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Questioning crime: social harms and global issues
Society, Politics & Law

Questioning crime: social harms and global issues

...think critically about the strengths and limitations of criminology as a subject area...This free course, Questioning crime: social harms and global issues, introduces the concept of social harm as an alternative to the more familiar concept of 'crime' as a basis for studying aspects of the social world which are damaging or harmful. In doing so, it will encourage you to...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training (GICAST) Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training (GICAST)

...think we should make a completely general global hypertext system, the very proper answer at CERN was, well, that's fine, but it's not what we're here for. So in fact, it was only because my boss, Mike Sandel, who had a sort of twinkle in his eye, and thought, hm, I don't know what exactly this is about, but I have a feeling that it sounds kind of exciting. And he said,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...think about and draw from extensive research to highlight the skills that are involved. The course is relevant for social workers who are already qualified and those who are students. Ideas from the course may also be helpful to other health and social care practitioners who want to learn about writing in their practice. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds
History & The Arts

The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds

...think. I'm afraid that even then when I was some sort of, well at least a weekend hippie I found this Edenic injunction to get back to the garden rather at odds with the prosaic suburban reality of gardening in the UK. Interested in the Social Sciences? Find out about Open University courses But that's very much the sort of sniffy attitude which is strenuously attacked in...
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Article 15 mins
Exploring depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring depression

...thinking specifically about the questions the second time around, or you can review the questions as you watch the video from the start. Choose whichever approach suits you best. ANDREW SOLOMON: 'I felt a funeral in my brain, and mourners to and fro kept treading, treading, till I felt that sense was breaking through and when they all were seated, a service, like a drum...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
The Magic of Meteorites
Science, Maths & Technology

The Magic of Meteorites

...System. Transcript Image/ footage attribution and thanks to: Video of fireball meteor CC BY-SA 4.0 from 28 February 2021 at 9:55PM: https://ukmeteornetwork.co.uk/ Meteorite in ice: © Katherine Joy / The University of Manchester https://ukantarcticmeteorites.wordpress.com/ Fireball trajectory: © Google Earth Solar System schematic CC BY-SA 4.0: Universe Today Asteroid...
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Article 10 mins
The Next Big Thing: Nanotechnology
Science, Maths & Technology

The Next Big Thing: Nanotechnology

...systems to fabricate machines that will destroy cancer cells in the body, giving us nano-drugs of the future; and IBM is using nano-technology for information storage on a molecular scale. There are many other applications which will have a significant impact on the way we live. This album also provides an introduction to quantum computing and quantum mechanics. The...
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Audio 28 mins
The Art of Breathing
Science, Maths & Technology

The Art of Breathing

...system during a stressful situation? Whether stress is physical or emotional, the ancient “fight or flight” response is triggered. Physiologically, this can lead to the stress-related diseases which are getting more common in the West, so track 3 looks at the Eastern tradition of yoga, which recognises that controlling the breath is key to retaining health of mind as...
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Audio 53 mins