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Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...Adapted from Riley, 1997, pp. 191–2, Tables 7.1 and 7.2) If we ignore accidents and ‘poorly identified’ complaints, the most common ailments among the working-class men insured by the friendly societies were respiratory infections – influenza, colds and bronchitis – followed by joint and muscle problems, such as rheumatism and lumbago. Few workmen reported sick...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...adapting to the ‘English’ way of life. The refugee organisations supporting the refugees advised them to be as invisible as possible, and never to speak German in public places (Kushner, 1994). In practice, Lotte and Wolja, like many other refugees, put down roots, made friends, found work and had children. Although the children became more or less ‘invisible’,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
What happens to you when you read?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to you when you read?

...adaptation of the term—em (into) and pathos (feeling). This sense of feeling into someone else’s emotional state sets empathy apart from sympathy. To put it simply sympathy is feeling sad for someone else’s misfortune. If I hear that a friend Sam has lost her job, sympathy might involve thinking, Oh no, that must be awful for Sam, I would hate to lose my job....
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...et al., 1997) view of mathematics, not teaching discrete chunks of mathematics but supporting students in seeing how each topic draws on and extends the ideas that they have worked with before. Being a connectionist teacher also requires you to think about how the mathematics that your students are learning is part of the real world and why learning is important to them...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Storïau unigol: safbwyntiau ar waith cymdeithasol
Health, Sports & Psychology

Storïau unigol: safbwyntiau ar waith cymdeithasol

...et al., 2012) Fel y mae'r ddau weithiwr cymdeithasol yn y fideos yn dangos, mae llunio'r cysylltiad rhwng profiad personol a'r hyn y mae gweithwyr cymdeithasol yn ei gynnig i'w hymarfer yn gam cynnar pwysig i ddod yn ymarferydd myfyriol. Mae ymarfer gwaith cymdeithasol da yn ymwneud yn bennaf â chydberthnasau (Wilson et al., 2011) ac ymgysylltu'n effeithiol â defnyddwyr...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Listening for form in popular music
History & The Arts

Listening for form in popular music

...adapted extract from the Open University course A234 Understanding music....Listening for form in popular music: Introduction - This free course, Listening for form in popular music, explores form, or how music is organised in time. You will study the form of several popular songs, including ‘Be My Baby’, ‘Suspicious Minds’, ‘Midnight Special’ and ‘It’s...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Climate justice for the next generation
Education & Development

Climate justice for the next generation

...adapted extract from the Open University course E232 Exploring childhood and youth...Climate justice for the next generation: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the importance of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) recognise the links between children’s rights and climate justice understand the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course

...Adapted from ASDFGHJ, ‘A map of the Sinophone world’, 24 January 2009, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:New-Map-Sinophone_World.PNG, last accessed 29 May 2009) Figure 1 The Chinese-speaking world...Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course: 1.1 Varieties of Chinese - Apart from Mandarin, the other six major varieties of spoken Chinese are Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Min, Wu and...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs