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Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...free course, Developing career resilience, will help you to build your resilience and approach career-related change with greater confidence and motivation...Do you sometimes wish you were more resilient when faced with changes at work? Do you have career plans but feel unsure about progressing with them? If you do, then this free course, Developing career resilience,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Forth Road Bridge
History & The Arts

Forth Road Bridge

...free course uses video to explore the issues associated with the potential demise of this great bridge...Scotland's Forth Road Bridge may not be the most beautiful bridge over the Firth of Forth, but it is an incredible feat of engineering and is integral to the economy of the entire area. However, rust is threatening to destroy the cables that suspend the road. This free...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Exploring Homer’s Odyssey
History & The Arts

Exploring Homer’s Odyssey

...language in this course, you may enjoy the free OpenLearn course Getting started on ancient Greek. This short article by Emma Bridges compares the experiences of soldiers’ wives – like Penelope – in ancient myth, with those of contemporary military spouses: Military homecomings: ancient myths and modern truths. This article by Charlotte Higgins compares Odysseus’...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Moons of our Solar System

...free course, Moons of our Solar System, explore the many moons of our Solar System. Find out what makes them special. Should we send humans to our Moon again?...Discover the amazing diversity of moons in our Solar System. There are lots of moons in our Solar System. The Earth is the only planet with just a single moon. Some are bigger than ours. Many are much smaller....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...free course, Living without oil, explains why developing alternatives to oil is an essential and urgent task for humanity...Crude oil is currently our most important global source of energy. It is vital in the manufacture of many modern materials. But the worlds supply of oil is finite, its price is unstable and our reliance on oil has damaging environmental consequences....
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action

...free course, Teaching assistants: support in action, looks at how the role has developed across the UK over time. It explores the skills and attributes that teaching assistants use to provide effective support and contribute to productive teamwork. This OpenLearn course introduces diverse roles and distinctive contributions of teaching assistants...Teaching assistants are...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introducing Homer's Iliad
History & The Arts

Introducing Homer's Iliad

...free course, Introducing Homer's Iliad, focuses on the epic poem telling the story of the Trojan War. It begins with the wider cycle of myths of which the Iliad was a part. It then looks at the story of the poem itself and its major theme of Achilles' anger, in particular in the first seven lines. It examines some of the characteristic features of the text: metre, word...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Succeed with maths: part 1 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 1

...free course is for you. It will guide you through how numbers are put together, give you confidence with using percentages, fractions and negative numbers and provide you with problem solving skills for your everyday life and the wider world...Does maths feel like a bit of a mystery to you? Are you looking to improve your confidence in using maths in a variety of everyday...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs