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Public health approaches to infectious disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Public health approaches to infectious disease

...children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where pneumonia and diarrhoeal diseases are the two largest causes of death among those under five years old. The aim of the course is to give you clear insights and memorable examples of: the importance of surveillance and mapping of infectious disease outbreaks in human populations and their impact on human lives the...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Creativity, community and ICT
Education & Development

Creativity, community and ICT

...children to acquire certain amounts of ‘statutory’ know-how before leaving a particular key stage. Research also suggests, however, that in settings where creativity is valued, and where creative processes are themselves the subject of learning, teachers and learners begin collectively to share and develop purposes and activities commonly ascribed to ‘creative’...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
David Lucey
Education & Development

David Lucey

...centre. I wanted to learn about new things to get a clearer picture of what fields of interest I might be interested in pursuing in the future, without having to pay while figuring it out!’ After being out of the classroom environment for 15 years or more, it also gave David a chance to get used to studying again, something familiar to many learners on the site. ‘A...
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Design and Creativity
Science, Maths & Technology

Design and Creativity

...research and make design decisions. This material forms part of The Open University course T211 Design and designing... Design and Creativity A short introduction to this album. New Designs: Charger Harnessing the power of technology: a designer talks about developing and testing a new charger that turns kinetic energy into electricity. New Designs: Postmobile Design for...
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How race, gender, age and class affects the way people are perceived
Health, Sports & Psychology

How race, gender, age and class affects the way people are perceived

...research evidence, including: 1. ‘There’s evidence that working-class boys might be disadvantaged in the school system.’ 2. ‘Certain groups are more likely to be stopped and searched by the police.’ 3. ‘It’s a popular myth that self-harm only affects teenage girls.’ 4. ‘Doctors are more likely to diagnose women as depressed and refer them to...
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Article 10 mins
From boom to bust: the AI winter
Digital & Computing

From boom to bust: the AI winter

...researchers in the World, the project turned out to be a failure. According to legend, one high-profile demonstration translated the English phrase: "the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” into Russian and then back into English to produce: "the vodka is good, but the meat is rotten”. One of highest profile failures of this first wave of AI lay the perceptron....
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Crimes of the powerful
Society, Politics & Law

Crimes of the powerful

...research agendas by considering the difficulties associated with conducting research on crimes of the powerful...This free course examines the complexities of, and barriers to, setting new criminological research agendas by considering the difficulties associated with conducting research on crimes of the powerful....Crimes of the powerful: Introduction - This free course...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change

...Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) National Centre for Scientific Research, France. participant RH: So this is Jean-Pierre Gattuso. Where are you from? JPG: Villefranche-sur-Mer. RH: Jean-Pierre, what sort of a state are the oceans in as result of our CO2 emissions? JPG: The CO2 emissions trigger two major changes, that is the warming of the water because...
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