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Galaxies, stars and planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Galaxies, stars and planets

...write down your answer, in note form at least, before reading the answer in the text. The light from other galaxies can take many millions or even billions of years to reach us. This means that more distant galaxies can be seen as they were billions of years ago. More powerful telescopes, that allow us to see ever more distant objects, allow us to effectively observe...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The science of nutrition and healthy eating Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of nutrition and healthy eating

...Write two or three sentences in the box below. Click ‘Save’ when you are satisfied with what you have written...Week 1: The basics of food: 1.1 What are the reasons for eating? - Food provides the energy that our bodies need to keep going. Without food, a person would typically survive for a few weeks. Without water, they could only live for a few days. In developed...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introduction to child psychology
Education & Development

Introduction to child psychology

...writing a White Paper, which will hopefully guide legislation. And the White Paper is a report that we give to the government and, from that, they can decide whether they want to change existing legislation. And we set out a number of points that we think could help to make eyewitness identification more accurate, and one of them is using this silhouette in a line-up, to...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Veiling
History & The Arts

Veiling

...write a book about Hijab, the word in the Arabic calligraphic art on the cover. ‘Veil’ has no single Arabic linguistic referent, whereas Hijab has cultural and linguistic roots that are integral to Islamic (and Arab) culture as a whole. But the publisher preferred Veil to Hijab for reader accessibility and familiarity. From a marketing angle, the publisher rightly...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Songs of Love and Hate: On Leonard Cohen
History & The Arts

Songs of Love and Hate: On Leonard Cohen

...writes a script we can readily feel with. When he sings the bitter couplet ‘And you treated my woman to a flake of your life/And when she came back she was nobody’s wife’, we’re not given anything as crude as what happened. Instead we get just a ‘flake’, a fragment of other lives which we can magnify. The title of the album from which this track comes is a...
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Video 10 mins
How should we read Donald Trump's first Presidential speech?
Society, Politics & Law

How should we read Donald Trump's first Presidential speech?

...Writing my inaugural address at the Winter White House, Mar-a-Lago, three weeks ago. Looking forward to Friday. #Inauguration pic.twitter.com/S701FdTCQu — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 18, 2017 Trump had just two points to make in his inauguration speech, and he restated them repeatedly in different ways and with different metaphors. First, “America has...
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Article 5 mins
Humans better at rapid change than we think
Nature & Environment

Humans better at rapid change than we think

...write. Other barriers lie more in mindsets and attitudes. “Opponents of radical change argue that it is impossible because of powerful interests, high costs, the lack of a detailed blueprint, or the unwillingness of governments or citizens to act. Others pin their hopes on technology to solve environmental problems.” The study suggests that these barriers can be...
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Article 5 mins
Another spoonful? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part Two
Society, Politics & Law

Another spoonful? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part Two

...1985) and Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom (1996). Current students should look at DTS206's block on food, which addresses the question of affluent diets and its effects on the environment. Steve Pile is Professor of Human Geography. He is currently writing about electricity for the new Environment and Society module, D213, which you will be able to study from 2018 onwards....
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