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Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...work both in the UK and Europe. Her background is at the BBC and Red Bee Media, spending almost 10 years as a Creative, and then as acting Creative Head for CBeebies working across the BBC’s portfolio and commercial brands. She has created trailers and promotions for Deadly 60, Horrible Histories, Octonauts and beyond. She lives and breathes unique, creative ideas and...
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Video 30 mins
My digital life
Digital & Computing

My digital life

Everything is becoming digital - what does this mean for your life?...[Business person working on keyboard against a technology background] As part of Make it Digital Season we have curated some content around the digital world and how it affects our daily lives:
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Activity 1 hr
Detecting Deception: Can you spot a liar?
Society, Politics & Law

Detecting Deception: Can you spot a liar?

Some money has been stolen - everyone denies taking it but some people are lying. Can you work out who is telling the truth and who is being dishonest? Find out in our interactive...[Detecting Deception image] Select the image to start detecting!
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Activity 20 mins
Should we read John Locke today?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we read John Locke today?

...social contract, consenting to be governed in return for the guaranteed protection of their rights. Which all sounds rather promising. You can hear the voice of Locke when you listen to the words of the United States Declaration of Independence (1776): ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with...
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Article 10 mins
Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...working on one short mythical narrative, the death of Icarus. One aim of this course is to introduce you to the Roman poet Ovid, a crucially important figure in the history of classical mythology. Very few Graeco-Roman mythic narratives escaped Ovid’s attention, even if some crop up in unexpected places and only feature by brief allusion. Sampling Ovid in this OpenLearn...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
The Children's Research Centre Hub
Education & Development

The Children's Research Centre Hub

The Open University's Children's Research Centre enables participation by children and young people - this collection of FREE resources explores some of their important work. ...The Children's Research Centre is all about research with about and led by children and young people. Find out more in our FREE resources below...
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Article 5 mins
Diversity in religion: Islam
History & The Arts

Diversity in religion: Islam

...social media feeds, or somewhere else? Activity 1 Watch this interview with Dr Shanon Shah and make a few notes about the main points. SHANON SHAH Talking about homosexuality and religion, we cannot ignore the necessity of having these spaces where you can have open discussions about a lot of things, not just sexuality. I suppose the running thread throughout all my work,...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Three Irish poets - introduction
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish poets - introduction

...work of both women. The third writer- Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (b.1952 ) - is a contemporary poet writing in Irish. Her work is widely acclaimed and has been translated by many leading English-language poets. We will look at a single poem by each writer. We hope you will find the poems enjoyable in themselves, as well as giving you an opportunity to explore how this poetry...
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Article 5 mins