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World-Changing Women: Manuela Sáenz
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Manuela Sáenz

...becoming well informed about the revolutions taking place in Latin America against Spanish rule. A rebel sympathizer, she joined the conspiracy to liberate Lima and Peru. By the time that she left her husband and met Bolívar on her return to her home town, Quito, she was already a recognised patriot. In the following eight years Sáenz supported Bolívar and the cause of...
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Introducing Religions
History & The Arts

Introducing Religions

...Becoming a Buddhist monk Trainees come from all over Sri Lanka to a Theravada centre near Colombo to train as monks. For local people too it is an important cultural institution Everyday Jewish life Leslie and Irene Lancaster on the everyday life of a Jewish family. Greek orthodox Holy communion Holy communion in the Greek orthodox church Three different Sikh temples...
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Audio 1 hr 36 mins
Diverse perspectives on health and illness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Diverse perspectives on health and illness

...becoming increasingly mainstream. An engaging debate with practitioners explores the pros and cons of this approach. Fuel poverty Many people lack the money to adequately heat their homes. Users and organisers of help schemes in Scotland air their views. Experiencing homelessness John and Danny, two homeless men, talk about their lives and experiences of living outside...
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Audio 2 hrs 53 mins
Bob Dylan as Nobel Laureate: Two reactions
History & The Arts

Bob Dylan as Nobel Laureate: Two reactions

...becoming the second songwriter to have won the Nobel prize after Indian Nobel Laureate, poet, lyricist and singer Rabindranath Tagore, who received the honor in 1913. Dylan was awarded for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition. The 75-year-old musician has been influential in popular music and culture for more than five decades. He...
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Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology

...students at residential schools. You will learn how to determine where rocks have come from and how they were made. You will also examine the processes involved in determining the ecology of a particular area...Have you ever wondered how scientists analyse the environment? This free course, Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology, introduces you to the...
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
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Money & Business

Internships and other work experiences

...becomes clear that Gemma thinks that every student should undertake an internship in a bank or similar institution in order to impress future employers, regardless of their sector. She doesn’t realise that she would benefit much more from gaining experience relevant to design and that her course placements are essentially internships under a different name. Gemma’s...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Extending and developing your thinking skills
Education & Development

Extending and developing your thinking skills

...become university students? What do you see as the purpose of higher education? How do you think your answer(s) to the previous question would be different from the answers that the government, employers or university teaching staff might give? Discussion There are, of course, no set answers to questions of this sort. People and organisations have their own reasons and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining

...become crucial. This research and knowledge exchange project educates on what food allergies are and how they can severely affect health and wellbeing, and restrict social freedoms such as eating out of the home...While food allergies were once thought to be more common in children, they are now more prevalent in adults. With 1 in 20 adults in the UK with a confirmed food...
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Audio 2 hrs