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Diversity in religion: Islam
History & The Arts

Diversity in religion: Islam

...free course was written by Hugh Beattie. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Supporting university students with a mental health condition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting university students with a mental health condition

...free OpenLearn course Teaching and learning tricky topics useful...Supporting university students with a mental health condition: References - Baik, C., Larcombe, W. and Brooker, A. (2019) ‘How universities can enhance student mental wellbeing: The student perspective’. Higher Education Research & Development, 38(4), pp. 674–87. Brown, P. (2016) ‘The invisible...
International relations: exploring territorial divisions
Society, Politics & Law

International relations: exploring territorial divisions

...free course was written by Edward Wastnidge. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is...
Why study languages?
Languages

Why study languages?

...free course, Why study languages?, is an introduction to the differences in culture and language about which we all need to be aware. There are 10 independent sections: any selection of them can be studied in any order. Some are about why knowledge of other languages and cultures can be important; others are about what it's like to study a foreign language or to have a...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introducing Homer's Iliad
History & The Arts

Introducing Homer's Iliad

...free course, Introducing Homer's Iliad, focuses on the epic poem telling the story of the Trojan War. It begins with the wider cycle of myths of which the Iliad was a part. It then looks at the story of the poem itself and its major theme of Achilles' anger, in particular in the first seven lines. It examines some of the characteristic features of the text: metre, word...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Physical activity: a family affair
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity: a family affair

...free course, Physical activity: a family affair, aims to explore the effects that the family has on the amount and nature of physical activity a child participates in. The beliefs and behaviours of the family environment are the key psycho-social factors we investigate here...This free course, Physical activity: a family affair, aims to explore the effects that the family...
Understanding different research perspectives
Money & Business

Understanding different research perspectives

...free course, Understanding different research perspectives, explores the development of the research process looking at the different perspectives from which an issue or phenomenon can be investigated; and highlights the main methodologies that can be used to investigate a business issue. By looking at different perspectives/approaches to issues and phenomena, different...
Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...free course, Understanding economic inequality, explores the causes of economic inequality in modern times and its consequences for success for the economy. The course will encourage you to reflect on your personal experiences of inequality before looking at how the issue is approached in economics. You will study some of the different dimensions of economic inequality,...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs