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Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...becoming harder to get those sorts of films away. That’s a very generalist perspective of how I think it is. Environmental programmes: How to get a commission I think it’s about finding the right way of telling them. I can think of a film made by a Bristol company that went out I think in the Natural World strand on BBC earlier this year, which I think was called...
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Humphry Davy, laughing gas and the era of self-experimentation
History & The Arts

Humphry Davy, laughing gas and the era of self-experimentation

...become Sir Humphry, inventor of the miners’ lamp, President of the Royal Society and domineering genius of British science – stripped to the waist, placed a thermometer under his armpit and stepped into a sealed box specially designed by the engineer James Watt for the inhalation of gases, into which he requested the physician Dr. Robert Kinglake to release twenty...
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Article 5 mins
Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America
OpenLearn Ireland

Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America

...becoming the 35th President of the United States. Kennedy’s ancestors came to America from County Wexford during the Famine. He took pride in his Irish heritage and received a rapturous welcome during his visit to Ireland in 1963, just five months before his assassination. [This photograph depicts President Kennedy’s motorcade in Patrick Street in Cork city on the...
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Article 5 mins
Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...student some skills which are particularly associated with the way social scientists work. Both are of fundamental importance to your success in studying other courses. This course is about the very basic study skills of reading and taking notes. These are basic in the sense that they are the foundation for all successful study. But that does not mean they are simple. If...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
When Heath met Nixon
History & The Arts

When Heath met Nixon

...become looser still. After a brief photo-opportunity in the drawing room of Government House, and a one-half hour informal luncheon in the Sitting Room, the President [Nixon] and the Prime Minister [Heath] began a three and one-half hour private discussion. The conversation opened on the subject of the reverse preferences granted by the UK and EC to developing countries....
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Article 15 mins
Learning from sport burnout and overtraining Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

...OU student Elinor Barker speaking in 2018, recalling a period five years previously. [A head and shoulders shot of Open University student and 2016 Olympic gold medal cyclist, Elinor Barker.] Figure 2 Open University student and 2016 Olympic gold medal cyclist, Elinor Barker In the activity that follows, Barker describes her own personal experience of the early stages of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Hybrid working: starting in the workplace
Money & Business

Hybrid working: starting in the workplace

...student coming out, you might not think there's a wide network for you. But I think reaching out, starting your LinkedIn profile, and as cheesy as it sounds really helps reaching out to your past alumnis, who, I mean, for me at least, it was great, especially if you're in an industry where you're not sure if you want to be in there, just to get the experience and...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Looking globally: the future of education Badge icon
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...students aged 3–19 years as it is realised today across global contexts identifying drivers for change in education. Week 1 activity planner ACTIVITY DETAILS TIME 1 Read the Education in numbers infographic and consider reflection points. 30 minutes 2 Watch the video RSA Animate: Changing Education Paradigms and contribute to the working wall. 45 minutes 3 Watch the...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs