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The Funny Thing About...
Society, Politics & Law

The Funny Thing About...

...student challenges the stereotype that social workers are busy bodies with no fashion sense, in this film featuring comedy from Harry Enfield. The Funny Thing About …Teachers Featuring classic comedy from "Allo 'Allo!" and "A Bit of Fry and Laurie", this film looks at the real life careers of teachers. The Funny Thing About… Judges Are all judges white, middle-aged...
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Video 24 mins
Euro 24: Innovation and Trends in Modern Football
Health, Sports & Psychology

Euro 24: Innovation and Trends in Modern Football

...become an increasingly critical focus in organising international football tournaments, with the sporting world acknowledging its responsibility to minimise environmental impact. Following the highly contentious Qatar World Cup in 2022, UEFA and Germany have committed to making Euro 2024 the most sustainable football tournament ever. Andreas Schär, managing director of...
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Article 5 mins
Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief

...becoming a widow and about her thought-provoking insight into her journey from care giver to a self-published author...Find out about The Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. Becoming a widow When my husband Alan was dying, one of the thoughts that haunted me every day I cared for him was: soon I would become a widow. I was 60 and Alan was...
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Article 5 mins
Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...becoming a ‘literate person’. In particular it looks at the way these debates and their implicit conceptualisations of literacy have the potential to both enhance and limit literacy engagement and learners’ participation in the world...This free course, Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice, explores some of the tensions and debates linked to the aim of...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Live long and prosper?
Science, Maths & Technology

Live long and prosper?

...become more sensitive to detecting smaller planets in wider orbits around their stars, it’s become clear that small, rocky planets are probably very common indeed. It’s been estimated that around 30 per cent of Sun-like stars may have Earth-like planets in their habitable zones. At the time of writing, astronomers don’t yet know of any Earth-sized, Earth-mass...
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Article 10 mins
Past-Time Lover: Amelia Earhart
History & The Arts

Past-Time Lover: Amelia Earhart

...become the first woman to solo fly across the North American continent and back, the first woman to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic and between 1930 and 1936 I set seven women’s speed and distance records in aviation and continued to be a huge advocate for female pilots. Unfortunately my life-long adventure ended in what would become my final attempt at a major...
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Article 5 mins
Systems explained: What do we mean by feedback?
Money & Business

Systems explained: What do we mean by feedback?

...becomes, the more (negative feedback) countersteering will be required to correct it, but also the greater the possibility of 'over-correcting' and veering off course in the other direction. If levels of stress are not corrected, the body continues to produce adrenal hormones which further contribute to feelings of stress and send the body-mind system into a vicious,...
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Article 5 mins
Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris
Languages

Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris

...ou développés depuis les années quatre-vingt, ceux qui avaient le plus d’importance pour les Français. À votre avis, quel objet considéraient-ils alors comme le plus important, et lequel était jugé le moins utile ? Rédigez une courte réponse, justifiant les raisons de votre choix. Réponse Voici ce que vous auriez pu écrire : J’imagine que les Français ont...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs