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A short introduction to the English language
Languages

A short introduction to the English language

...OU. Activity 4 Watch the video and try to identify the most important points. Make some notes in the text box below and save your answer. There is no comment for this activity. [INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR It’s October 1599. Shakespeare has finished writing his history play, Julius Caesar, and is visiting a fair in his hometown of Stratford with his daughter....
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision

...become a professional zoologist. But it was really the Wiltshire countryside that triggered it. I think if I’d been… I don’t know, I was lucky to grow up in the countryside in the thirties and to see… natural life at close quarters. My studies in animal behaviour Back in the 1950s I was working here in Oxford with Niko Tinbergen as a comparative ethologist. I was...
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Video 1 hr 40 mins
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...OU. At the start of the course, you'll learn the basics of information security and how to take some easy steps to secure your digital life. We'll then begin to look under the hood, exploring some of the technologies underpinning the internet and information security. You'll see how data moves between computers over the internet, how it can be attacked, and how it can be...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Cymorth i chi a’ch lles meddyliol
Health, Sports & Psychology

Cymorth i chi a’ch lles meddyliol

...Student Minds Mae Student Minds yn elusen sydd yn cynnal grwpiau cymorth i fyfyrwyr sydd yn cael trafferth efo’u hiechyd meddwl. Maent yn cynnig rhaglenni cymorth a gweithdai i ddatblygu’r wybodaeth a’r sgiliau sydd eu hangen arnoch chi i ofalu am eich iechyd meddwl. Mae cyngor hefyd ar sut allwch chi gefnogi ffrind allai fod yn cael amser anodd. studentminds.org.uk...
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Article 10 mins
When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants
Society, Politics & Law

When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants

...become the symbol of the refugee crisis in the Middle East. The image and subsequent public outcry has led to an increase in charitable donations, impacted election campaigns, and prompted the public to demand more of their governments, resulting in western nations around the worldpledging to increase the number of refugees they will take. Although it is unfortunate that...
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Article 5 mins
Rio 2016: Aisuluu Tynybekova - not quite a medalist; still a national hero
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: Aisuluu Tynybekova - not quite a medalist; still a national hero

...become the country's highest-ranked wrestler across all categories, a fact not lost on the republic's Twitterazzi. Пол страны чуваков с поломаными ушами, а в полуфинале боролась женщина.. #kgz Айсулуу Тыныбекова, азамат!!! pic.twitter.com/PguOoRw2D3 — Aibek Turdaliev (@aibek_turdaliev)...
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Article 5 mins
Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?

...becomes linked to discrimination and violence, solidarity and emancipation through the way it is used, and which must therefore be navigated with skill and reflexivity. Furthermore, social and technological systems create ways of knowing that are caught up in the processes by which they remain coherent; because knowledge and social life are self-referential, their...
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Article 5 mins
How are tiny air pollutants causing massive storms in the Amazon?
Nature & Environment

How are tiny air pollutants causing massive storms in the Amazon?

...become so strong and produce so much rain in Amazon region.” Pérola de Castro Vasconcellos, a chemist at the University of Sao Paulo’s Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry Studies, tells SciDev.Net. that “this [study] changes the way clouds are to be represented in models used for weather forecasting, as well as the way researchers understand the workings of...
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Article 5 mins