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Life Beyond Earth: The Big Debate
Science, Maths & Technology

Life Beyond Earth: The Big Debate

...system, such as Europa and Ganymede (moons of Jupiter) and Enceladus and Titan (Saturn), which may be habitable today. His work involves lab and field work to track how ocean chemistry and microorganisms can be delivered from the oceans to the icy surface. Team Mars [Dr. Susanne P. Schwenzer] Dr. Susanne P. Schwenzer Associate Director, AstrobiologyOU Susanne is a...
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How do you become US President?
Society, Politics & Law

How do you become US President?

...system...Transcript The US is a federal, presidential system. It is federal because it is a union of fifty individual states and power being separated between the states and their federal government; presidential because the head of the federal government, the President, is also the head of state of the US. The President is elected by the people of the US every four years...
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What foster carers want you to know
Health, Sports & Psychology

What foster carers want you to know

...system, professionals must listen to foster carers and respect their contribution. Doing so can improve foster carers’ wellbeing and ultimately benefit the children who rely on them. Recognising foster carers as partners in the team around the child, and not local authority resources, strengthens the entire care system. Valuing their voices promotes trust,...
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Exploring innovative assessment methods
Education & Development

Exploring innovative assessment methods

...think of it this way: formative assessment is for learning summative assessment is assessment of learning...Week 1: What is innovative assessment and why is it useful?: 1.3 Competency-based curriculum - Figure 2 portrays some of the key aspects of a competency-based curriculum. The focus is upon the learning process and should include input measures that encompass quality...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Young people and religion: creative learning with history
History & The Arts

Young people and religion: creative learning with history

...thinking about how to make contemporary society more harmonious. Using the findings, this course will enable you to engage young people with a collection of short texts, images and videos (which will be referred to as ‘clippings’) to broaden their understanding of the subject and make their own short films (which will be referred to as ‘docutubes’) to share their...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding mental capacity Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding mental capacity

...think you'd finished the bottom, and then you'd just fall even more. And you get lost in the system. NARRATOR They all found transition challenging, especially when so much else in life was changing too. JAMIE To be treated for eating disorders, there's a certain criteria you have to have for the different eating disorders. But quite a lot of them are like loss of periods...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Human use of animals
History & The Arts

Human use of animals

...think is probably aware of its own existence over time – so I think there’s good evidence that chimpanzees are persons. Nigel: What about adult humans who lack the mental capacity to think about their own past as their own. Would they not be persons? Peter: I think they’re no longer persons. They may have been persons and we may choose to respect the wishes they had...
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The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1
Nature & Environment

The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1

...think if you wanted to categorise where it stands, it’s interdisciplinary. But it’s, I suppose one could describe it as a political geography in particular. And so as a result of all of that, I've integrated those experiences, all that – all the places that I've been to as well as my own academic interests, which have been fundamentally in power, in inequality, and...
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