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Encouraging book talk in the school library
Education & Development

Encouraging book talk in the school library

...trouble. I would say that is good enough to take up some space on your bookshelf. (Alice) Ruby Holler is a book about twin orphans who are sent to an elderly couple. This is a good book because it brings to the reader a sense of what it is like to be an orphan. (Becky) Writing reviews and sharing opinions about what they read is a good way to get pupils talking about...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The Science of Fear
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Science of Fear

...trouble feeling fear - they also lack the ability to recognise fear from the facial expressions of other people. It turns out that the amygdala plays a critical role in the chain of events where a person (or animal) is able to recognise a threat from stored information of previous experiences - that is, from memory. The retrieval of this emotional information allows...
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Article 15 mins
Religion and Violence
History & The Arts

Religion and Violence

...Troubles’ in Northern Ireland in the later twentieth century, the 9/11 attacks of 2001, the activities of ISIS in Iraq and Syria, and recurrent communal violence between Hindus and Muslims in India. It is also likely that the situations that engender such violence will persist, and new ones may arise in the future. A key question though is how far is such violence...
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Video 5 mins
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change

...trouble with waste and air pollution and the world is in deep trouble, including them because they’re most vulnerable, from climate change. So it’s not that you’re asking them to do something that’s impossible, it’s not for us to tell, ask or instruct, those in developing countries are thinking through the investments that they have to make and more and more are...
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Audio 5 mins
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...trouble with the law. You will learn about the emergence of the youth justice system in England and Wales and how it has changed over the years. A comparative approach provides opportunities to learn about the approaches taken in Northern Ireland and Scotland. You will explore topical issues surrounding young people and crime, such as how rates of victimisation and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Yellow Fever: An OpenLearn reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Yellow Fever: An OpenLearn reading list

...trouble trying to avoid being taken to hospital when he falls with the fever: I wandered over this deserted mansion, in a considerable degree, at random. Effluvia of a pestilential nature assailed me from every corner. In the front room of the second story, I imagined that I discovered vestiges of that catastrophe which the past night had produced. The bed appeared as if...
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Article 5 mins
Ahead of Super Tuesday, what have we learned about the candidates?
Society, Politics & Law

Ahead of Super Tuesday, what have we learned about the candidates?

...trouble for Sanders, particularly as the campaign moves to the South, where Clinton’s base of support runs deepest. Here are four reasons why Clinton has reason for optimism after Nevada. 1. Clinton is making inroads with liberal voters By any measure, the Democratic Party is becoming more liberal. Last year the Gallup Poll found that nearly half of all Democrats...
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Article 5 mins
Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list

...troubled one – found itself connecting with a national, and global, audience. Read: Reading French literature in a time of terror Across the border in Germany, three violent events in seven days shook the country, especially in a week which also featured the unconnected Munich shooting rampage. Holger Nehring of The University of Stirling believes that sustained peace...
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Article 30 mins