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Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...care about what happens to them? You will discover some of the techniques that Hardy uses to achieve an illusion of real people and their relationships in a real world. Through analysing narrative you will think about who the narrator is, and the importance of the narrative point of view in telling the story, as well as understanding how characterisation, the use of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Language in the real world
Languages

Language in the real world

...careful because this is specific to London but at the same time there are issues around migration that I can connect to bigger debates about migration on the global scene. I think my using ‘problem’ in this context is not the more prosaic use of ‘problem’, I think. I think it’s almost more a technical word and I think I also used the word ‘puzzle’ which is...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)
Education & Development

Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)

...adults in particular struggling to redefine their experiences of schooling. One major factor in this struggle towards redefinition has been the shift towards a social model of disability. In their seminal research, Rieser and Mason described a model as ‘not necessarily the truth as borne out by scientific fact, just an idea that helps us to make sense of information’...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness

...careful with them. STUART: Chris, really careful, the first two laps, extreme care. I know what's happened. Because Jonathan's worried about each cycle you were waiting to put the next set of mediums in. But what happens is, if you wait, you get fucked. Fuck him. I know what I'm talking about. Always have a set of hot tyres in. JONATHAN: OK, Chris how are you feeling? Is...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing
Education & Development

Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing

...care Her study explores students’ experiences of synchronous online tuition within the context of teaching health and social care in a large UK-based distance learning university. In this interview, Dr Fiona Audrey-Smith begins by asking Dr Chandler about the changes she experienced as a result of her professional doctorate journey. Kathy recounts an immediate and...
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Article 5 mins
Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing
Money & Business

Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing

...care for both their children and their parents at a time when their free time is limited (ONS, 2019). That’s why the Open University, in collaboration with Legal & General, has created your Midlife MOT to help you. We have a wealth check-up. It’ll help you take a look at your finances, see what’s working perfectly and what needs attention. We’ve also created work...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Health and wellbeing in the ancient world
History & The Arts

Health and wellbeing in the ancient world

...Care. Welcome. MATHIJS LUCASSEN Thank you. HELEN KING It's really good to have you here, because what we want to talk about today is health. What do we mean by health? How has that changed over time? And also we want to have a little look at a particular disease, which was known in the ancient world and which I don't think is known today-- lovesickness. So that's quite a...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?

...caring professions. There can usually be an appeal to past data for an estimate of the probability of the unexpected adverse outcome were it true that no wrongdoing had taken place. In tennis most players have played most other players many times, and in a medical context hospitals keep meticulous records of serious incidents. Both these sources can provide perfectly...
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