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Engineering: The challenge of temperature
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The challenge of temperature

...free course, Engineering: The challenge of temperature, looks at the impact of changes in temperature on a variety of objects and looks at the problem of how to boil water...Engineering is about extending the horizons of society by solving technical problems, ranging from the meeting of basic human needs for food and shelter to the generation of wealth by trade. This free...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them

...free course that should be helpful to anyone who experiences panic or panic attacks, for their family and friends, and anyone more generally interested in mental health and mental health treatment. The course starts by exploring formal definitions of panic and panic attack. These are then contrasted with personal accounts of the experience of panic. It also presents some...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...free course, Machines, minds and computers, looks at what intelligence is, how computers may become so, and whether they ever will really be intelligent. It is aimed at people interested in understanding what intelligence and thinking really are, and who want to understand the underpinnings of our ideas about them...Computers are becoming smarter and may soon become...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...free course introduces you to one approach used to understand how meanings relate systematically to different aspects of grammar and shows how this deeper understanding can be applied to make everyday communication more effective...Grammar matters because, combined with vocabulary choice, it is our main way of making meaning. This free course introduces you to one...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Studying medicine bilingually
Health, Sports & Psychology

Studying medicine bilingually

...course which relies on having a sound scientific knowledge, but if you haven’t chosen those subjects at GCSE level, it’s important to remember that there’s another course that can be done with a pre-medical foundation year so that people can get into medical school with humanities type subjects. That course isn’t a course for having failed to do well in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Digital communications
Digital & Computing

Digital communications

...free course, Digital communications, will illustrate how very high data rates can be transmitted over long distances through optical fibres. You will learn how these fibres are linked, examine the technology used and assess the future direction of this continually developing area of communication...Optical-fibre communications became commercially viable in the 1970s and...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
The business of film
History & The Arts

The business of film

...free 12-hour course explores the intriguing world of film production, and illuminates the processes of film development, distribution and finance...Making a film is a creative endeavour, but it's also a business project. And just like any other business, most films are intended to make money. This free online course, The business of film, will show you how film production...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing philosophy
History & The Arts

Introducing philosophy

...free course, Introducing philosophy, will introduce you to the teaching methods employed and the types of activities and assignments you would be asked to undertake should you wish to study philosophy and the human situation...Ever wondered what it would be like to study philosophy? This free course, Introducing philosophy, will introduce you to the teaching methods...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs