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Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...Introduction - Welcome to this free course, Start writing fiction: characters and stories. Start by watching the introductory video from course author, Derek Neale. Derek Neale Hello and welcome to Start writing fiction. I’m Derek Neale and I teach creative writing here at The Open University. I’ll be your guide throughout the course and each week, I’ll let you know...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change

...managed to find consensus on the projections of sea level rise. We have close to sea level … RH: Well, it's a very broad consensus that, isn't it? TS: Well, I think that is an achievement that is not to be underestimated. If you remember the situation in 2008 or 2009 when we talked about sea level rise, the published range was huge. And I think we have taken really a...
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Audio 5 mins
Cognition and gender development
Education & Development

Cognition and gender development

...manage our lives effectively. For children exposed to an endless stream of new information and novel input, such processes of simplification are necessary in order to make sense of the complex world around them. Activity: What’s in your gender schema? Allow about 20 minutes This activity will help you to explore your own use of gender schemas. Do you make any automatic...
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Article 15 mins
Why is Mongolia a good place to die?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is Mongolia a good place to die?

...introduction of palliative care in earnest from 2000 onwards. But first she had to come up with the right words. “[In Mongolia] we didn’t have any terminology for palliative care,” she tells me as she gives me a tour of the country’s first palliative care ward, established in the early 2000s at Mongolia’s National Cancer Center. Pointing out the sign on the...
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Article 15 mins
What is a virus?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a virus?

...Introduction The intention of this article is to provide some general knowledge about viruses, how they lead to infection and how the body’s immune system responds. Although tiny, viruses are complex, diverse entities that have the capacity to infect hosts, replicate themselves and then spread to additional hosts. In addition, viruses can sometimes transfer between host...
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Article 20 mins
Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology
Education & Development

Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology

...introduction so as to help establish the significance for criminologists of the pulse of Empire that flows so silently through our discipline. Our engagements with criminology are formed through events we have experienced directly but write about infrequently because they are considered ‘ultra vires’, out of scope for being intimate, private or domestic. No...
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Video 30 mins
Babylonian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Babylonian mathematics

...Introduction - This course looks at Babylonian mathematics. You will learn how a series of discoveries have enabled historians to decipher stone tablets and study the various techniques the Babylonians used for problem-solving and teaching. The Babylonian problem-solving skills have been described as remarkable and scribes of the time received a training far in advance of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...Introduction - This free course, Census stories: Bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes, aims to provide you with opportunities to reflect on contemporary religious identities, as well as the role of religious and secular communities in providing a sense of belonging, in our increasingly global, urban and multifaith society. During this course you will compare data...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs