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The Borders of Astrobiology
Science, Maths & Technology

The Borders of Astrobiology

...has been done in the past, what we believe to be possible now and what we imagine could be in the future. If you have enjoyed these perspectives, you can watch the original conversations on the Open University’s Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics YouTube channel: (un)disciplined futures inclusion, fairness and engagement astroenvironmentalism...
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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
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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Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...education, after working in London he returned to the family home. That father and son worked their cider press together suggests one way in which the family was steeped in local tradition, and Hardy’s interest in the community is evident when we learn that he took jobs and names of country people from churchyards in the area, using them as inspiration for his...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Exploring books for children: words and pictures
History & The Arts

Exploring books for children: words and pictures

...technologies such as engraving and then lithography emerged and became cheaper, and the quality of illustrations in books for children gradually improved. Colour became affordable: some of the cruder examples of colouring shown would have been carried out by young children in cottage industry settings. Intensely coloured editions, such as the 1863 edition of Red Riding...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Lord John Browne - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Lord John Browne - Stories of Change

...technology which has been rejected by the German people because they won’t have CO2 pumped under their homes; it’s extremely expensive, the Norwegians who’ve been trying to bring it on are losing patience with it, they can’t understand why they can’t get the cost down; and it’s also predicated on heavy use of nuclear power, which is unacceptable in many...
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Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work
Society, Politics & Law

Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work

...Education, 3, p.3351...Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work: 5.3 The importance of values - Whichever form of analysis you use, when deciding on your conclusions and recommendations, it is likely that the choice you make will be influenced by your underlying values. Often, law students are told that justice is merely the product of the application of neutral...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Why the economy can't explain Trump or Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Why the economy can't explain Trump or Brexit

...education and gender, with errors clustered on states. The average white American support for Trump on a 0-10 scale in the survey is 4.29. You can see the two Trump support lines are higher among those at the highest end of the income scale (4) than the lowest (1). This is not, however, statistically significant. What is significant is the gap between the red and blue...
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