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Not intervening as a form of care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Not intervening as a form of care

...phrase “I’m afraid nothing more can be done” in the context of health care? Perhaps on television, or if you’ve been caring for someone undergoing treatment. Even if it is said with genuine sympathy, the problem is that it can suggest resignation or failure. However, we have identified this as a moment not when everything suddenly stops, but when a different form...
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Video 5 mins
Outdoor spaces for tiny humans
Education & Development

Outdoor spaces for tiny humans

...phrase ‘tiny humans’ was borrowed from Holt and Philo (2022, p. 819) who use the term to describe how: babies and toddlers are at the crux of what it is to be human, raising potent questions about exactly ‘what kinds of human’ are they? [and how] their disruption [of space] exposes the normative expectations of behaviour in place. As presenters, we briefly shared...
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Video 45 mins
The interplay of language and culture in times of crisis: COVID-19 and beyond
Languages

The interplay of language and culture in times of crisis: COVID-19 and beyond

...phrase ‘little sheep people’ to refer to those who had tested positive. It could be said that a neologism was created here by a process of semantic shift. In any case, social media users have raised concerns that this term reinforces stigmatisation of a group of people who have become very vulnerable in Chinese society (Koetse, 2022). Ukraine invaded The COVID-19...
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Article 5 mins
A tour of the cell
Science, Maths & Technology

A tour of the cell

...types of eukaryotic cells, however, exhibit many common structures and functions. This mix of uniformity and diversity is also reflected in the organisation within cells. This course looks in more detail at the interior of cells - their subcellular structure, including their 'ultrastructural' features (sometimes called 'fine structure'), which are visible using electron...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Happy birthday Shakespeare!
History & The Arts

Happy birthday Shakespeare!

...phrase the world's mine oyster was used as a threat - but today, it has become the world's my oyster - or your oyster - and it describes situations that contain wonderful opportunities. Take US entrepreneur Chris Gardner, who wrote in his autobiography The Pursuit of Happyness: Clip 1 The world is your oyster. It's up to you to find the pearls. Narrator It can describe...
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Article 3 hrs
Who lives where?
Education & Development

Who lives where?

...in what home...[Everett House] The aim of this activity is to explore your child’s expectations about types of dwellings and the people that live in them. You can do this by using the three pictures of houses as starting points for your child to tell some stories about the people that live in them. [Who lives where interactive] Click here to download Who lives where?...
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Activity 5 mins
Understanding musical scores
History & The Arts

Understanding musical scores

...types of music and how they are written down, and what that notation means. This course includes some musical terms which you may not be familiar with. We have produced a glossary of terms which you may find useful. When new musical terms appear they are in bold text, and will have a definition in the glossary. In the following video, Open University lecturers Catherine...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Guide to diagrams
Money & Business

Guide to diagrams

...type of communication than most of us are used to—but it allows us to think in new ways and encourages us to approach problems differently. In this series of videos and animations, The Open University's Simon Bell and Kevin Collins explain why diagrams are so useful, and discuss 5 different diagramming types that you can use to help solve problems and explore issues....
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Activity 30 mins