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A Support Net: Can you help someone in need?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A Support Net: Can you help someone in need?

...work support, and student services. Additionally, below is a list of useful resources and helplines: Mind's information and support pages Call the Samaritans on 116 123, for free or look at the other ways of contacting them. The NHS Mental health - live well pages The NHS overcoming addiction pages This resource is part of the 'Wellbeing and Mental Health Collection'...
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Activity 20 mins
Folkestone
Education & Development

Folkestone

...works and what the risks are. French as you can stand on the cliffs in Folkestone and see Boulogne in France on the other side. France and England are linked by the Channel tunnel and regular ferry services, so learning the language would come in handy if she decided to visit France. Key political issues in the town including Brexit and people crossing the border. [Banner...
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Article 5 mins
Impossible Peace 2: Much more than an archive
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Much more than an archive

...work-in-progress. [A selection of photographs from our meetings.]A selection of photographs from the meetings. [A selection of photographs from our meetings.]A selection of photographs from the meetings. Download the archive (PDF, 37MB)[Image link to download of full archive in a PDF file] Acknowledgements With thanks to project photographer Marie Therese Hurson, Stills...
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How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...working poor.” For this reason, he concluded: … every rational proposal for the augmentation of them merits our regard. The number of the people is confessedly the national stock: the estate, which has no body to work it, is so far good for nothing; and the same rule extends to a whole country or nation. “There is not a single politician,” agreed the Spanish...
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Young people and religion: creative learning with history
History & The Arts

Young people and religion: creative learning with history

...working with young people on how to engage them in learning about religious diversity past and present through the creative process of making short, creative films (Docutubes). It is based on the RETOPEA (Religious Toleration and Peace) project, which has worked extensively with schools and other organisations in various European countries to develop this unique approach...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Succeed with learning Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...work through the course at your own pace, so if you have more time one week there is no problem with pushing on to complete another week's study. You can also take as long as you want to complete it. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Napoleonic paintings
History & The Arts

Napoleonic paintings

...succeeded neither as propaganda nor as a work of art. Click to see plate 30 Jacques-Louis David, Distribution of the Eagle Standards, 1810, 610 x 931 cm, Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon. Photo: © RMN/ P.Willi Such interest and appeal as Napoleonic propaganda painting continues to have today depend on the extent to which it can be seen to transcend its original...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Exercise and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercise and mental health

...work or not? The jury may still be out. If you conduct studies, for example, where the people who are assessing depression are not aware of whether the person is doing exercise or not, then those studies don't show as strong an effect. Dr Gaynor Parfitt - Exercise Psychologist, Exeter University: There's also been some dose response research that's shown that, if we...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs