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Introduction to child psychology
Education & Development

Introduction to child psychology

...out this short survey...Introduction to child psychology: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the discipline of child psychology as an area of study understand how theories try to explain children’s development discuss important questions that are central to child psychology understand how child psychologists work in...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Engineering: The challenge of temperature
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The challenge of temperature

...out that almost all the properties of a material change with temperature. So, anything you make will to some extent be sensitive to temperature. That sensitivity needs to be known about. 'What if the temperature changes?' is an excellent prompt for engineers. There are advantages and disadvantages to thermal sensitivity and some of these are explored in her. On the one...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Studying mammals: Return to the water
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Return to the water

...out [p. 200], the order is named after the Sirens of classical mythology, sea-nymphs who lured sailors to their death. Until relatively recently, there was a fifth species: Steller's seacow. This animal lived mainly on kelp and had no teeth, though it did have rough plates on its palate. Hunting and the decline of the kelp beds caused a drastic fall in its numbers, and it...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Employee engagement
Money & Business

Employee engagement

...out could reveal the best way to keep them motivated. Older workers may be more expensive, but engagement and motivation increase with age and employees aged 55 and over tend to be happier with their work and more likely to stay with their employers. Findings from the 2007 YouGov PeopleIndex employee engagement study reveal three distinct stages of the work-life cycle:...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry

...out her Bible and began to read to them. It captured their attention – many of the women asked who Christ was. Encouraged, over subsequent visits Elizabeth gradually put in place a new regime designed to reform the female prisoners. She organised a school for their children, appointed a female matron to guard them, procured useful work to occupy their time, formed a...
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Article 15 mins
Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care
Nature & Environment

Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care

...out. PhD student Freya wise is investigating the impact of embodied carbon for reducing carbon from heritage buildings...Embodied carbon is a very important source of carbon emissions, especially in the construction industry. But in practise most people aren’t really aware of it and it is rarely measured in construction or renovation projects. This article explores...
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Article 10 mins
Tolstoy and the search for the meaning of life
History & The Arts

Tolstoy and the search for the meaning of life

...out my wish, I should not have known what to say. If in moments of intoxication I had, not wishes, but habits of former desires, I knew in sober moments that was a deception, that there was nothing to wish for. I could not even wish to find out the truth, because I guess what it consisted in. The truth was that life was meaningless. It was as though I had just been living...
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Article 15 mins
60 second adventures in microgravity
Science, Maths & Technology

60 second adventures in microgravity

...out more about The Open University's Science courses. Why do astronauts float on the space station? Contrary to popular belief, it isn't because there's no gravity. The gravitational pull of the Earth is almost as strong in the orbit of the International Space Station as it is on you as you read this. Astronauts are experiencing weightlessness because they are in a...
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Video 10 mins