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Inheritance of characters
Science, Maths & Technology

Inheritance of characters

...concepts and issues involved. Many thousands of genes have been discovered, including many that have roles in disease. These genes are scattered throughout the human genome. But what is the human genome? The physical appearance of the bulk of the human genome is 46 long, thin structures known as chromosomes. The genome of all individuals (with a few exceptions) looks like...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Children and young people: food and food marketing
Education & Development

Children and young people: food and food marketing

...concepts covered in this course...This free course, Children and young people: food and food marketing, examines food as a health issue and addresses children and young people’s agency and their rights. It addresses obesity, food marketing and also food as a way of expressing children’s and young people’s identities (family, class, cultural, generational)....
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...concepts. Emotions and feelings drive behaviour, are essential to maintaining good relationships and have close connection with mental health and wellbeing. Emotions stem from key structures in the limbic system of the brain and stimulate chemical reactions in our body. They are essentially unconscious processes designed to promote survival in instances where...
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Article 5 mins
Introducing public health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing public health

...concept of health. Activity 3: Thinking about your own health Timing: Allow 45 mins Take a few minutes to think about your health or the health of someone close to you (such as a friend, family member or partner). Write notes to the questions below in the word document provided. If you’re thinking about somebody else’s health, think about the questions from their...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age
History & The Arts

Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age

...concepts of digital research such as digitisation, metadata, ‘big data’, the FAIR principles, data wrangling, qualitative and quantitative analysis and knowledge infrastructures. While this course will not teach you how to use specific tools or programming languages, it will provide you with a good theoretical foundation upon which you can build more specialised...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency
Society, Politics & Law

Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency

...concept, and it is important to keep this in mind as you read further. In this course, we are going to follow this focus on disorderly behaviour by young people. We will trace two main lines of approach within the study of youthful misbehaviour: The first of these focuses on the search for the causes of delinquency: what makes young people (or some young people) behave...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction
Digital & Computing

Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction

...concepts being promoted by organisations. However, for the present we can translate the key actions of management into: Plan – anticipate problems before they occur, and plan for prevention rather than remedying problems. A hierarchical approach is fundamental in both health and safety as well as environmental protection, and the root cause of problems should be...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...concepts of reflective thinking. We also discuss how reflection can be used as a strategic study technique, and take a look at tools to support reflective learning. We then move on to examine some of the conventions, characteristics and demands of academic writing and the level of proficiency in the English language typically required for postgraduate study. By the end of...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs