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Supporting children and young people's wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting children and young people's wellbeing

...free course, Supporting children and young people's wellbeing, looks at some of the broader concerns regarding wellbeing and the idea that children and young people today are increasingly reporting feelings of unhappiness. By completing the activities, you will be introduced to different ways of understanding children and young people’s wellbeing as well as a variety of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Astronomy: images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy: images of the Universe

...free course is an adapted extract from the Open University course S284 Astronomy...Modern astronomy utilises a range of techniques across the electromagnetic spectrum that allow astronomers to measure the brightness, size and shape of astronomical objects, as well as their structure in many cases. This free course enables you to explore multiwavelength images of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
How to be a critical reader
Languages

How to be a critical reader

...free course you will focus on how to be a critical reader. Reading critically is an essential skill at university. It means being aware of your own purposes and opinions as you read and being able to recognise the writer's purposes and opinions in their writing...In this free course you will focus on how to be a critical reader. Reading critically is an essential skill at...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Social psychology and politics
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social psychology and politics

...free course, Social psychology and politics, moves away from a state-centric study of politics and, using insights from social psychology, explores the role of identity, personality and culture for political action. The course introduces a critical perspective considering how psychologists themselves can be activists and interrogating the norms of ‘good citizenship’...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
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,...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Getting started with Italian 1
Languages

Getting started with Italian 1

...language skills...Week 2: Ordering at the bar: Acknowledgements - This free course was first published in December 2020. 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 and within the course is...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Companies and financial accounting
Money & Business

Companies and financial accounting

...free course, Companies and financial accounting, introduces you to the legal characteristics of limited companies and how limited companies raise finance through ordinary shares and loan capital. It also introduces the interests of company stakeholders, and looks at three different perspectives on companies and their role in society. Finally, it introduces the formats of...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
White dwarfs and neutron stars
Science, Maths & Technology

White dwarfs and neutron stars

...free course, White dwarfs and neutron stars, you will learn about how stars die, and about the structure and composition of white dwarfs and neutron stars. Throughout, you will use mathematics to calculate their properties and behaviour...Stars live their lives for millions or billions of years but will eventually die. Low mass stars (like the Sun) will end their lives...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs