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Social science and participation
Society, Politics & Law

Social science and participation

...education are more likely to score highly on the measures of trust, social expenditure and political interest and they are also more ready to invest in energy-saving measures in support of the environment. Social consumption is highest among pensioners. Neighbourhood participation is more closely related to age, increasing noticeably among people aged 50 and above....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...technological capabilities in offshore operations. Having been incorporated as the downstream producer of energy for direct consumption, Sinopec is ahead of the rest in terms of refining and downstream activities. For now, all three should be viewed as competitors who in many ways still retain their unique characteristics and advantages. You saw earlier how China began...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Mark Twain on whether Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare
History & The Arts

Mark Twain on whether Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare

...educated minds among his adherents, Mrs. Eddy has had the like among hers from the beginning. Her Church is as well equipped in those particulars as is any other Church. Claimants can always count upon a following, it doesn't matter who they are, nor what they claim, nor whether they come with documents or without. It was always so. Down out of the long-vanished past,...
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How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...education campaigns will help people choose to eat more healthily. No one is protesting against Public Health England’s Eatwell Guide, which provides advice on healthy eating, because it’s useful and we’re perfectly free to ignore it. Our hope is that everyone, of their own free will, will choose to adopt a more healthy diet, and that this confluence of individual...
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Article 5 mins
The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present
History & The Arts

The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present

...Education programmes in schools, the French baron Pierre de Coubertin campaigned for the revival of the Olympics. The Ancient Games had been banned in the 390s CE by Theodosius I (along with all other expressions of non-Christian cults), and, except for a few re-creations dotted through history (e.g. events held at the Hippodrome of Constantinople during the Byzantine...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport

...educational well-being of the community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. Completing a course will require about 24 hours of study time. However, you can study the course at any time and at a pace to suit you. Badged courses are available on The Open University’s OpenLearn website and do not cost anything...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision

...Education Ministry, we had that film distributed in English and Arabic to every school in Oman and it’s still being shown, not only as a film about their heritage, a film about biology, but it’s also a way for them to learn English. That I am exceptionally proud of and something I wish we would do so much more of, so easy. Why rights issues are so complex… One of...
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Video 40 mins
Developing career resilience Badge icon
Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...educational training we did in our early lives have become obsolete within 20 or 30 years, because of the pace of change. And so I think career resilience in its broadest term is recognition of the need that we all have for lifelong learning, for agility and flexibility, as we move from one role to another, from one organisation to another, and potentially from one career...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs