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Exploring issues in women's health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring issues in women's health

...free course, Exploring issues in women's health, will introduce social model approaches to health and wellbeing, which take as their starting point not the scientific context of the body, but the social context in which women live. The focus is on women and the impact of social and cultural factors on women's health. The course touches on various issues concerning women's...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Marketing communications as a strategic function
Money & Business

Marketing communications as a strategic function

...free course, Marketing communications as a strategic function, emphasises the strategic importance of such communication and its long-term effect on consumers. Communication models can act as a predictive guide, but in the end it is important to recognise the autonomy and unpredictability of consumers...Marketing communications help to define an organisation's...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...free course aimed at helping individual performers, ensembles and organisations within the classical music industry to diversify their repertoire by including more works by women composers. The 6-week course considers the male-dominated nature of the contemporary classical music industry and how to programme more women. It offers practical advice on diverse programming,...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Think like a scientist
Science, Maths & Technology

Think like a scientist

...free courses Basic Science: Understanding Experiments and Basic Science: Understanding Numbers available from OpenLearn. http://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses... How to present your results A graph is a great way of telling a story with numbers but the same data can be presented using different ways. So how do you choose the right type of graph to use? Making it all...
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Video 49 mins
A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)
Education & Development

A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)

...free course, A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora), will support anyone based in an education setting to develop an understanding of effective mentoring of beginner teachers in the initial teacher education and newly qualified phases. It has been designed using the experiences of colleagues working within the Welsh education system, but the messages about the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Form and uses of language
History & The Arts

Form and uses of language

...free course, Form and uses of language, we will consider how language can be used in different ways for different purposes. To do this we will use the theme of memorial and commemoration. In the first section we briefly discuss the life of the poet Siegfried Sassoon before examining both his poetry and his prose. Through this we will see how Sassoon conveys meaning in...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...free course, Why maps are made, looks at how we read and evaluate the information in maps and assesses the values embedded within them. From mental maps to public transport and street maps: how do they affect your life?...Cars have sat nav systems, mobile phones use GPS: maps are important in everyday life whether captured by aerial photography, satellite imagery or...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...free course, Getting started on ancient Greek, offers a taster of the ancient Greek world through the study of one of its most distinctive and enduring features: its language. The course approaches the language methodically, starting with the alphabet and effective ways to memorise it, before building up to complete Greek words and sentences. Along the way, you will see...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs