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Keeping the spark of the 60s alive: Neil Young and a sense of place
History & The Arts

Keeping the spark of the 60s alive: Neil Young and a sense of place

...students by the US National Guard during a peaceful protest against the Vietnam War. His activism has more recently led him to criticize US foreign policy during the Iraq War, off-shore fracking, and the use of GMOs by multinational corporations. Professor Halliwell continued: “Arguably, Neil Young has more contemporary relevance than Bob Dylan, who is back on the...
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The Death of Socrates
History & The Arts

The Death of Socrates

...student, Critias, who was considered to be among the worst of the tyrants and was thought to have been corrupted by Socrates. It has also been suggested, based in part on interpretations of Plato's dialogue of the Meno, that Anytus blamed Socrates for corrupting his son. Anytus, it seems, had been grooming his son for a life in politics until the boy became interested in...
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How to use a musical score
History & The Arts

How to use a musical score

...student at the Royal Northern College of Music and will be performing in the Leeds International Piano Competition. How does a pianist view a score? Pianist Alexander Panfilov explains how he works with the score to discover more about textures and structures of the piece as he prepares for his performance. Schubert’s Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 The final movement...
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Video 51 mins
Introduction to adolescent mental health Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to adolescent mental health

...becomes problematic when it interferes with some aspect of everyday life, including; the ability to learn, to feel, express and manage a range of positive and negative emotions, the ability to form and maintain good relationships with others and to manage change and uncertainty (Mental Health Foundation, 2020). In the opening audio you heard a parent describe some of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
How to learn a language Badge icon
Languages

How to learn a language

...OU Profile. [An image of Olly Richards] Olly Richards Olly Richards is a polyglot who speaks eight languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Arabic and Cantonese) and is the founder of I Will Teach You A Language, a website that provides study hacks and mindtools for language learners. [An image of Fernando Rosell-Aguilar] Fernando Rosell-Aguilar...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course

...become more confident with learning the language. Video 2 You may wish to print out the Instructions on how to enable Chinese font and type characters for your own reference. Note that Video 1 and the instructions about enabling Chinese fonts for PC were based on Windows 10. For Windows 11, see Video 3 below. Please note, to revert back to an English (or your primary...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
10 billion dollar companies that didn't exist 10 years ago
Money & Business

10 billion dollar companies that didn't exist 10 years ago

...students Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi, Dropbox is the answer to every scatty student's prayers. The idea came about when Houston kept forgetting to bring his USB stick to college to hand his assignments in (yeah, right!) - and the rest, they say, is history. Dropbox is a file hosting service that allows users to send videos, transfer various documents and keep images...
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Influence of temperament
Education & Development

Influence of temperament

...become older they increasingly come to influence the range of environments they encounter and the experiences these create. During infancy, children with different temperament styles evoke different responses from the people they encounter, for example, active, smiling infants are more likely to be smiled at and played with than passive unresponsive infants. As children...
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