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Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...tree refrained from retrieving it, or even looking at it, until the other monkeys present had left the area (Goodall, 1971). Might this suggest that the monkey understood that its own behaviour would affect the knowledge (i.e. mental states) of the other monkeys? As humans, we assume that our own conspecifics have understanding of other minds. So it may be difficult for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The search for water on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

The search for water on Mars

...trees, extending out to a wood.] Figure 6 A photograph taken in a small wood near the OU campus in Milton Keynes, UK, after some rain. Image: Susanne Schwenzer. Life is obvious in Figure 6, with green leaves and even a small insect causing the ripples on the puddle. Figure 7, a photograph taken at the same time of year as Figure 6 but in the Atacama desert, shows no...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon
Languages

Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon

...also mean ‘terrific’ formidable fabulous, fantastic, great! une allée a driveway, a tree-lined avenue un car a coach le conducteur the driver Such similarities may help you decipher the meaning of a word, but must be treated with care. You could start a list of them, annotated as above. Some borrowings from English are derogatorily referred to as franglais. They can be quite easy to understand (for example crasher to crash ......
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’
History & The Arts

Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’

...trees in a way that no contemporary could. Part of the strength of our later perspective is that we can see more clearly where events were going, though this formulation carries the strong danger that we may fall into the trap of inevitability; that is to say seeing trends as inexorably leading to particular end – and choosing to highlight those events which conform to...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Leadership and followership Badge icon
Education & Development

Leadership and followership

...family and employers, and on social media. Badges are a great motivation, helping you to reach the end of the course. Gaining a badge often boosts confidence in the skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course should encourage you to think about taking other courses. ['Leadership and followership' digital badge]...Introduction and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...families have continued to make up more and more of France's best talent. Many come from one place in particular. 38% of immigrants to France settle in greater Paris. Most end up in these areas called Banlieues. The French word literally means suburb, but it can also imply immigrant dominated ghettos. Over the years, these areas have frequently seen riots. They have high...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...family as the annual mileage recorded for his car is in the region of 10 000 miles or approximately 16 000 kilometres. This suggests that the car is responsible for not 1.4 but around 1.9 litres of the 4 litres of crude oil each of the three people in the household might be expected to consume each day. (You may like to check this calculation for yourself.) These are very...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...families are left with no home. Flood events draw public attention to the government’s flood management and there may be increased scrutiny and calls for better flood defences in the wake of a flooding episode. Insurance companies. They provide homeowners and businesses with cover against the financial consequences of flooding. If insurer have correctly assessed risk...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs