoretical knowledge on teaching Spanish pronunciation. It offers ideas and practical skills that can be used in the classroom, be that virtual or face-to-face. This course will explore intelligibility, fluency, foreign accent, language variation, articulation and acoustics. The course is suitable for all levels of...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Discovering music through listening
History & The Arts

Discovering music through listening

...work. The famous short-short-short-long rhythm can also be referred to as a motif as it can be traced throughout the whole symphony and helps to create its structure. Here’s another extract from the third movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony – can you hear the rhythmic motif? Audio 11: Beethoven, Fifth Symphony, Third movement, 15:49–16:19...Week 1: The element...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology

...work to extend knowledge still further, to technologists who will devise practical applications for scientific knowledge, and to the general public to raise awareness of scientific discovery. The way in which science is communicated to interested parties is especially important because scientific knowledge is useless if no one else can understand it. This free course,...
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables

...work!...Interpreting data: boxplots and tables: 1.4 Boxplot activity 2 - Activity 2 Boxplots of family sizes The table below contains data on the sizes (numbers of children) of the completed families of two samples of mothers in Ontario. One sample of mothers had had fewer years of education than the other sample (six years or less for mothers in the first sample, and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Transport and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Transport and Sustainability

...work. Why diesel engines have slightly higher energy efficiency than petrol engines. The reasons for the shift from petrol to diesel engines. 5 Petrol and diesel emissions Typical emissions of vehicles under ‘driving cycle’ and real-world conditions; ways to reduce NOx and particulate emissions. The importance of ‘real world’ emissions testing. The Volkswagen...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs