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George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Society, Politics & Law

George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four

...free short course will provide you with an introduction to the main themes of Nineteen Eighty-Four. You will focus on the distinctive language and terminology Orwell used. You will understand the connections between some key events in Orwell’s life and the political ideas which underpin Nineteen Eighty-Four. You will also see how Orwell foreshadowed some of the issues...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Veiling
History & The Arts

Veiling

...free course explores controversies associated with the practice of 'veiling' within Islam. The Islamic 'veil', be it in the form of the hijab, niqab, jilbab or burqa (we shall explore this terminology in more detail later), has been at the centre of many different controversies. Many of these controversies can be understood in the context of debates about different...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Meiosis and mitosis
Science, Maths & Technology

Meiosis and mitosis

...free course, Meiosis and mitosis, looks at how units of inheritance are transmitted from one generation to the next. First you will look at what happens to the chromosomes of animals and plants during the process of sexual reproduction. Then you will examine how genes are transmitted in particular patterns from generation to generation. These two approaches combine to...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Science and society: A career and professional development course
Education & Development

Science and society: A career and professional development course

...course, is a free course that explores this further...Scientists throughout the world are increasingly interested in the relationship between science and society. Part of their concern is with the social responsibilities scientists have in relation to broader public interests. That raises important issues to do with the ethical and social dimension of scientists' work and...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Beginners’ Italian: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Italian: food and drink

...free course, Beginners' Italian: food and drink, focuses on buying drinks and snacks in an Italian café, as well as on greeting and introducing yourself in Italian. It does not require any previous knowledge of Italian...This free course, Beginners' Italian: food and drink, focuses on buying drinks and snacks in an Italian café, as well as on greeting and introducing...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Cyflwyniad i greu newid gwleidyddol a chymdeithasol
Society, Politics & Law

Cyflwyniad i greu newid gwleidyddol a chymdeithasol

...yn falch o wneud y trefniadau angenrheidiol ar y cyfle cyntaf. Peidiwch â cholli’r cyfle Os yw darllen y testun hwn wedi’ch ysbrydoli i ddysgu mwy, efallai y byddai gennych ddiddordeb mewn ymuno â’r miliynau o bobl sy’n dod o hyd i’n hadnoddau dysgu a’n cymwysterau am ddim drwy ymweld â’r Brifysgol Agored – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Bun-chùrsa mu bhith a’ dèanamh atharrachadh poilitigeach is sòisealta
Society, Politics & Law

Bun-chùrsa mu bhith a’ dèanamh atharrachadh poilitigeach is sòisealta

...free course explores how you can make change politically and socially, giving essential background information to get started, examples of inspiring changemakers, advice on how to have an impact both within and outside of traditional UK parliamentary politics, and the qualities needed to succeed...This course is also available in English and Welsh. Tha iomadh èiginn mu...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Evolution through natural selection
Nature & Environment

Evolution through natural selection

...free course, Evolution through natural selection, we describe the theory of evolution by natural selection as proposed by Charles Darwin in his book, first published in 1859, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. We will look at natural selection as Darwin did, taking inheritance for...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs