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Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...physical details? Did you note any details of clothing or expression? Now open all your senses, and take notice of things around you in everyday life. Concentrate not only on what you see but also on sounds, smells and touch. This should become a habit – a way of seeing the world. Always reflect on the notes you have taken in your journal. Did you note things you heard...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...physical requirement, because they are in a data-poor environment and can’t reliably study online for long periods, wish to study offline or that the download itself is destined for re-use and adaptation by an educator. This last scenario can also be examined through the numbers of SCORM downloads seen in this study: 319 for the 12-month period reviewed. These...
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Article 10 mins
Using film music in the classroom
Education & Development

Using film music in the classroom

...physical action and characterisation, and when music begins and ends. They should also explore musical language: mode, melody, rhythm, genre and instrumentation. Pupils should then perform their compositions to the other groups and they should discuss their responses to their compositions together. Finally, have a look at Resources in Section 5.2...Using film music in the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials
Languages

Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials

...physical settings of the Chinese restaurants: larger tables, more floor space; the atmosphere better suited to families. Similarly, they provided giant tubs so that people could share large order options for multiple individuals, and made a special effort to welcome extended families and groups...Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials: 5 A little goes a...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Perspectives on social work: individual stories
Health, Sports & Psychology

Perspectives on social work: individual stories

...physically and emotionally demanding, may be missed by the carer when the person who is being cared for requires additional support and moves into residential care. The gap left by the absence of that person and the removal of the role of ‘carer’ can be difficult. So it is important to acknowledge that while social work intervention may change some aspects of peoples'...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Supporting university students with a mental health condition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting university students with a mental health condition

...physical health, mental health and learning, a cross-sectional study including 917 students from eight universities in Germany’. PLoS One, 17(8), e0273928. Available at: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0273928 (Accessed: 15 August 2025). Hubble, S. and Bolton, P. (2021) Support for disabled students in higher education in England....
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
International relations: exploring territorial divisions
Society, Politics & Law

International relations: exploring territorial divisions

...physically defining) the borders of Afghanistan to act as a ‘buffer state’ between their respective imperial possessions. Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor, separating the present-day states of Pakistan and Tajikistan, and which branches off from the main rump of the modern Afghan state, was designed to prevent the two empires’ borders coming together, and is a...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...physical engineering, up at a very high level, this started three or four years ago for Crossrail. There have been about two thousand people designing Crossrail for almost two years now. EVAN DAVIS: What is innovative? What is some of the innovative, leading-edge things that Crossrail’s pioneering? ANDREW WOLSTENHOLME: Well, I think if you look at the rail sector,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs