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Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...physical location from instructors or ‘tutors’. In its earliest forms, tracing the roots back to the first half of the 20th century, correspondence tuition in the form of written letters was also considered a form of ‘distance’ learning. In parallel with the development of technology during the latter half of the 20th century, distance learning quickly evolved to...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Approaching poetry
History & The Arts

Approaching poetry

...physical effort from mouth, lips, and tongue. You will get a much stronger sense of this if you form the words in this way, even if you are unable to say them out loud. In an exam, for instance, silent articulation of a poem will help you grasp many poetic techniques and effects that may otherwise be missed. This extract from Pope's An Essay on Criticism, like the whole...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Understanding water quality
Nature & Environment

Understanding water quality

...physical resource as it is the one that is essential to human survival. Understanding the global water cycle and how we use water is essential to planning a sustainable source of water for the future. In the UK there are areas where water supplies are limited, shown by recent droughts. Globally, there are many areas that do not have enough water to support the current...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Introducing ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing ageing

...physical changes in your life? MOLLY DAVIES: I suppose I just get on and cope. My father was wonderful, I think. And he taught us to cope. And Mum had this terrific sense of humour that we always made -- we were taught to make the best of everything. Video 3 Molly’s story Interactive table 3 Comment Here is how one person filled in the table: MONTY METH MOLLY DAVIES...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...physically? Are they attractive or unattractive, tall or short, what is their stature? Do they have any interesting facial characteristics? How would you describe the way your character moves? Is there anything noticeable about their gait? What does your villain particularly like and dislike? What sorts of other characters is your own villain drawn to and why? Is there...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...physical crowd. He argues that the organised psychological crowd comes about through ‘a combination of elements, just as in chemistry’ (p.14). These elements are a collective mind, contagion and suggestibility. In short, Le Bon gave birth to what is today called ‘the classical view of the crowd’, stipulating that being in a crowd leads to a loss of identity with...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law
Science, Maths & Technology

Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law

...physical law that governs the force between electric charges, and shows how it can be verified experimentally. As a prerequisite you will need some mathematical knowledge of vectors. This free course is an adapted extract from the Open University course SM381 Electromagnetism...This free course explores Coulomb’s law, the physical law that governs the force between...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
History & The Arts

Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners

...physical decline; the comic refusal to eat in case by doing so he will have to share his resources with a fellow sufferer gives way to a more psychologically troubling act of denial as he ‘train himself to live only on tea for weeks’ (p. 48). There is another shift of mood once Bart recovers from his illness, and the focus of the narrative moves to his obsession with...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs