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Attention
Society, Politics & Law

Attention

...work through the subject, two basic issues will emerge. One is concerned with the mechanisms of attention, and raises questions such as: How much material can we take in at once? What happens to information to which we did not attend? In what circumstances does attention fail, allowing unwanted information to influence or distract us? The other theme has a more...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...work? Vaccination is a free course that will help those with a background in biology understand the historical development of vaccination, assess the various types of vaccines used today, examine their production and explore the limitations that are placed on vaccination programmes...Vaccinations are now considered a part of everyday life, but how do they work?...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Rights and justice in international relations
Society, Politics & Law

Rights and justice in international relations

...working definitions previously outlined are used to think about the impact that notions of rights and justice can have on international relations. In the concluding section (Section 7), we consider the future of rights and justice in the international realm. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DU301 A world of whose making?...Rights...
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Level 3: Advanced 13 hrs
Matt Ridley - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Matt Ridley - Stories of Change

...working for The Economist, and I was alarmed. I looked at the numbers people were saying, I looked at the increasing carbon dioxide levels, looked at the Jani equation for how much warming this was likely to produce, and reported it straight, as it were, as a very alarming prospect. I became a little more sceptical in the nineties when I began to look into the science a...
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Approaching plays
History & The Arts

Approaching plays

...work to create tension and conflict? Discussion I think it does. We are told that the girls are aged 16 and 12, but there is no clear sense of the older girl taking charge of the younger one. Questions are asked and not answered immediately, actions are proposed and are met by objections. The prevailing tone is set by Angie's first speech: ‘Wish she was dead’....
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Judicial decision making
Society, Politics & Law

Judicial decision making

...working out from the evidence where the truth lies is generally known as fact-finding. There are some instances when the opposing parties are agreed on the facts, but these are quite rare. Generally, one side makes claims that the other side disagrees with, so the court has first to decide where it thinks the truth lies. A legal dispute often comes to court some time...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Getting started with French 3
Languages

Getting started with French 3

...work in one go. You then get the opportunity to revise vocabulary and language structures, to review quickly what you did last time and above all to practise and consolidate. For example, by listening several times to the same recording, you will learn vocabulary and perfect your accent for the speaking activities. After completing this course, you will be able to: ask...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The psychology of cybercrime
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of cybercrime

...work purposes. But I think, yeah, constantly, it's the first thing you check when you get up to see what's been going on the night before or, so that sort of stuff. So I think, yeah definitely, I'm quite a heavy Facebook user, if you like. NOEL I look things up. I occasionally order things on the internet. I am on Facebook. I'm not on Twitter. When I was working with...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs