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Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture
History & The Arts

Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture

...course, Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture, engages with questions about the relationship between religion and culture. Are they different things or synonyms that emphasise different ways of looking at the same phenomena? The course uses ‘either/or or both/and’ to point to those possibilities for understanding how religion and culture relate to each...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...course introduces different techniques to help you to alter the way you read and take notes according to the type of material you are studying...Reading and note taking are two essential study skills. How do you read? This free course, Reading and note taking preparation for study, will introduce you to different techniques to help you to alter the way you read according...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Stakeholders in marketing and finance
Money & Business

Stakeholders in marketing and finance

...course, Stakeholders in marketing and finance, comprises two sections introducing the idea of customers and stakeholders for financial information. It also contains two activities in which learners are asked to relate the ideas discussed to their own work practice...This free course, Stakeholders in marketing and finance, comprises two sections introducing the idea of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Supporting babies and toddlers
Education & Development

Supporting babies and toddlers

...course helps practitioners to understand these changes and explore how they can support babies and toddlers in early childhood settings. This course draws on research and expertise from early childhood academics at The Open University and professionals at Early Years Wales...The first two years of a child’s life are a time of incredible change and development. This free...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...course you will learn about the global anti-nuclear movement that has worked for decades to prevent the use of nuclear weapons, with the ultimate aim of abolishing them altogether. You will see how opposition to nuclear weapons has been an important cause on every continent. Beginning in 1945, this course will equip you with knowledge of the nature of anti-nuclear...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The technology of crime control
Society, Politics & Law

The technology of crime control

...course, The technology of crime control, provides the opportunity to listen to an argument surrounding the purpose, efficacy and regulation of CCTV. Is it there for crime control or is Big Brother really watching?...How big an impact does CCTV have on your life? This free course, The technology of crime control, provides the opportunity to listen to an argument...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...course, The problem with crime, looks at the issues of order and disorder. Can the way these issues are represented change your view of a city? Taking Glasgow as an example, you will look at the problem of crime and how misrepresentation can easily occur...This free course, The problem with crime, looks at the issues of order and disorder. Can the way these issues are...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
An introduction to energy resources
Nature & Environment

An introduction to energy resources

...course, An introduction to energy resources, provides background information to each, so that you can assess them for yourself...Energy resources are essential for any society, be it one dependent on subsistence farming or an industrialised country. There are many different sources of energy, some well-known such as coal or petroleum, others less so, such as tides or the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs