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Socrates - Teacher, Paragon or Chatterbox?
History & The Arts

Socrates - Teacher, Paragon or Chatterbox?

...histories, or teaching ambitious young men how to get on. For Socrates, though, there was only one question that mattered: how can we live good lives? And by ‘a good life’ he didn’t mean a life packed with power, or money, or fame. He meant an ethically good life: the life of someone who is courageous, temperate, pious and just; above all, someone who is wise....
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Article 5 mins
Where are you really from?
Education & Development

Where are you really from?

...history in relation to slavery, colonialism and immigration, the power dynamics within this conversation, even if unintentional, are significantly heightened. This is Me [Fish, chips, mushy peas and a slice of lemon, wrapped in newspaper] We can therefore see that this question sits within the complex realm of identity. If I tell you that I am English, having been born in...
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Scotland's gold trail
Nature & Environment

Scotland's gold trail

...History+of+Tyndrum&client=safari&hl=en-gb&prmd=inmv&sxsrf=ALeKk017FMKAjWLiSuS-v3hD74JBo9Cl9A:1607114465247&source=lnms&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgxsH2l7XtAhX1snEKHTZeCnAQ_AUoBHoECAUQBA&biw=1024&bih=666 ‘Cononish Gold and Silver Mine, Scotland’, Mining Technology, nd:
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The ‘boundarylessness’ of African-Caribbean religions
History & The Arts

The ‘boundarylessness’ of African-Caribbean religions

...History Month tried to decolonise the Western cultural stigmatisation that still surrounds African and African-Caribbean religions even today. The Middle Passage The forced and constant movement and encounter of different people, languages, goods, cultures, religions, and objects, in the Atlantic space, assisted the development of new religious identities...We cannot...
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Bioinformatics: a new asset in the Disease Detectives toolkit
Science, Maths & Technology

Bioinformatics: a new asset in the Disease Detectives toolkit

...history, which included time in the Amazon region, doctors were able to prescribe the correct antibiotics. The infection cleared and her vision returned. [image of bacteria] Why DNA databases matter This kind of success is only possible because the Leptospira strain had already been detected in the wild, sequenced and added to a reference database. Metagenomics can only...
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Past and present: A 50-year celebration of British Sportswomen
Health, Sports & Psychology

Past and present: A 50-year celebration of British Sportswomen

...history to be the first woman to win Olympic gold in boxing before going on to win Commonwealth gold in 2014 and repeating her Olympic success in 2016. Her prowess both in and outside the ring continues to provide inspiration to many, especially those within the LGBT community. Providing equal inspiration to those within disability sport, Hannah Cockroft, born with...
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10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...History of the 'Virgin's Disease' that could be Cured with Sex. 5: Alcohol is responsible for 8,000 deaths in the UK every year Transcript Policies to control drugs and alcohol are decided by politicians not scientists. This has lead to "disastrous results" says Professor David Nutt. This explores his study into drugs: "Professor Nutt and colleagues have developed a Cause...
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Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...family and in schools. It is not intended to be a comprehensive account of how children grow and develop. What it aims to consider are some of the experiences and challenges faced by children and their parents/carers in society today and introduces you to important theories of how children develop and mature. This section is divided into three topics: The importance of...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs