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Exploring Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring Psychology

...world around us has been fascinating psychologists for over 100 years. The tracks in this album cover a range of case studies, looking at factors which can influence the development of our personalities. What is the impact of significant people in our early lives? How do you go about the process of researching topics like this in social psychology? The audio tracks...
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Audio 1 hr 33 mins
Sustainable chemistry
Science, Maths & Technology

Sustainable chemistry

...world, keeps us warm or cool and dry, and enables medicines like vaccines to be delivered safely at scale to billions of people. But it’s also increasingly in our soil, our oceans, and the stomachs of birds, mammals and fish. In fact, the amount of plastic on our planet now outweighs all the land and sea creatures currently alive. So how can we sort out our problem with...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK
History & The Arts

The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK

...World War shaped and affected the battle for the vote...This free course focuses on one example of democratic protest: the campaign to extend the vote to women in the UK. In the course you'll be introduced to two key figures in the campaign, Ada Nield Chew and May Billinghurst, and you'll look at the ways in which the Women's Social and Political Union, the National Union...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change

...World Bank, 2000-2003, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1994-1999. He was Head of the UK Government Economic Service 2003-7, and produced the landmark Stern Review on the economics of climate change. He was knighted for services to economics in 2004 and made a cross-bench life peer as Baron Stern of Brentford in 2007. His most recent book is...
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Audio 5 mins
Ethics in science?
Science, Maths & Technology

Ethics in science?

...world that are entirely concerned with making judgements about whether science meets suitable ethical standards or not. Nowadays, we are used to expecting treatments for illnesses to have undergone significant testing in a scientific manner and expect that there should be evidence that something is effective before it is used as a widespread treatment. However, this was...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture
History & The Arts

Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture

...world traveller. GABRIELLE HUGHES: I've lived in the UK now for four years. And it's very interesting coming from my nation in Canada to sort of the heart of the empire. I think it's really important that the people who live here can see that we are living peoples their living traditions. DAVID MILROY: It's quite interesting to be here in London and to be performing in...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Understanding children: babies being heard
Education & Development

Understanding children: babies being heard

...world around them. To start you off, the following activity asks you to think about some of the commonly held beliefs about babies. Study note Throughout this course you will be asked to pause in your reading and undertake an activity, such as the one that follows this note. Activities are not a test, but they are a central way in which distance learning works. They...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
An introduction to material culture
History & The Arts

An introduction to material culture

...world, it still has meaning because it has meaning for me in particular, because it is particular to me, but also if someone else has one of their own, it will mean something to them. But at the same time, as a symbol, it means something to everyone, so when anyone looks at one of these they will recognise the symbol and understand what it means. So it has a much wider...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs