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An introduction to geology
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to geology

...sustainability considerations that geologists need to take into account when extracting and processing these resources. This course material was originally written for FutureLearn in 2016. It was published on OpenLearn in April 2019....Week 1: Building stone: Introduction to Week 1 - In this free course, An introduction to geology, you will discover how your mobile phone...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...sustain sensation and motion. In his groundbreaking model of the body as a machine, Descartes retained elements of this theory, though his emphasis on mechanical principles altered the Galenic understanding of nerves and muscles. His work also encouraged others to pursue further research into the notion of animal spirits and the anatomy of nerves, muscles and brain in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Discovering music through listening
History & The Arts

Discovering music through listening

...sustained notes...Week 2: The elements of melody and timbre: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Emily Chambers. It was first published in July 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...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Partnerships and networks in work with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Partnerships and networks in work with young people

...sustained efforts to establish, develop and maintain partnerships, whether these resources are in the form of money, time, skills, facilities or equipment’ (Chauhan, 2007, p. 239). Networking and relationship building take a lot of time – a regular complaint of practitioners engaged in partnership working is that it involves lots of meetings – and time is money....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...sustained generalised increase in the price of goods and services in a country, which would result in each pound, dollar or other unit of currency buying less and less as time goes by. In practice it would be more useful to look at the ‘real value’ of house prices: in other words, values after adjusting for changes in the general level of prices. This is useful both...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...sustained interaction. A good conversation with a stranger on an airplane may give you all sorts of interesting insights, but it does not in itself make for a community of practice. The development of a shared practice may be more or less self-conscious. The ‘windshield wipers’ engineers at an auto manufacturer make a concerted effort to collect and document the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?
Science, Maths & Technology

What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?

...sustainable water management. As the population increases, industries develop and the understanding of the health implications of pollutants grows. Pollution is defined as the introduction into the environment (water, air or land) of contaminants, the quantities, characteristics and duration of which are likely to be injurious to human, animal or plant life. The following...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Assessing risk in engineering, work and life
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing risk in engineering, work and life

...sustainability/issue-reports/Deepwater_Horizon_Accident_Investigation_Report_Executive_summary.pdf (Accessed 18 September 2016). CSB (2007) Investigation Report: Refinery Explosion and Fire [Online], US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. Available at www.csb.gov/assets/1/19/csbfinalreportbp.pdf (Accessed 18 September 2016). Engineering Council (2011) Guidance...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs