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Wales and rugby
Society, Politics & Law

Wales and rugby

...accountants, surveyors and so forth. I think then there's a distinctive characteristic to Welsh rugby, which was resented, it must be said, by the other home unions. They thought that Wales was was acquiring unfair advantage by the fact that they were coal miners and steelworkers and dock workers, but particularly coal miners, in their side who were using the skills of...
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Cloning
Nature & Environment

Cloning

...279, pp 58-63, 1998) A personal account of the cloning of Dolly and an exploration of some of the possible applications. Fiction Cellmates Robert A. Burton ( Russian Hill Press 1997), ISBN: 0965352447 Brave New World Aldous Huxley (written in 1932). There are a couple of paperback editions published by Flamingo, ISBN: 0006545793 (1994) and Voyager, ISBN: 000711589X (2001)...
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Julian Hector - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Julian Hector - Earth in Vision

...accountant went round the BBC Natural History Unit, they would say the most valuable thing we’ve got is the archive, they’d actually put a monetary value on it and we’ve only just started to think like that a small number of years ago, when you consider how many years we’ve been making natural history films. Archive is used in a number of ways, there are… we do...
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Using film music in the classroom
Education & Development

Using film music in the classroom

...account of writing the music for the famous skiing sequence in The Spy Who Loved Me, click the second link below to watch this scene. An extract from an interview with Marvin Hamlisch. Marvin Hamlisch I just try to find a rhythm. So if I’m doing it for instance here, they are skiing and I’m trying bum unh boom boom unh boom boom unh boom boom so I try that out and I...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials
Languages

Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials

...account he says: A small amount of language goes a long way (obviously), and is fun (obviously). I'm not a good learner, but was able to direct taxis, speak a bit about myself, and order food. My Chinese friends and colleagues were sincerely impressed with the efforts I made … and although I was far from conversant, this helped strengthen relationships, and went a good...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Supporting university students with a mental health condition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting university students with a mental health condition

...account of their mental health conditions, will be unable to engage, was considered to be very important. Students reported that closing the communication channels could lead to them becoming paranoid...Supporting university students with a mental health condition: 3.2 Being treated as an individual - [Described image] Students reported that having an individualised as...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Am I ready to be a distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be a distance learner?

...account use that. If you don’t yet have one, it’s free and very straightforward to set up. Your task is to compose a tweet (of no more than 280 characters) in which you write about what you are looking forward to as a distance learner. Tweet your message to @OpenLearn, using this hashtag: #ready4distancelearning. Congratulations – you have now taken your first step...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...accounting processes, innovation in ideas and design, innovation in manufacturing processes or innovation in sales approaches – perhaps all having some or no effect in terms of the environmental performance of the organisation. Innovation in fundraising or services provided might be more evident in a non-profit organisation. New forms of policy and regulatory practices...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs