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About Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

About Earth In Vision

...think through the potential of these archives as a digital resource that will be attractive across many areas, from teaching and learning to amateur media production and consumption and indeed for a range of activities that we may not yet perceive. We have asked a range of ‘digital citizens’ about how they would use such archives, and what tools they think they would...
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DemFest 2016
Society, Politics & Law

DemFest 2016

...think, get-together and talk with others with similar interests or projects. You won't just hear a party line, DemFest is non-partisan and independent.” It was initiated by non-governmental organisation/charity and encourages people to participate through a special event. DemFest 2016 is local, national and global in orientation and concerned with democracy, politics...
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Why worldviews?
History & The Arts

Why worldviews?

...thinking about and being in the world. One of the themes at the heart of The Open 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...
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Are you estranged from your family and considering university?
Education & Development

Are you estranged from your family and considering university?

...think. If you are already independent due to estrangement from your parents, or think that is likely to happen before or while you are at university, there is support for you. The charity Stand Alone has a range of resources to help you in their student support portal. Stand Alone Student Finance Wales have put together important information for estranged students and...
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A Victorian Christmas: Thackeray goes to the pantomime
History & The Arts

A Victorian Christmas: Thackeray goes to the pantomime

...thinking of the pantomime-fairies whom they have seen; whose gaudy gossamer wings are battered by this time; and whose pink cotton (or silk is it?) lower extremities are all dingy and dusty. Yet but a few days, Bob, and flakes of paint will have cracked off the fairy flower-bowers, and the revolving temples of adamantine lustre will be as shabby as the city of Pekin. When...
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Everyday English 2
Languages

Everyday English 2

...think about taking other courses, for example enrolling at a college for a formal qualification. (You will be given details on this at the end of the course.)...Introduction and guidance: How to get a badge - Getting a badge is straightforward! Here’s what you have to do: read all of the pages of the course score 70% or more in the end-of-course quiz. For all the...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
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Money & Business

Working in teams

...think about what this means for you? In this first week, you'll be looking at the difference between a group and a team, and why employers want their employees to be able to work well in the team. You'll consider your own reactions to this requirement, and start to evaluate what you perceive to be the advantages and disadvantages of this way of working. And you'll start...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Attention
Society, Politics & Law

Attention

...system has evolved so as to avoid a serious potential problem. Unlike our eyes, our ears cannot be directed so as to avoid registering material that we wish to ignore; whatever sounds are present in the environment, we must inevitably be exposed to them. In a busy setting such as a party we are swamped by simultaneous sounds – people in different parts of the room all...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs