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You and your money
Money & Business

You and your money

...types of credit they can or cannot access. This free course, You and your money, explores these issues, with respect to the wider, changing, social and economic context...An important aspect of personal finance is the way in which individuals and households manage their debt, how much it costs and the different types of credit they can or cannot access. This free course,...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
History & The Arts

John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi

...type. The 1623 quarto is the only substantive text of the play that we have, and modern editions and productions are based on it. We have no way of knowing what The Duchess of Malfi looked like in its first performances, beyond assuming that it was shorter than the text that has descended to us. What is interesting is that the title page of the 1623 quarto draws such a...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining

...phrases like “SAFETY CULTURE” and “CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE” nearby. Text asks, “How do you know who has an allergy?”. On the right side, various allergens such as “NUTS,” “MILK,” “PEANUTS,” “SULPHITES,” “GLUTEN,” “SESAME,” “SHELLFISH,” “MOLLUSCS,” “MUSTARD,” “EGG,” “SOY,” “FISH,” and “LUPIN” float above diners’...
Electronic applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Electronic applications

...type of situation for granted, but when thinking about it more closely you might wonder how this is possible. How can someone swimming underwater in the Caribbean be seen and heard by you in your house in the UK? In this course you will start thinking about everything that’s involved in these electronic systems – from signal processing to control and communications...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Employee engagement
Money & Business

Employee engagement

...type of work. Explain what (if anything) kept you engaged with the work, whether and how this changed through the course of your employment and what influenced your decision to leave. Was there anything the organisation could have done differently to change your experience of the job? It is important that for this and all other activities in this free course you make...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?

...types of wave to figure out how far away an earthquake or explosion occurred, and how deep underground its source was. They can also measure how powerful the earthquake was (its magnitude). How do seismologists distinguish between an explosion and an earthquake? There are a number of ways to do this. One is to measure the depth at which the earthquake occurred. Even with...
How do you spot a stroke - and what should you do?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How do you spot a stroke - and what should you do?

...types. “Ischaemic” and “haemmorhagic” stroke. Ischaemic stroke is often caused by a blockage in one of the vessels that supplies the brain with oxygenated blood, which eventually causes cell death in the area of brain affected. Haemmorrhagic is a bleed into the brain. This is often caused by high blood pressure, which causes a weakening of the end of the vessel...
To the Moon and beyond
Science, Maths & Technology

To the Moon and beyond

...types: the anorthosites (named after rocks rich in a calcium-rich mineral called anorthite) that constitute the lighter areas (called Highlands) on the Moon’s surface as viewed in the night sky; and the mare basalts (named after rocks formed mainly of iron-rich minerals, which form through quick cooling of a lava) that represent the darker patches dotted across the...