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Passports: identity and airports
Society, Politics & Law

Passports: identity and airports

...free course, Passports: identity and airports, offers a sociological analysis of the modern airport. Using a lively mixture of videos, interactive exercises and readings, the course explores how the social world of the airport is made and maintained. In particular, it investigates how the processes that constitute this world - queuing, check in, security clearance, moving...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Sporting women in the media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sporting women in the media

...free course, Sporting women in the media, explores whether gendered inequalities exist in sport by evaluating the media coverage. The media can be highly influential in shaping perceptions about gender in sport and headlines indicative of differences in how male and female athletes are regarded in the media. In the course you’ll examine messages that the media send us...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution
History & The Arts

Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution

...free course you will study the ideas of philosopher Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986). In doing so you will also briefly study the philosophy of Beauvoir’s lifelong partner, philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. The type of philosophy that links them is called ‘existentialism’. Beauvoir and Sartre are the foremost philosophers of French existentialism. You will read extracts...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
An introduction to web applications architecture
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to web applications architecture

...free course, An introduction to web applications architecture, provides an overview of the design and implementation of computer software that runs on web servers, instead of those running solely on desktop computers, laptops or mobile devices...This free course, An introduction to web applications architecture, provides an overview of the design and implementation of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Lead and manage change in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lead and manage change in health and social care

...free course, How to manage change in health and social care, you will explore the role of managers in the change process and the skills required for managing and leading change in health and social care work...Change is everywhere in health and social care work and can evoke a variety of emotions, from excitement and eager anticipation, to fear and outright hostility. In...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Collective leadership
Money & Business

Collective leadership

...free course, Collective leadership, will give you an insight into the importance of how to be a more effective leader, and how to better engage and work with ‘followers’ in an organisational setting...This free course, Collective leadership, will give you an insight into the importance of how to be a more effective leader, and how to better engage and work with...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Studying mammals: The opportunists
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The opportunists

...free course, Studying mammals: The opportunists, examines the physiology, diet and strategies of some of these opportunistic feeders. It is the sixth course in the Studying mammals series...Many mammals are food specialists, with complex adaptations that gear them toward a particular food source. So how do the omnivores survive and prosper without these fancy evolutionary...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
School business manager: Developing the role
Education & Development

School business manager: Developing the role

...free course, School business manager: Developing the role, will look at how you, an existing or aspiring business manager, can work effectively to support school activities and stakeholders, and in particular how you can support and manage aspects of the change agenda in your school to improve teaching and learning outcomes...There is an ongoing revolution in the running...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs