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Questions in science
Science, Maths & Technology

Questions in science

...thinking about why you might want to study science, that is what has inspired you to get this far. This video shows four scientists who were involved in creating the taster blocks in this course discussing what inspired them to study science. Topics include: What are waves? is a taster of physics with some biology thrown in! It has been adapted from a topic called Are...
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Article 5 mins
The history of Halloween
History & The Arts

The history of Halloween

...think Halloween provides an example of something that both Christians and Pagans can and do celebrate, let’s first be clear about some historical facts. Medieval sources make it certain that the 31st October and the 1st November were important festive occasions in Ireland and Wales. In Ireland the festival was known as “Samhain”, in Wales it was called “Calan...
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Managing my money for young adults: in partnership with the Harrison Foundation
Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults: in partnership with the Harrison Foundation

...thinking about financial decisions. Each of the two adults has four thought bubbles surrounding them. In the four bubbles are: a car, a house, a financial savings account, and a desert island (used to represent a holiday).] Most young adults (people aged 15–17) in the UK are in full-time education or training, they directly participate in the education and training...
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Religious literacy for Further education: A social justice approach
History & The Arts

Religious literacy for Further education: A social justice approach

...thinking about religious literacy is the American Academy of Religion’s (AAR) Guidelines for Teaching about Religion in K–12 Public Schools in the United States (Moore, 2010). The AAR’s guidelines define religious literacy as ‘the ability to discern and analyse the intersections of religion with social, political, and cultural life’ (p. 4), stating that, in the...
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Video 10 mins
Effective note taking
Education & Development

Effective note taking

...think about how you can use them, perhaps in combination with linear notes. Mind map - A mind map, also known as a spider-gram, is a diagram in which ideas are linked to each other by lines, usually starting from the middle and working outwards. Although it can be used at any time, it is best when there is one main topic Flow chart - Useful if you want to show a process...
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Video 5 mins
Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law
Science, Maths & Technology

Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law

...think about the assumptions you make in your calculations and possible sources of experimental uncertainty. Learning outcomes After studying this course, you should be able to: describe the properties of Coulomb’s law and electrostatic force determine the force exerted on one stationary charge by another using Coulomb’s law explain some of the uncertainties and errors...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Voice-leading analysis of music 3: the background
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 3: the background

...think about how to divide up each movement into sections such as ‘exposition’, ‘development’, and so forth. These sorts of labels are important in studying a piece of music, and I will discuss how they relate to harmonic structure at the end of this free course. But first, I want to look at harmony on its own. In the earlier courses, you saw that the rules that...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Who are Europeans?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are Europeans?

...system exhibits a degree of social openness, in which there are opportunities for upper-level white-collar workers. In the French system the validation of merits before entering work is the result either of inheritance or of academic achievement; in Germany the authority of the business head has to be legitimated all along, hence the importance of ongoing education and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs