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Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction
History & The Arts

Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction

...free course you’ll examine one of Agatha Christie’s most significant works, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), and explore the evolution of British detective fiction in relation to Christie’s background, literary modernism and the development of middlebrow fiction...When we think of twentieth century literature as a popular cultural form, Agatha Christie...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...free course, Asset allocation in investment, portfolio optimisation techniques such as portfolio theory can be used to determine how much of an investor’s portfolio to put in each asset class. Portfolio theory can also be used to determine so-called model portfolios which offer optimised benchmarks for investors with the same objectives and constraints...This course...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
The family at the centre of early learning
Education & Development

The family at the centre of early learning

...free course, The family at the centre of early learning, focuses on the positive learning relationships that can exist in any family and how ordinary, everyday domestic activities can sustain learning. You will consider how the traditions and cultural practices of the community to which the family belongs filters through to the child’s experiences. In doing so you will...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Teaching secondary science
Education & Development

Teaching secondary science

...free course, Teaching secondary science, will identify and explore some of the key issues around science pedagogy in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on your practice as a science teacher and develop a greater awareness of the wider context of science education and how this affects science in the secondary school...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...free course, Population ageing: a global health crisis?, focuses on two major issues of our time – ageing societies and global health. It provides you with an introduction to ageing societies and their implications for global health – implications which are only just beginning to be fully understood. The course will help you to deepen your understanding of ageing...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The American Civil Rights Movement
History & The Arts

The American Civil Rights Movement

...free course, The American Civil Rights Movement, you will learn about the mass movement for racial equality in the United States that reached its zenith during the 1950s and 1960s. During this turbulent period in United States history, black Americans sought to overturn deeply entrenched systems of racial segregation and discrimination. This course discusses the key...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Digital innovation in social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Digital innovation in social care and social work

...free course, Digital innovation in social care and social work, explores how digital technology has made a difference, both to the social care sector and people living in their own communities. You will also learn about how incorporating technology in the home and in community settings has a range of benefits to people's wellbeing and ability to maintain independence in...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...free course, Children’s experiences with digital technologies, is an introduction to how children use digital technologies, such as mobile applications, digital games and computers, and what they learn from these experiences. The course draws on debates about screen time to critically examine and present evidence about the effects of digital technologies on children’s...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs