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Infection and immunity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Infection and immunity

...et al., 2008; note that ‘et al.’ indicates that there were several other authors) Less than 40 years before this woefully optimistic claim, at least 20 million people had died in 1918–19 from influenza, most of them young adults in the UK, USA and Europe. Public health officials in the USA in the 1940s were actively campaigning to halt the spread of tuberculosis...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness

...et al., 2013). The following video clip explains how numerous micro-expressions can involuntarily flicker across your face in 1/25th of a second. NARRATOR To navigate our increasingly complex social world, we need to learn to collaborate and cooperate with one another. And that means we must learn how to understand the needs and desires of others. GIRL And we’re done....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing the voluntary sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...et al., 2013, p. 306). In the context of the voluntary sector, voluntary organisations are often perceived to be particularly value-driven. Organisational values may be similar to the types of personal values you have explored so far this week such as helping others, showing compassion, making a difference and so on. They are usually expressed in a more collaborative way,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introduction to making political and social change
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to making political and social change

...et al, 2018). It can be understood in a minimal sense (activities which relate to ‘personal responsibility’, such as obeying the law and paying taxes), all the way to a maximal sense, focusing on combatting injustice in society, defined by Westheimer and Kahne (2004) as ‘justice orientated’ citizenship. It is clear there are different ‘levels’ of active...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...et al., 1995, p. 7) Now look at the passage for a second time, paying particular attention to the verbs used to represent past events or processes. These have been highlighted using italics. Make a note of whether each verb form is active or passive, who is the agent and who is ‘acted on’ by the action represented by the verb in each case. In the second text box, make...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Information technology: A new era?
Society, Politics & Law

Information technology: A new era?

...et al., 1998). As you read the list, consider how a new technology such as electricity or information technology fulfils each criterion. It must have a wide scope for improvement and elaboration. This means that the technology does not appear as a complete and final solution, but as a technology that can be improved through the different opportunities for technological...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Introducing key global development challenges
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing key global development challenges

...et in different ways. How do we negotiate conflicting interests? How should resources be managed? What can guarantee equality and fairness? What kind of good change do you want? Such challenges ask unsettling questions as well as promote alternative visions of what is meant by development...Global development requires thinking about social, economic, political, cultural...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy

...et al. (2018) ‘Observing the cell in its native state: Imaging subcellular dynamics in multicellular organisms’, Science, 360(6386), eaaq1392. Available at: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaq1392 (Accessed: 10 September 2025)...Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Katja Rietdorf and Ilias...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs