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Keeping the spark of the 60s alive: Neil Young and a sense of place
History & The Arts

Keeping the spark of the 60s alive: Neil Young and a sense of place

...University of Leicester’s Centre for American Studies has just published Neil Young: American Traveller, the first book to systematically focus on the importance of place and travel in the songwriter’s music, films, memoirs, and social activism. The book claims that travel is more important to Neil Young than to most other musicians. As a boy growing up in Canada in...
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Article 5 mins
How does nature tell the time?
Nature & Environment

How does nature tell the time?

...University since 1984. Dendrochronology is the dating of past events (climatic changes) through the study of tree ring growth. Here she gives Ever Wondered her expert perspective on what tree rings can tell us about ourselves...[A dead tree on the coast] "Time flashes by. We are here for just a moment and then we’re part of history. My lifetime probably won’t last...
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Article 10 mins
Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...university...Developing and managing relationships: What you have learned in this section - Some important concepts and theories in the development of children. Starting from the early years, you looked at the importance of secure attachment. In the Strange Situation Test you found that some children may not be securely attached because they have experienced disruption in...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Explore Welsh & Wales with OpenLearn
Languages

Explore Welsh & Wales with OpenLearn

...their plans being overheard? Or perhaps you were unaware that one of the 55 languages sent out to greet possible alien lifeforms on the NASA Voyager spacecraft was Welsh? You can find the Open University’s home of bilingual, free learning in Wales over at OpenLearn Cymru (linked below). And be sure not to miss OpenLearn's other fantastic features on all things Welsh:...
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Article 5 mins
World Heart Day 2016
Miscellaneous

World Heart Day 2016

...University's Health and Wellbeing qualifications. World Heart Day was created in 2000 to inform people around the globe that heart disease and stroke are the world’s leading cause of death, claiming 17.3 million lives each year and the numbers are rising. By 2030, it is expected that 23 million people will die from Cardiovascular diseases annually–more than the...
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Article 5 mins
Diorite
Science, Maths & Technology

Diorite

...University's Science courses and qualifications Diorite is a coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock. It contains large interlocking, randomly oriented crystals. It is a dark coloured rock, usually medium to dark grey, containing many mafic crystals. Mostly it looks like dark coloured granite. [Diorite] How was it formed? Diorite formed deep within the Earth’s crust from...
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Article 5 mins
Why worldviews?
History & The Arts

Why worldviews?

...University’s Religion, Belief and Worldviews Hub is the growing currency of the term ‘Worldviews’. Worldviews includes a whole spectrum of religious and non-religious ideologies and convictions, and can include concepts like spirituality and Philosophy. In this video we consider what is meant by ‘worldviews’ by imagining a public demonstration – and the...
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Video 5 mins
Could you be a code breaker?
Science, Maths & Technology

Could you be a code breaker?

...University's Mathematics courses and qualifications Code Break is an interactive Web app consisting of three ciphers: Pigpen, Caesar and simple substitution (solved by frequency analysis). Earn stars for each challenge, and learn about code-breaking through the ages by playing our interactive ‘Could you be a code breaker?’ [Front image capture for the game 'CODE...
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Activity 15 mins