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Earth Day on OpenLearn
Nature & Environment

Earth Day on OpenLearn

...t-shirts (Free course) Is your wash day polluting the ocean? (Article) Too much of a good thing? Choice challenges in sustainable clothes shopping (Article) Transport A huge contributor to carbon emissions worldwide, petrol cars equate to roughly 33% of C02 emissions in the United Kingdom alone (Source). Review your car usage to see if there’s any way to reduce your...
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Why isn't Doctor Who a vegan?
History & The Arts

Why isn't Doctor Who a vegan?

...T Davies when the show returned in 2005. Davies explained that he wrote the Doctor’s vegetarianism out of the series because he wanted to make the Doctor more relatable to the audience. But the result is that the Doctor now displays some very confused ethics. In episode Boom Town from 2005, Eccleston’s Doctor discusses issues about death and mercy with a condemned...
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What is Critical Race Theory?
Education & Development

What is Critical Race Theory?

...online resource. Available at: https://www.bera.ac.uk/publication/critical-race-theory-crt (Accessed: 11 February 2021). Solorzano, D. and Yosso, T. (2000) ‘Toward a critical race theory of Chicana and Chicano education’, in C. Tejeda, C. Martinez and Z. Leonardo (eds) Demarcating the Border of Chicana(o)/Latina(o) Education. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, pp. 38–45....
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Getting started with Chinese 1
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 1

...le ma?) was actually one of the common greetings amongst neighbours. An appropriate response is to say ‘Chī le’ for ‘Yes’ or ‘Méi chī’ for ‘No’. Zăo ān (lit. morning peace), a common greeting in the morning in Taiwan. When parting from people, you say: Zàijiàn (lit. again see) Goodbye Note that although there are expressions in Chinese for ‘good...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author
History & The Arts

Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author

...T. and Gates, H. L. (eds) (1991) The Slave’s Narrative. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Inc. Available at: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/open/detail.action?docID=4701480 (Accessed: 11 January 2023). Downs, C. (2020) Joanna Vassa Bromley. Equiano’s world. Equiano's World (equianosworld.org) (Accessed: 17 January 2023). Equiano, O. and Sapoznik, K. A. (2013)...
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An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945

...levels | Books | The Guardian Good e-Reader (2022) Book sales in the United Kingdom are booming - Good e-Reader (goodereader.com) BePolar (2019) Les chiffres et le palmarès des ventes du genre Polar dévoilés par l'Observatoire de la librairie (bepolar.fr) Acknowledgements Image of Andrea Camilleri Image of Georges Simenon Image of Hercule Poirot Image of Maj Sjöwall...
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Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...t I've had in me life, it's my mates that have got me through it. There's a lot of people who say, have you seen a counsellor? You know with the crash. I'm like, no I don't f*ckin’ need counselling, you know what I mean? (Shildrick et al., 2005, p. 14)...Young people’s wellbeing: 3.3 The mental health of young black men - According to the Health Development Agency,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
How can statistics bring dead languages back to life?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can statistics bring dead languages back to life?

...T he sounds of languages that died thousands of years ago have been brought to life again through technology that uses statistics in a revolutionary new way. No matter whether you speak English or Urdu, Waloon or Waziri, Portuguese or Persian, the roots of your language are the same. Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the mother tongue – shared by several hundred contemporary...
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