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Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...writes: ‘I have never enjoyed housework, it is not in my nature; please try to find me somewhere to work with children’. Both had learned English in school; they thought they would be safe in England, and could probably find work; if not they would try America again. They married in July 1939, just before the outbreak of World War II. He fought a 5 year battle with...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
What can philosophy tell us about race?
History & The Arts

What can philosophy tell us about race?

...writing within an American context, and thinking about race within the American racial system. You may have different responses to these cases than Mills does, depending on your own understanding of race. [A person holding a mask in front of their face.] You’ll be asked to consider what race the person in each case would be judged to be depending on each criterion, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...writing, we don’t yet know the full economic effect of the Covid-19 pandemic – this will be the acid test about whether P2P investments are robust, and we await the results with some trepidation...Week 2: The spectrum of personal investments: 2.4.2 Housing as an investment - In recent decades property has become increasingly considered as a serious alternative to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?
Languages

Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?

...write at least one of a handful of “super” languages, such as English, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish or Arabic, as well. So to be monolingual, as many native English speakers are, is to be in the minority, and perhaps to be missing out. Multilingualism has been shown to have many social, psychological and lifestyle advantages. Moreover, researchers are finding a swathe of...
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Article 10 mins
The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies
Health, Sports & Psychology

The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies

...Write Your Obituary’ by Nora Cooper *** “He’s only 17, how can he be dead?” For once, Big Gay Mick wasn’t saying much. “I don’t know. We just seen his stepdad getting out of a taxi at the top of the street and he told us.” There was no getting any other details out of him; he was in shock. Big Gay Mick was not normally lost for words. Stick-thin, with a...
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Article 15 mins
Climate change and renewable energy
Nature & Environment

Climate change and renewable energy

...writing large and small numbers, including fractions, decimals and powers of ten, which are shown here for reference (see Table 1). Table 1 Examples of different ways of writing large and small numbers Prefix Prefix name Meaning Number or fraction Decimal Power of ten G giga billion or thousand million 1 000 000 000 1 000 000 000 109 M mega million 1 000 000 1 000 000 106...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Watching the weather
Nature & Environment

Watching the weather

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is proprietary, used under licence and not subject to Creative Commons licensing. See terms and conditions. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following: Figure 1: © Royal Meteorological Society; Figure 2: Realimage/Alamy; Figures 3, 14: courtesy NOAA; Figure 4: ©...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Course image: photo by Tima Miroshnichenko:
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs