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Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser

...free introductory course is designed to introduce UK immigration law and advice. It has been designed for anyone with an interest in immigration law and advice. It is likely to be of particular interest to anyone considering becoming an immigration adviser...Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser has 15 learning hours of self-paced study....
Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?

...free course explores what we mean by ‘extreme endurance performance’ and why increasing numbers of people are attracted to these events. What is it about extreme feats of physical activity that motivate people to participate in them, and where is the limit to what the human body is capable of achieving? This course examines the subject from psychological,...
Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy

...free OpenLearn course ‘A tour of the cell’ can help you to acquire or deepen this knowledge. It also shows many images taken with electron microscopy, perfect if you are curious about this technique. If you are interested in exploring light microscopy in more detail including how to stain samples for histological examination, the free OpenLearn course ‘Histology,...
Commercial awareness
Money & Business

Commercial awareness

...free short course. Explore your organisation’s purpose, understand your role within it, and learn how different perspectives can enhance the value you create...This short course encourages you to look across your organisation, at your place within it and the value you create. It considers how getting different perspectives and widening existing ones within your...
Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...free course will introduce manufacturing as a system and will describe some of the many different ways of making products. We will illustrate how the required properties of the materials in a product influence the choice of manufacturing process used...How are designs turned into products? What resources, materials and methods are used and what set of activities goes...
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Inheritance of characters
Science, Maths & Technology

Inheritance of characters

...free course, Inheritance of characters, you will learn what genes, DNA and chromosomes are and how they combine to make the human genome. You will also learn how the principles of inheritance work, the effect that our genetic make-up has on health, and how genetic material is passed on from generation to generation...Genes are units of inheritance that contribute to a...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Design thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Design thinking

...free course, Design thinking, will show you how to structure your natural creativity to come up with solutions to all kinds of problems, and have fun in the process too!...Are you ever frustrated with something that you thought you could design better? This free course, Design thinking, will show you how to structure your natural creativity to come up with solutions to...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Exploring equality and equity in education
Education & Development

Exploring equality and equity in education

...free course, Exploring equality and equity in education, considers the complexity of social justice as applied to education and reflects on the different purposes of, and value ascribed to, education in different countries and cultures. It discusses different conceptions of 'justice' and the distinction between equity and equality...This free course, Exploring equality...