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‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?
Nature & Environment

‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?

...course, ‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?, explores how environmental problems are entangled with economic and political issues and offers tools for making sense of the complexity that results. The case of land grab illustrates how everyday issues such as food prices are caught up in connections that link different places, different people and their livelihoods...
Assessing risk in engineering, work and life
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing risk in engineering, work and life

...course, Assessing risk in engineering, work and life, investigates how we can manage risks at work, in the home and in the wider community. Risk is tied in with accidents so it is vital to understand how accidents arise, how likely they are to occur and how they can be prevented. These subjects are all covered in this course...Risk is something that must be taken into...
Everyday maths 1
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1

...course, Everyday maths 1, is designed to bring your learning to life, inspiring you to improve your current maths skills or helping you to remember any areas that you may have forgotten. Working through the examples and interactive activities in this course will help you to, among other things, run a household or make progress in your career...Have you ever noticed how...
Free course 48 hrs
Additive manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Additive manufacturing

...course, Additive manufacturing, introduces you to its key concepts. It covers the fundamentals of the additive manufacturing (AM) process, the steps involved in creating a model and building an artefact, the materials and techniques used, as well as the design implications and the factors which affect the functionality of the finished parts...This free course, Additive...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role

...course, Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role, is designed to give an insight into the demands, both physically and mentally, of the caring role and look at how taking part in physical activity can offer benefits to the health and wellbeing of carers. Given the demands of the caring role, the course also looks at possible ways to start...
Forensic science and fingerprints
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic science and fingerprints

...course, Forensic science and fingerprints, covers how science can make fingerprints easier to study, how they are used in court and some of the questions about the extent to which fingerprint identification is sound and scientific. Students will learn the principles used in classifying and matching fingerprints (often called marks)...This free course, Forensic science and...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Sustainable chemistry
Science, Maths & Technology

Sustainable chemistry

...course will cover the role chemists play in achieving the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals and helping to ensure a sustainable future for the planet. In particular, it looks at how chemicals can be manufactured (at scale) whilst minimising any detrimental environmental impact – leading to a discussion of the principles of Green Chemistry and production of...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introducing research in law and beyond
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing research in law and beyond

...course, Introducing research in law and beyond, is designed to introduce you to the skills required to develop and complete a legal research project. You will learn about the complexities of research, how to identify a research topic, how to conduct a literature review and how to develop research questions. This course also considers the uses and applications of...