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So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing

...family of nursing might be. This OpenLearn course is produced in association with Open University courses in Nursing and healthcare...So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: identify the opportunities and key roles undertaken by nurses in the UK today summarise some of the key...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The poetry of Sorley MacLean
History & The Arts

The poetry of Sorley MacLean

...history, they were deprived of their land, through the nineteenth century ‘clearances’ of people in favour of sheep and deer, by English and Anglicised capitalists, following which attempts to extirpate Gaelic culture intensified. Through acculturation and emigration Gaelic, a language once spoken over most of Scotland, is now reduced to some 80,000 speakers, chiefly...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Crime fiction in French: le polar français
Languages

Crime fiction in French: le polar français

...familier - Jean-Claude Izzo Étape A Select the answer for Étape A here Lisez la conversation entre le commissaire Montale et Rachid, un jeune du quartier, et répondez à la question qui suit. Devant le bâtiment C12, six beurs, douze-dix-sept ans, discutaient le coup. […] – Alors, on fait classe en plein air ? – Vé ! C’est journée pédagogique,
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
On the inside of the rebellion against climate change
Nature & Environment

On the inside of the rebellion against climate change

...history. Considering that women’s right to vote required the suffragette movement and acts of civil disobedience, it is difficult to see how XR and continued disobedience are not likely to impact on the British political system. Given the damage that Brexit has caused the UK’s reputation, a change to politics along the lines proposed by XR would be a timely moment in...
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Article 10 mins
What can we expect at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What can we expect at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games?

...history and has over 4.5 million Instagram followers. Park skateboarding takes place on a hollowed-out course that features curves and deep bowls. They often include halfpipes and quarter pipes. This is the event where we will see Team GB’s youngest ever Olympian Sky Brown who will be just 13 years old when she competes. She is a very modern athlete who has a huge...
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Article 10 mins
Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture
Science, Maths & Technology

Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture

...history iron was a rare, exotic, valuable and symbolic material sometimes sourced from meteorites. Its origins in the sky probably prompted it to be considered a gift of the gods thus increasing the importance of its presence in ritual events. In modern times scientists will travel the globe in order to recover meteorites as their scientific analysis provides essential...
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Article 10 mins
This is not a city: Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

This is not a city: Milton Keynes

...history, the city has been considered a space where the citizens were free from the back-breaking labour that defined rural life. According to geographer Yi Fu Tuan, the stability and relative comfort of urban life enabled citizens to turn their attentions to the big questions of philosophy, ethics and politics, or to develop and exchange scientific knowledge. Cities have...
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Article 15 mins
The Olympic torch: the truth
History & The Arts

The Olympic torch: the truth

...history behind the Olympic torch - including its Nazi origins ...[Olympic Torch] Actors dressed in the robes of the ancient Greeks perform in the ancient Olympic stadium following the lighting ceremony at the Temple of Hera in Ancient Olympia, Greece. In The Invention of Tradition, Eric Hobsbawm demonstrates that many of the customs and ceremonies that appear to be old...
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Article 10 mins