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Standards for better cotton
Money & Business

Standards for better cotton

...think of their clothes and where they come from, they most often imagine a factory in China, India or Bangladesh. A crowded workplace filled with people sewing on buttons and ironing shirts you will wear on a night out. What we often don’t realise is that millions of people were involved in producing your shirt even before it got to that factory– farmers who grow...
The frozen planet
Nature & Environment

The frozen planet

...think of? c.What is the last news story you remember about each region? d.Who owns it? Answer The set of answers shown below is from one of the team who asked a family member with no experience of the frozen planet. Here are her answers: a.Images for the Arctic: cold; polar bear; igloo. For the Antarctic: penguin; whale; ice. b.Words for the Arctic: polar bear; the...
Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

...system recognises and responds to an acute viral infection. DAVID MALE: The COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world in 2020–2022, with waves of infection in different countries, produced by successive variants of the SARS-CoV2 virus. The rapid spread was made possible by the high infectivity of the virus and the fact that a substantial proportion of infected...
About the stroop test
Education & Development

About the stroop test

...thinking. We look in the correct direction before crossing the road; we travel to work without consciously making decisions about the route. Being able to do these things automatically frees up our brain to work on other, more important issues. However, on some occasions, being able to prevent ourselves from doing things automatically, or avoid the usual routine action,...
Enduring Love
Health, Sports & Psychology

Enduring Love

...think when I saw him I was 18 and Owen was 31, and he was the one, I knew immediately he was the one I was going to marry. Title: for better or worse Ann Well I did actually ask you to marry didn’t I? Owen No, yeah. Well we were sitting on these… Ann Because you were not going to get round to it. Owen I wasn’t holding back particularly, but the thought hadn’t...
Working mathematically
Science, Maths & Technology

Working mathematically

...think about mathematics, do you see it mainly as a collection of topics (mathematical content) or as a way of thinking (mathematical process)? Later in the course you will be asked to consider further the distinction between content and process in mathematics. You will also be asked to consider a particular organising framework for thinking about your teaching. It is...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Introducing ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing ageing

...think about this issue by introducing you to some key ideas in studying later life...Everyone is ageing, whatever their current age, and we live in a world where many people are living much longer than previous generations. This is often seen as a problem. But is it? This free course, Introducing ageing, will help you to think about this issue by introducing you to some...
Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?
Science, Maths & Technology

Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?

...think I’m a Replicant, don’t you? - Rachel, Blade Runner Other discussion following the film centred on how the biotechnology depicted in Blade Runner would need to be updated in the upcoming sequel, how different types of bionic eyes function, recent advances in synthetic organ production and their potential in personalised regenerative medicine. Dispelling...