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Celebrate British Science Week with OpenLearn
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Science, Maths & Technology
Answering questions in Science
In a series of videos, discover some of the most intriguing questions about the world around us, from the fundamental properties of water and the very definition of life to the forces that shape our planet and the vastness of the cosmos.
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Science, Maths & Technology
60 Second Adventures In Astronomy: A day on Mercury
Find out how you'd pass the time on Mercury - where a single day lasts two years
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Science, Maths & Technology
The gut microbiome: balancing the body
This free course introduces the composition and functions of the human gut microbiome and explores how the gut microbiome interacts with different parts of the body. It explores how the gut microbiome can be altered by factors related to the human host (such as genetics, age, and the menopause) and through lifestyle factors (such as diet, ...
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Science, Maths & Technology
British Science Week
Celebrate all things science with British Science Week! We've got free courses, games, animations and more...
March is Women's History Month 👇
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History & The Arts
The greatest composers you’ve never heard of
When you think of classical music, which names come to mind? Beethoven? Mozart? Bach? But how many women composers can you name?
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History & The Arts
The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK
This free course focuses on one example of democratic protest: the campaign to extend the vote to women in the UK. In the course you'll be introduced to two key figures in the campaign, Ada Nield Chew and May Billinghurst, and you'll look at the ways in which the Women's Social and Political Union, the National Union of Women's Suffrage ...
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History & The Arts
The Extraordinary Rosa Parks
In 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a bus and history was changed forever.
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Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution
This free course, Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution, will introduce you to issues around the sexual revolution and how this, and other contemporary social revolutions of the 1960s, impacted upon American rock musician Janis Joplin (1943-1970). You will investigate the extent to which the contemporary sexual revolution brought about ...
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