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The Iliad: List of characters
History & The Arts

The Iliad: List of characters

...courses and qualifications The hero Achilles is the son of the mortal Peleus, and Thetis, an immortal sea nymph. He is the greatest Greek warrior in the story of the Trojan War; the plot of Homer’s Iliad is driven by Achilles’ anger. When Achilles was born his mother tried to make him immortal by dipping him in the River Styx, but the heel where she held him remained...
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Fake news in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Fake news in Wales

...course. What’s new is the media environment we now live in, and particularly, the influence of the internet and other digital communications media. It’s the combination of this new technology – and the influence it has on society – along with the perennial tendency for those in power to twist the truth to their own ends, which has created today’s particular...
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Pathways To Success in Higher Education
Education & Development

Pathways To Success in Higher Education

...course. Perhaps you feel you haven't fulfilled your educational potential; maybe you need to develop your skills to improve your career prospects; or you might just want to learn more about a subject of interest. However if you’re not sure whether you’re ready for accredited study or you can’t decide what subject to take, or if you’re uncertain about the cost,...
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Can landfills be used to improve biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

Can landfills be used to improve biodiversity?

...course Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems Considering a qualification? Find out more about The Open University's Environment courses and qualifications and the different options available. References The International Union for Conservation of Nature (2026) The ICUN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Accessed:...
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Who makes the difficult decisions about children’s treatment?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Who makes the difficult decisions about children’s treatment?

...course of action. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is clear that children who are capable of forming their own views have a right not just to express those views but also for them to be given due weight in any decision making about them (article 12). They also have the right to appropriate information to help them reach that decision; yet...
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Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision

...course it is true that today that access is much more limited than it was when I was a boy. I could get on my bike, I lived in the city, I lived in Leicester, I could get on a bike and within 20 minutes I could be in the countryside, in a hedgerow, and not only are a lot of children not able to do that now, their parents don’t allow them to do that now, maybe correctly,...
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The secret history of teenage bedrooms
Education & Development

The secret history of teenage bedrooms

...course when you flip forward to the ‘70s Wilson had a bit of a notorious nervous breakdown where he spent a good 10 years, this is when he’s an adult mind you, but spent a good 10 years just in his room watching TV, eating junk food and snorting cocaine. So his own experiences in that song kind of captured the contradictory nature… Laurie Taylor: The two functions...
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What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?
Nature & Environment

What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?

...course come along. Research by Ver Planken and others has shown that when people have a baby, change jobs or move house, such events can be an opportunity for good intentions to be converted into new forms of behaviour. Habits get shaken up, practices change, and new opportunities to be ‘green’ can come around. In this project, I teamed up with two colleagues from...
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