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Butterflies tell us more than you might think about our natural world
Nature & Environment

Butterflies tell us more than you might think about our natural world

...adapted to look like a leaf] As a prey animal, some butterflies are adapted to hide in plain sight. The Brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni) is adapted to look like a leaf. Photo: Willow Neal. Learning from the past People have loved watching and collecting butterflies in the UK for decades, and this means records and knowledge about them is extensive and goes back to...
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Article 10 mins
Baker Street half-baked: Is Sherlock part of a new anti-intellectualism?
History & The Arts

Baker Street half-baked: Is Sherlock part of a new anti-intellectualism?

...adaptations also suggest that Holmes’s intellect is also faintly monstrous. Equally, the cry of “high functioning sociopath” echoes throughout the BBC’s Sherlock, signalling that the values of the intellect are supposedly not those of social humanity. The Victorian Holmes Holmes as rationalist superhero is a familiar narrative of histories of popular culture. The...
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Article 5 mins
The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...et al., 2013; Law and Perryman, 2015). Today, OpenLearn’s audience is global, and its video content is also shared on YouTube, collectively reaching over 14 million people a year, rising to 22 million during the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The activity, now a business-as-usual function for the OU, has been researched and evaluated to investigate the...
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Article 10 mins
Coming to America: The Making of the Irish-American Diaspora
OpenLearn Ireland

Coming to America: The Making of the Irish-American Diaspora

...Adaptation and Assimilation: The Catholic Irish experience in the United States The Irish undoubtedly left their mark on American society. Along the frontier, Scots-Irish customs blended with that of other ethnic groups to shape American culture. Scots-Irish influences can be demonstrated in the roots of American country-music and in those frontier values of hard work and...
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Article 5 mins
Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression

...et al., 2016). Considering the overlapping and inter-related functions governed by these neurotransmitter systems, it is perhaps not surprising that the picture that emerges here is complex. We have provided you with a glimpse of this in Figure 2. Figure 2 Monoaminergic neurotransmitters and the regulation of mood, emotion and cognitive function...Exploring the...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Think like an entrepreneur
Money & Business

Think like an entrepreneur

...adapting fast. In this interactive, guided by entrepreneur and business expert Julian Hall, you’ll explore what makes entrepreneurs unique, the different paths they take, and the skills that drive success. Whether you dream of launching a start-up, innovating within an organisation, or simply want to understand the mindset behind entrepreneurial thinking, this is your...
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Activity 5 mins
Management: Perspectives and Practice
Money & Business

Management: Perspectives and Practice

...Financial Officer at Step PLC gives an example of his role in an important situation. Project Management Perspective A Project Manager shares her experiences of the role and how it differs between industries. Operations Management Perspective A look at the importance of Operations Management and how it's constantly to adapt to the ever-changing environment of business....
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Audio 30 mins
Teachers sharing resources online
Education & Development

Teachers sharing resources online

...adapted by others. One of the leading examples of such websites is TES Connect. While the course draws its examples and activities from this site its principles are designed so that they may be applied to others...This free course, Teachers sharing resources online, is designed to help you learn about how learning resources can be shared using online repositories, i.e....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs