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Studying mammals: The insect hunters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The insect hunters

...family as a whole displays features that, to some degree, resemble those of ancestral mammals. For example, their body temperature is low and varies throughout a 24-hour period. There is also a cloaca - the common opening for the digestive and urinogenital systems - that is also present in non-mammals such as lizards. Hedgehogs eat earthworms, slugs, eggs and frogs, in...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Unsolved problems in cosmology
Science, Maths & Technology

Unsolved problems in cosmology

...history of the Universe is shown in Figure 1. [Described image] Figure 1 A simple timeline of the main stages in the history of the Universe...Unsolved problems in cosmology: 1.1 The expanding Universe - The first piece of evidence for the hot big bang was the discovery in 1927 by Edwin Hubble and (independently) by Georges Lemaître that the further away galaxies are,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
London's 1818 public health crisis
History & The Arts

London's 1818 public health crisis

...family were attacked with it three different times; and it was only arrested by the destruction of all the furniture in the apartment. Thus it may be said, the sufferers became diseased through their own contagion and your committee cannot contemplate without serious apprehension, what might have been the result of this epidemic daily gaining strength, if it had not been...
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Article 10 mins
The UK votes out: Instant reaction
Society, Politics & Law

The UK votes out: Instant reaction

...family rights and the benefits of diversity get very little mention. The debate hasn’t changed UK politics but it’s brought out some of the nastiness in our political life – something that potential immigrants might want to consider. Paul Cairney, professor of politics and public policy, University of Stirling The truth is we don’t know what will happen in...
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Article 10 mins
Three Irish Poets – Ellen O'Leary
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Ellen O'Leary

...family, ‘crazy from drinking all day’ is not able to protect his children. The possible implication here is that women are in some sense stronger than men. Think about the implications of this tension for O’Leary herself as a political writer and activist but one still working within the constraints of Victorian gender ideologies. The form of the poem While reading...
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Article 5 mins
FGM clinical pathways in Northern Ireland
Health, Sports & Psychology

FGM clinical pathways in Northern Ireland

...families or communities lack of awareness of available services and how to access them. Consequently, the needs of women from minoritised communities may remain hidden and unmet. Current healthcare provision FGM-related services in NI are limited. Some provision exists within maternity care, including a cultural liaison midwife in one Trust. Women may be also referred via...
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Article 5 mins
Back To The Future Part IV: What will 2045 be like?
Science, Maths & Technology

Back To The Future Part IV: What will 2045 be like?

...family dog with a drone mini-helicopter, as depicted in the 2015 of Back to the Future II, but drones are a widely available commercial product. Developing the software that controls these miniature flying cars to the point where it is both reliable and robust enough to control much larger vehicles in real-world conditions – including handling hardware failures – will...
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Article 5 mins
Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...family, the group of people I play sport with, a retail store and my bank. They are all quite different. But the word ‘organisation’ suggests some structure and ordering which implies there is a purpose to the ordering – it is organised in a way to achieve something. These examples of organisations all have more than one person involved. Each person within the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs