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Kropotkin, anarchism and geography: A discussion
Society, Politics & Law

Kropotkin, anarchism and geography: A discussion

...researching and publishing geographical works. He did those for the Russian Geographical Society until 1871. AM: Before we go on, Philip, I have to just take you back to this daring prison escape. Can you just tell us a bit more about that? PO’S: Yes, he was imprisoned in Saint Petersburg in a military sort of hospital wing. And by sort of secret messages, things hidden...
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The Amygdala Hijack: Stress Response in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Amygdala Hijack: Stress Response in Aviation

...centre of the brain. It’s responsible for maintaining a balanced bodily state. This branch of the brain, the autonomic nervous system (ANS), is highly responsive to stress, and most of the communication is automatic and unconscious. The goal of the autonomic nervous system is to maintain homeostasis, and it does so by utilising its two subsystems – the sympathetic...
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Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...research and consider ways of turning events into a plot. This course is intended for those with an interest in starting to write fiction or improving their fiction writing, and does not require any previous experience of studying this subject....Week 1: Starting to write fiction: Introduction - Welcome to this free course, Start writing fiction: characters and stories....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Attention
Society, Politics & Law

Attention

...children would love to be able to do that! One could be excused for feeling that evolution has let us down by failing to enable us to process more than one thing at a time. If that is how you feel, then this course might add insult to injury, because it will cite evidence that we do in fact process a good deal of the material to which we are not attending. Why, you might...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Living with MS: Not just surviving but thriving (with a little canine care)
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living with MS: Not just surviving but thriving (with a little canine care)

...children or carers of one of the 100,000 people living with MS in the UK. You will know that between the shock of diagnosis and the dream of a cure lies a long and at times arduous path. Living with MS can be very unpredictable. Symptoms can fluctuate from day to day or from hour to hour. Fatigue, pain, numbness, mobility problems, cognitive problems, bladder problems are...
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Welcome to the OpenLearn schools hub
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Welcome to the OpenLearn schools hub

...a teacher and you wish to enrol students who are younger than 13 on one of our courses, please email us at openlearn@open.ac.uk and we will deal with your enquiry separately. We are currently working on lowering our age of consent to 11 years old to enable OpenLearn resources to be used by all children at secondary school who wish to earn certificates and digital badges....
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Get started with OpenLearn
Get Started

Get started with OpenLearn

...children with their schoolwork, looking for extra study materials as a student, or simply passionate about a subject, we are open to all. While you can access all OpenLearn material without creating an account, doing so enables you to enrol on courses, which means that you can save your progress and earn statements of participation and digital badges. The following short...
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Portales: beginners' Spanish second edition
Languages

Portales: beginners' Spanish second edition

...Four people describing the house they used to live to live in when they were children Where I used to live A young man talking about where he lived when he was a child What I used to look like Four people describing what they looked like when they were younger An important person in my life Three people describing important people in their lives -personal characteristics...
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