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Neighbourhood nature
Nature & Environment

Neighbourhood nature

...inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Discovering chemistry Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Discovering chemistry

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses ...Session 1: Atoms – the building blocks of matter: Introduction - Atoms are the basic building blocks of all the substances around you, rather like letters are used to construct words and hence a language. And a look ‘inside’ an atom is perhaps your best starting...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Researching Nirvana: Whatever, Nevermind
History & The Arts

Researching Nirvana: Whatever, Nevermind

...resource for youth to distinguish themselves from other generations. Although grunge developed originally as an avant-garde or experimental genre, once it seeped into the local music scene of Seattle and evolved into its industry form, it was already well established in the collective identity of youth in the United States. Bethany Bryson. 1996. “‘Anything but Heavy...
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Article 5 mins
Golden Globe Ocean Race: The landscape above and below the sea
Science, Maths & Technology

Golden Globe Ocean Race: The landscape above and below the sea

...as Mount Fuji on the so-called ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’. [Mount Fuji] Mount Fuji Take a closer look at the trenches and the majestic ‘Ring of Fire’! Transcript These days SONAR is complemented by other techniques, including satellite measurements, to determine the bathymetry of the ocean. Like oceans? Take it further Free resources: Our modules: Our qualifications:...
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Video 20 mins
The house doesn't always win
Digital & Computing

The house doesn't always win

...resources/wp-global-threat-report-2017.pdf (Page 8) To see an example of internet of things being abused by large companies; Wolf Richter (awesome name) wrote about how his American healthcare provider is pressurising him to use an internet-connected toothbrush in order to receive cheaper dental care:
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Article 5 mins
The City: The Roman and Greek Cities
History & The Arts

The City: The Roman and Greek Cities

...resources from the provinces and ultimately to establish Roman institutions in native society. If it was commerce that drove urbanisation in Greece, it was the political needs of an empire that drove the urbanisation of northern Europe. Eventually, provincial aristocrats like Ausonius, a resident of Bordeaux in the fourth century AD, came to see the political and cultural...
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Article 5 mins
Language of Poverty
Society, Politics & Law

Language of Poverty

...Open University's Gerry Mooney discusses the language used to describe poverty in the UK with columnist and writer, Owen Jones ...The language used to describe poverty in the UK has a vital bearing on how welfare policy is implemented, and how policies are perceived by the wider population. The strivers versus skivers debate has framed much of the Government's current...
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An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...open-mindedness towards ways of being that are different from what you understand as ‘normal’. An ethno-relative instead of an ethno-centric mindset is also crucial: An ethno-centric leads people to think that their familiar ways are superior to others, whereas an ethno-relative view enables you to switch perspectives without such judgement. Intercultural competence...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs