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Five missing kings and queens – and where we might find them
History & The Arts

Five missing kings and queens – and where we might find them

...public interest in hunting for royal burials shows no sign of abating. Hardly has the dust begun to settle on Richard III’s expensive new tomb in Leicester than work is starting on locating the resting place of another medieval monarch, Henry I (d. 1135), in Reading (like Richard III, Henry is also thought to be under a car park). Meanwhile, the Church of England is...
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Accessibility statement for OpenLearn
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Accessibility statement for OpenLearn

...Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. We want as many people as possible to be able to use our websites and mobile apps, and accessibility is an essential part of our mission. On our Accessibility hub, you'll find everything you need to answer any questions you have about accessibility, whether you're a student or...
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Brexit's two tribes: can they be brought together?
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit's two tribes: can they be brought together?

...public seem to think that over the next few years (whatever that means) Brexit will be bad for the UK. In a recent Opinium poll for The Observer, when asked ‘Do you think leaving the EU will ultimately be good or bad for the UK?’ 18% replied ‘very bad’. Now, apart from indicating that a significant proportion of the citizens of the UK are incredibly pessimistic...
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Hadrian's Rome
History & The Arts

Hadrian's Rome

...public buildings could be used by an emperor to help legitimise his position as successor to the previous princeps. The Pantheon had earlier phases and later restorations; the Temple of Deified Hadrian was built by his successor, Antoninus Pius; and the Temple of Venus and Rome was rebuilt in the early fourth century CE by one of Rome’s last emperors, Maxentius...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Seeing institutions in different ways
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing institutions in different ways

...public agencies: the health authority and the local authority social services department. That was where, it seemed, the power resided. This needs to be qualified. The public agencies had the power of, amongst other things, funding and their statutory authority. But some civil society organisations had themselves become big players, particularly those which had both a...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Talk the talk
Education & Development

Talk the talk

...public speaking skills - for school, work, or simply for fun - and does not require any previous experience of studying this subject....Week 1: Getting started: Introduction - Welcome to Talk the talk. This course will provide you with the language and strategies to deliver talks with a difference. It will boost your confidence and turn public speaking into a valuable...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision

...health example In terms of the democratisation of knowledge, I mean to step aside from conservation and sustainability issues for a while and look at health, I mean health I think is the interesting high watermark of all this, people now perhaps understand more about their own health, their own medical issues than perhaps their GP does. So people now will go to their GP...
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Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?
Languages

Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?

...health benefits from speaking more than one language, including faster stroke recovery and delayed onset of dementia. Could it be that the human brain evolved to be multilingual – that those who speak only one language are not exploiting their full potential? And in a world that is losing languages faster than ever – at the current rate of one a fortnight, half our...
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