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Exploring the history of prisoner education Badge icon
History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...out: all the MPs were men; they were also gentlemen who did not need a salary; there were much fewer of them than there are today. Why was legislation passed for England and Wales and not for Scotland and Ireland? The particular penal and educational circumstances of each nation provide an answer. In 1823, there was no national system of elementary education in England...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The search for water on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

The search for water on Mars

...out more about how scientists have found evidence for water in the red planet’s past and present, and what this might mean for the possibility of life beyond Earth...The possibility of water on Mars has captured human imagination for over a century. In this free course, The Search for Water on Mars, find out more about how scientists have found evidence for water in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introducing consciousness
History & The Arts

Introducing consciousness

...out this short survey...Introducing consciousness: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: discuss basic philosophical questions concerning the nature of consciousness understand problems concerning the nature of consciousness and discuss them in a philosophical way...Introducing consciousness: 1 Consciousness - Consciousness: The having of...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Public health approaches to infectious disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Public health approaches to infectious disease

...out when the long rains end. Slide 7 (02:45) Animals are vital to the rural economy, but close proximity to their domestic animals exposes the rural population to infectious diseases with reservoirs in animal hosts, particularly intestinal parasites and the bacteria causing diarrhoeal diseases. Slide 8 (03:05) Most farming is done by hand or with simple ploughs pulled by...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Engaging with children and young people
Money & Business

Engaging with children and young people

...out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights that all children everywhere are entitled to. It also explains how adults and governments must work together to make sure all children can enjoy all their rights. Every child has rights, whatever their ethnicity, gender, religion, language, abilities or any other status. The Convention must be seen as a whole:...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Accessibility of eLearning
Education & Development

Accessibility of eLearning

...out word by word and there is no equivalent of the visual glance...Accessibility of eLearning: 2.3 Text to speech - Text-to-speech software applications read selected areas of text aloud to the user, and are usually used by people with dyslexia or less severe vision impairment who can navigate by means of the visual cursor but who need help with reading longer passages of...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Understanding management: I'm managing thank you!
Money & Business

Understanding management: I'm managing thank you!

...out as a way of managing the operations of an organisation, i.e. its main activities. F.W. Taylor (1856–1917) was a mechanical engineer who spent most of his working life in the US steel industry. He began his career as a labourer and rose to eventually become Chief Engineer for a large steel manufacturer, before finally becoming a freelance writer and consultant. Most...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...out. In her once familiar street, as in any unused channel, an unfamiliar queerness had silted up; a cat wove itself in and out of railings, but no human eye watched Mrs. Drover’s return.” (p.1) From the opening of the short story, Bowen develops a sense of unease. The scene is vivid, a domestic setting of 1940s London that would be familiar to both Mrs. Drover and...
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