1,924 search results
Herodotus 'The Histories'
History & The Arts

Herodotus 'The Histories'

...Hestia Project The Hestia project brings this enquiry into the 21st century medium of digital technologies. Browse the project team’s objectives and watch a short video clip from the academic lead, Dr. Elton Barker, before embarking on your own exploration and enquiry via our OpenLearn Collection, the Hestia map and selected links to external sources on the Internet....
View activity Herodotus 'The Histories'
Activity 5 mins
Philosophy and the Human Situation
History & The Arts

Philosophy and the Human Situation

...technological progress, whether animals should have rights and if so how they should compare to ours. Philosophy also encompasses questions about the existence of God, how life is sustained on earth, and even at what point should the Government intrude on a person's freedom. This album introduces the study of philosophy and the human situation, and contains talks and...
View audio Philosophy and the Human Situation
Audio 4 hrs 19 mins
Do challenges make learning more fulfilling - or off-putting?
Education & Development

Do challenges make learning more fulfilling - or off-putting?

...educational achievement - but what is motivation? If we understand motivation a little better, we might get better at helping students to succeed...[Giving up - an image by Dee Ashley] give.up by DeeAshley Did you get where you intended to in life? Are you as healthy, wealthy and wise as you want to be? If not, perhaps the problem is a lack of motivation. Some studies...
View article Do challenges make learning more fulfilling - or off-putting?
Article 5 mins
Scotland’s links with Caribbean slavery
History & The Arts

Scotland’s links with Caribbean slavery

...educational authority, told my mother that I had to complete school because I was one month short of my fifteenth birthday. The local school said I was “educationally sub-normal” and I was sent to the local Secondary Modern School where I was accepted. Before I left secondary school, the headmaster of the local grammar school offered me a place, not on my academic...
View article Scotland’s links with Caribbean slavery
Article 5 mins
Proud of nursing associates: who they are and why they are important
Health, Sports & Psychology

Proud of nursing associates: who they are and why they are important

...Education England, HEE, 2017) and is regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Professional regulators ensure that their registrants are fit to practise in their profession. Unlike non-registrants, such as healthcare support workers, registrants are accountable to the NMC which means they need to be able to account for their actions or omissions and abide by a...
View article Proud of nursing associates: who they are and why they are important
Article 5 mins
How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?

...technology, it is only possible to place a nuclear device a few kilometres below the ground; if an earthquake occurs at a depth of more than 10km, we can be certain it is not a nuclear explosion. Studies of the numerous nuclear tests that took place during the Cold War show that explosions generate larger P waves than S waves when compared with earthquakes. Explosions...
View article How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?
Article 5 mins
Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?
Nature & Environment

Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?

...technology and a physician, told television interviewers. Vardhan’s response showed the reluctance or inability of the government to do anything about a meteorological phenomenon called atmospheric inversion that hits northern India in winter. Atmospheric inversions are formed of layers of warm air that trap pollutants closer to the surface of the earth and prevent them...
View article Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?
Article 5 mins
Canada & UK launch coal phaseout plan
Nature & Environment

Canada & UK launch coal phaseout plan

...technologies [good luck with that!], at least one country was prepared to extend its ban to another unsustainable energy technology. Inuit gains Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, which represents more than 60,000 indigenous people, said a coal phaseout would have “very positive impacts” for Canadian Inuit who had been “affected by global emissions...
View article Canada & UK launch coal phaseout plan
Article 10 mins