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John Napier
Science, Maths & Technology

John Napier

...education are obscure – we know he spent a year at the University of St Andrews in his early teens, but not what he did or learned thereafter – but it is not implausible that he became aware of mediaeval studies of motion at some stage. Reading 2: Proposition 1 of On Spirals (b) Proposition 1 If a point move at a uniform rate along any line, and two lengths be taken...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness

...educational practice: critical considerations and applications in sports coaching’, Sport, Education and Society, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 513–31. Robertson, K. (2005) ‘Active listening: more than just paying attention’, Australian Family Physician, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 1053–1055...Session 3: How can effective communication enhance relationships?: Acknowledgements -...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Brighton Pavilion
History & The Arts

Brighton Pavilion

...technological progress, which drove the Industrial Revolution and were in turn reinforced by it; concepts of public and private and the proper relations between them; ideas of royal authority in the post-Napoleonic era of restoration of hereditary monarchies across Europe; the fashion for Oriental scholarship and the ‘Oriental tale’; and powerfully interconnected...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...Education, the educational arm of The Exilarch's Foundation....Week 1: Why does science need numbers?: Introduction - Janet Sumner is your guide through this course. She is a Media Fellow at The Open University with a specialist interest in volcanoes. Janet will appear at the start of each week to tip you off about the highlights and challenges, to remind you what...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision

...educated at Harrow School and the Universities of St. Andrew’s and Durham. He joined the BBC Natural History Unit in 1983. He has worked on a wide range of the department’s programmes, including the BAFTA award-winning ‘The Really Wild Show’, ‘Wildlife on One’, ‘The Natural World’ and the innovative ‘Reefwatch’, where he was one of the team that...
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Video 15 mins
General Election 2015 - 79Rewind
Society, Politics & Law

General Election 2015 - 79Rewind

...Education and the General Election of 1979 Alan Shipman explains how Teachers were not the only unionised, previously Labour-loyal employees who were switching towards the Conservatives in 1979 9 days: 1979 Tory lead dropped by 7% in 7 days according to poll conducted for The Observer Find out more about opinion polls with these short videos 'Opinion polls in a nutshell'...
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Activity 5 mins
Exercise and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercise and mental health

...Education, Child and Youth Qualifications. It took you through a series of exercises designed to develop your approach to study and learning at a distance and helped to improve your confidence as an independent learner. This resource is part of the ‘Wellbeing and Mental Health Collection’ collated by The Open University in Wales. You can find out more and discover...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)
Languages

Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)

...Educational provision is fragmented, achievement poorly measured, continuity not very evident. In the language of our time, there is a lack of joined-up thinking. Bogsa 4 Foreign languages in the upper secondary school: the causes of decline Joanna McPake, Lindsay Lyall (SCRE); Richard Johnstone, Lesley Low (University of Stirling) Introduction In November 1996,...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs