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What does the US election mean for Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the US election mean for Europe?

...system. But, even if true, the effect on voting for US Senators – what Americans refer to as “down-ballot voting” – could be significant. Faced with this continuously raucous process, relatively few Americans – beyond each candidate’s transition teams – have spent much time contemplating what will happen on 9 November. And most of that discussion in the...
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The science of sleep
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of sleep

...system. This effect 'locks us in' to the natural twenty four hour day. There have been experiments performed where people have been cut off from knowledge of the true passage of time, and denied access to daylight - in one case this was done in a pot-hole. The people still showed a cycle in the hormone levels, but without the daylight to keep it in time, most people's...
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Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...thinking about questions like these, Succeed with learning is just what you are looking for. This course takes your life as its starting point, developing your awareness of just how much you have already learned and what you are capable of. It will suggest ways of 'fine-tuning', and building on, the expertise you have developed in your life. You will also learn some...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The Z Files: Tony Waithe
Science, Maths & Technology

The Z Files: Tony Waithe

...think they’re quite inspired to see a young black guy kind of in their environment. I think I add a bit of flavour to their world. Benjamin Zephaniah So Tony I want you to use your imagination now and think of the young Benjamin Zephaniah or somebody like me, how can I follow my dreams? I want to be an inventor, where do I go? Tony Waithe You go inside; you realise your...
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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
A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)
Education & Development

A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)

...system, but the messages about the principles of effective mentoring and coaching and the important role mentors have as teacher-educators within the school-based context remain the same across education systems. The course will aid your understanding of the role of a mentor supporting a beginner-teacher as they progress along a continuum of familiarisation with and...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Desires and beliefs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Desires and beliefs

Using two different experiments, psychologist and philosopher Alison Gopnik shows how children of different ages think about the minds of others...Transcript.
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Beyond power and resistance: Politics at the radical limits
Money & Business

Beyond power and resistance: Politics at the radical limits

...systems based not on the possibility of freedom but enlarging the freedom of possibility. In the 21st century can we move beyond power and resistance to a politics at the radical limits that eternally expands what is socially possible? Read more about the book: Bloom, P. (2016) Beyond Power and Resistance: Politics at the Radical Limits. Rowman and Littlefield...
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