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Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...System of Professed Christians… Contrasted with Real Christianity (1797) which was very popular and influential at the time. Reading and understanding parts of this text and some of his writings on slavery form the substance of this course. The study of Wilberforce provides insights not only into the interactions between the Evangelical movement and its wider social and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Seeing institutions in different ways
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing institutions in different ways

...system), or the market. Whatever you have chosen, though, it is likely that you will have chosen them because – using different means to enforce the ‘compliance’ that Brett speaks of – they will have governed your relations with other people in particular contexts and in society at large. They will have set the rules you were expected to follow. You may well also...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Attachment in the early years
Education & Development

Attachment in the early years

...system and proposing how it serves to provide security to individuals while also encouraging them to be active in the world. Research based on this theory is revealing the significance of the early years of life in the formation of attachments that go on to be central throughout life. This free course gives an introduction to this exciting area of contemporary study. This...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...system in order to promote wellbeing’ (Shah, 2005, p. 39). Other writers have argued that the holistic concept of wellbeing is more in keeping with the way in which health is seen in the majority of societies and cultures in the world, than is the Westernised medical model (Svalastog et al., 2017). However, some commentators have been more cautious about adopting the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Advancing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Advancing Black leadership

...systems of existing power to change them. However, power can also be built independently of existing formal institutions, with groups deciding to create their own institutions, resources and networks of support. Bearing the above discussion in mind: Power can be defined as the capacity to shape or influence the world around you. As you will notice from this definition,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The science of sperm
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of sperm

...system - sperm...Find out about The Open University's Biology courses and qualifications THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS FRANK DISCUSSION OF SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCE [Sperm] Although I'm a biologist, I rarely think much about what the cloudy white stuff contains, but in fact semen is far more complex than my endearing childhood image of mini tadpoles swimming around in thin...
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Article 15 mins
Archive course extract: Attachment theory
Education & Development

Archive course extract: Attachment theory

...Systems Technician 1st Class Tyrel Maynor, USS Cleveland (LPD 7) Commanding Officer Capt. Frank McCulloch, and Culinary Specialist Seaman Sean Unterdorfer visit a patient at Cleveland's Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital. ] A child gets a visit from the US Navy while in hospital. But long stays in hospital can cause some children to develop attachments to objects...
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DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude
Society, Politics & Law

DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude

...system employs 24 standard meridians of longitude 15º apart, starting with the Prime Meridian. The lines all run from the North to the South Pole, at right angles to the Equator. These meridians are the centres of 24 standard time zones. In theory, standard time becomes successively one hour earlier at each 15º longitude west of the Prime Meridian, and one hour later at...
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Article 15 mins