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Library of Alexandria
History & The Arts

Library of Alexandria

...research to find out more about authors with whom you’re unfamiliar, but don’t spend more than half an hour on this), and note where the sources corroborate or contradict each other. Discussion Let’s take each of these sources in turn and try to determine whether they tell us anything reliable about the fate of the library. The brief account in Plutarch’s Life of...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Sustainable Scotland
Nature & Environment

Sustainable Scotland

...children and grandchildren are said to have a 'green sustainability agenda'. Those who concentrate on the difficulties experienced by those currently living in a low-income socially-deprived area are said to have a 'brown environmental health agenda'. There are almost as many perspectives on the environment as there are on political parties. This OpenLearn course provides...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision

...children not able to do that now, their parents don’t allow them to do that now, maybe correctly, but they don’t. I’m much involved and much concerned really at the way in which natural things are now removed from young children. I’m involved, and have been for a long time, in an organisation trying to create natural playgrounds in which children can look at ponds...
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Video 40 mins
Why is Croatia adopting a more welcoming approach to the refugees?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is Croatia adopting a more welcoming approach to the refugees?

...centre stage as the East European country most affected by the surge of refugees from conflict zones in the Middle East. An estimated 44,000 people have arrived on Croatian territory since its neighbouring countries began to reject arrivals. Croatia’s immediate stance on the refugee crisis was that no walls would be built and no barbed wire would be erected, because...
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Article 5 mins
However you feel about it, Labour's manifesto offers a choice
Society, Politics & Law

However you feel about it, Labour's manifesto offers a choice

...centre ground of politics and that you can’t win elections from a left-wing, tax-raising position – even if that’s a theory that seems to have been upheld by recent opinion polls. What the 2017 Labour manifesto ultimately illustrates therefore is a clear break with the years of political consensus that broadly covered the 1979 to 2010 governments of Margaret...
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Article 5 mins
Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?

...centre of a lot of people’s lives, its significance is vastly diminished during this public health crisis. People have been shocked at the postponement of major sports events, such as the 2020 Olympic Games, but this is a minor issue when we consider there are thousands of people around the world dying daily. However, the loss of live sport has left a chasm in the...
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Article 10 mins
The secrets of the brain
Science, Maths & Technology

The secrets of the brain

...responsible person into an antisocial, disrespectful man. His general intelligence did not change, however. This incident allowed scientists to discover that the frontal lobes are our emotional control centre. Our brain is as complicated as it is important. If you think about it, right now your brain is actually reading information about itself. How remarkable is that?...
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Article 10 mins
Knife crime is a health risk for young people – it can’t be solved by policing alone
Education & Development

Knife crime is a health risk for young people – it can’t be solved by policing alone

...centres, poverty, the media and status. Peer pressure was discussed a lot: Yeah cos its like, all this badness and robbery ting that they’re on, I think it’s because like the young ones they’re looking to the elders isn’t it, like and they see what the elders do. – Santi, aged 17. They also talked about the need to have “back up”, and the protection that...
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Article 5 mins