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Year of the Horse: Chinese Lunar New Year
Languages

Year of the Horse: Chinese Lunar New Year

...courses in Beginners' and Elementary level Mandarin Chinese, and Chinese Business Culture Essentials course are available to study at any time, and they provide digital badges for completion. For further information, please visit the short courses page. The Online Confucius Institute at The Open University holds regular free online public talks in Chinese history, culture...
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Reeta Chakrabarti on language and culture
Languages

Reeta Chakrabarti on language and culture

...English became terribly artificial and simpering, and I know that friends of mine didn’t like her; French friends of mine didn’t like her. In French I couldn’t understand why, and in English I could. This interview is adapted from The Open University course Exploring Languages And Cultures. Find out how you can become a student on this course, or try a free extract....
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Hope for UK nationals living abroad after Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Hope for UK nationals living abroad after Brexit

...free movement - or not - affect the British with lives and homes overseas?...[Migrants' Rights Network] Britain’s decision to leave the EU has left many of its citizens wondering what their future holds. The situation is particularly worrying for the thousands of British citizens living abroad. Years of freedom of movement have coloured the European map with emigrants...
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Young children and the climate crisis
Education & Development

Young children and the climate crisis

...and even plastic as products of our shared world. We need to live alongside, and not in charge, of life on our planet. To learn more about identifying the support needs of young children, check out this free OpenLearn Create course Scottish early learning and childcare practitioners' courses [Screenshot of animation for COP26] Click on the banner to explore the COP26 hub...
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Small Data: Star Wars release & broadcast dates
History & The Arts

Small Data: Star Wars release & broadcast dates

...FREE TO AIR FIRST BROADCAST DAYS BETWEEN UK CINEMA & FREE TO AIR TV DEBUT PAY TV FIRST BROADCAST DAYS BETWEEN UK CINEMA & TV DEBUTS Star Wars 25/05/1977 27/12/1977 216 24/10/1982 1762 1762 Empire Strikes Back 21/05/1980 20/06/1980 30 25/12/1988 3110 3110 Return Of The Jedi 25/05/1983 02/06/1983 8 26/12/1989 2399 2399 The Phantom Menace 19/05/1999 16/07/1999 58 03/12/2002...
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Migrant parenting
Health, Sports & Psychology

Migrant parenting

...courses and qualifications. The end of the twentieth century was marked by significant political and ideological changes in Europe. The fall of communism in the late 1980s, so vividly represented by the crumbling Berlin Wall, ushered the Eastern and Central European countries into an era of democracy and brought with it the capitalist values which started to replace the...
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Get started with your dream career on OpenLearn
Education & Development

Get started with your dream career on OpenLearn

...fancied being a detective? Maybe you'd love a career as a vet or astronaut? Check out these FREE resources to find out if that career is for you!...Crime scene investigator Astronaut Musician Police detective Prime minister Marine biologist Spy Archaeologist Vet Athlete or coach Museum curator Writer Engineer Geologist Coder Historian Photographer Lawyer Artist Translator...
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The evolution of sports medicine over the last 50 Years: From the wet sponge to holistic care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The evolution of sports medicine over the last 50 Years: From the wet sponge to holistic care

...review and meta-analysis. Physician and Sportsmedicine, 42(2), 48–57. UCAS (2019). UCAS Courses Search. Retrieved March 13, 2019, from https://digital.ucas.com/search/results?SearchText=sports therapy&filters=Destination_Undergraduate Read the other articles in this collection Now take a free related course How much do you know about science in sport? Study with the OU...
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