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Social science and participation
Society, Politics & Law

Social science and participation

...adults, to pensioners, to children, across the spectrum, one of the key things that they can't do is become a full and active members of their society. NARRATOR Social scientists, since the days of Booth and Rowntree, have played an important role in measuring and documenting poverty. And over time, this has shifted people's understandings of poverty. The aim has been to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Studying mammals: The insect hunters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The insect hunters

...adult mammalian dentition and understand dental formulae recognise teleology and write down accounts of evolution that do not assume purpose or direction...Studying mammals: The insect hunters: 1 Meeting the insect eaters - As you work through this course you will come across boxes, like this one, which give you advice about the study skills that you will be developing as...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Astronomy with an online telescope Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy with an online telescope

...de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and administrator of the Teide observatory, gives an introduction to the site and to the various telescopes and facilities there. NARRATOR: The Teide Observatory belongs to Canarian Observatories and managed by the Institute Office of the Canaries. We have a lot of different countries here in the Teide and also in the Roque. Here, for...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness

...adult athletes into the appropriate position might be appropriate if there is consent (Kerr et al, 2015). For example, it would be common practice to ask ‘is it OK if I move you into position?’ or similar. The following information on the NSPCC website offers guidelines for how physical contact between adults and children in sport can take place appropriately and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Everyday maths 1 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Wales)

...Adult Learning Wales, Coleg Gwent and the NPTC Group of Colleges...Have you ever noticed how often you need maths skills in everyday life? This free course is an introduction to Level 1 Essential Skills in maths that’s designed to inspire you to improve your current maths skills and help you to remember any areas that you may have forgotten. Working through the examples...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...des parties du corps animal [Treatises on the Sensitive and Irritable Nature of Parts of the Animal Body], 1756–60, in which he discussed the results of his investigations on the physiology of nerves and muscles. Vivisection on animals, as is shown taking place here, was a staple procedure of the research. Note also the collection of foetuses preserved in jars and the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It
History & The Arts

Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It

...de théâtre – she makes an entry dressed like a woman, along with Celia and Hymen, the classical god of marriage. As you read the extract, make some notes on the following questions: What is the tone of this extract? How does it differ from the tone of the previous two extracts? When you have finished, click ‘Reveal discussion’. The numbered footnotes in the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...de facto, even if that home is a makeshift shelter in a slum. We hear a lot in the media about a housing crisis where supply falls short of demand, and there is no doubt that government policy needs to address this so that everyone can find somewhere affordable and decent to live. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DB125 You and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs