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Eutrophication
Nature & Environment

Eutrophication

...system (freshwater or marine), and the term is also used to describe the process whereby terrestrial vegetation is affected by nutrient-enriched soil water. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 2 study in Environment & Development...Eutrophication: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe the principal differences between...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Extending your learning with postgraduate skills
Education & Development

Extending your learning with postgraduate skills

...thinking which can then drive changes in practice. This could be your practice if you work in one of these settings. It could be the practice of others, if you share what you are learning with professionals and volunteers in these settings, either in conversation or through more formal dissemination of what you have come to know. What you share could be insights from...
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Article 5 mins
Kant's Axe
History & The Arts

Kant's Axe

This animation explores Kant's thinking on lies...If a sinister looking man carrying an axe knocked on your door and asked you where your best friend was, would it be morally acceptable to tell a lie. Immanuel Kant, surprisingly, thought it wouldn’t. The example of the would-be murderer in this animation is his.
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Video 5 mins
‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...thinking about what these labels mean. Terms like ‘over-sensitivity’ for example are more about issuing judgement than they are about describing an objective state. An individual who is sensitive to something behaves so for a biological or historical reason; similarly an individual who is attention seeking is doing it to satisfy a need for attention which a...
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Article 5 mins
Five tips on how to plan new self-care routines
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five tips on how to plan new self-care routines

...thinking about self-care is to think about the words literally, because in essence self-care is about thinking about and taking care of the ‘self’, in other words taking care of you!Whether you know it or not, you already engage in a range of self-care practices that are designed to protect your physical health. For example, one of the most common self-care routines...
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Article 15 mins
Sustainable innovations in enterprises
Money & Business

Sustainable innovations in enterprises

...system that provides for quality of life while renewing the environment and its resources. It is important to take the long-term view of how our actions effect future generations and make sure we don’t deplete resources or cause pollution at rates faster than the earth is able to renew them. The original definition of sustainable development is usually considered to be:...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Will a new European law mean YouTube has to monitor your uploads?
Society, Politics & Law

Will a new European law mean YouTube has to monitor your uploads?

...think hosts are not protected if they do things like make hosted content searchable, or organize it into categories, or run ads. The theory is that this makes the platforms too “active,” and that only more passive hosts qualify for eCommerce Directive protection. The draft AVMS Directive adopts an extremely broad version of this “active hosting” analysis. It says...
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Article 10 mins
An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher
Languages

An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher

...systems. ...[Ms Yang from the BBC Chinese school series with her colleagues and class] I was extremely nervous at the time when the exam results were about to be revealed. I sat on the stage, with my head in my hand, waiting for the moment of truth. Fifty of my students were sitting in front of me, plus their parents, grandparents, and teachers at Bohunt, the hall was...
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Article 10 mins