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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
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
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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
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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David Bowie and science fiction
History & The Arts

David Bowie and science fiction

...becomes a rock star, though structurally the record breaks down into two sections, sf songs on Side One, and songs about a rock star on Side Two. The sf elements in Bowie’s early work are discussed by Maureen King in a paper written in 1994 – ironically, King viewed sf as something Bowie had left behind shortly before Bowie himself returned to sf with his Outside...
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Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age
Education & Development

Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age

...be limiting the ability for those selling unhealthy items to cultivate relationships with children online. As digital media become ever more part of our lives, at all ages, it is essential we find ways to protect children and young people’s right to health while at the same time protecting their right to use these media to avail of information and engage in civic life....
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