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Supporting physical development in early childhood
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting physical development in early childhood

...that what happens in the early years impacts on a happy and healthy childhood. So the work that you do is absolutely vital to the national effort to give our children the best start in life. One of the things that we've learned over the last few years is the benefits of physical activity in health and wellbeing at all ages. From the very smallest babies when we start to give them tummy time and to support their head and ......
Bob Dylan as Nobel Laureate: Two reactions
History & The Arts

Bob Dylan as Nobel Laureate: Two reactions

...work during the turbulent times of the 1960s; his songs like Blowin’ in the Wind and The Times They are A-Changin’ were widely popular during the anti-Vietnam War and civil rights movements in the United States. Bob Dylan is also immensely popular in some South Asian countries. In fact, in 2009 Indian author Nilanjana S Roy proposed on the Serkadis blog that Bob Dylan...
Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...working in the development industry. In Video 1, conference participants talk about the contrast between development in the twentieth and the twenty-first century. INTERVIEWER What does development mean to you in the twenty-first century? JULIUS MUGWAGWA Very interesting question. I think development to me means the same thing maybe that it has meant for so many other...
Looking globally: the future of education Badge icon
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...working wall. 45 minutes 3 Watch the United Nations’ Numbers in Action video and consider the reflection points. 20 minutes 4 Read the extract from The Healer and consider the reflection points. 15 minutes 5 Browse the Exile Voices photography project and consider the reflection points. 15 minutes 6 Watch the video Did you know, in 2028… and consider the reflection...
The business of film
History & The Arts

The business of film

...works. It has been created with Pinewood Studios – the leading provider of studio services to the global screen-based industries. Using the value chain concept and film case studies, with input throughout from individuals involved in making those films, the course provides a practical, in-depth exploration of how film financing works, and the key business decisions that...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...work with animals every day. And you have happy animals, you have sad animals. It’s quite obvious that they do feel emotions. It’s just difficult sometimes to interpret the language that they’re showing you as those emotions. We look at emotions in terms of welfare. And we’re certainly looking in terms of whether animals are sad and in pain. And we have recognised...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials
Languages

Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials

...worked in China. A perfect introduction to doing business with China. This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LG002 Chinese business culture essentials. After completing this free course, you may wish to register for the full course to continue your learning!...Getting started with Chinese business...
Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin
History & The Arts

Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin

...works were composed...The free course, Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin, gives a taste of what it is like to learn two ancient languages. It is for those who have encountered the classical world through translations of Greek and Latin texts and wish to know more about the languages in which these works were composed....Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin: Introduction...