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Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?

...change depending on ethnicity? Across the world, there are different views about how neurodiversity is understood and therefore defined. Some cultures are yet to accept the paradigm of neurodiversity and believe that experiences of ADHD, autism, etc are all forms of mental health disorders. Behaviours that are classed as different or a difficulty vary widely because of...
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Article 10 mins
MSE’s Academy of Money Badge icon
Money & Business

MSE’s Academy of Money

...change regularly. In 2024/25 there is a lower income threshold of £12,570 per year and an upper earnings limit of £50,270. On income between these limits, employees’ National Insurance is generally levied at 8%. If you earn more than £50,270, you pay NICs at 2% above that. Table 1 Bands for Class 1 NICs in 2024/25 RATE 0% £0–£12,570 0% 12% £12,570–£50,270 8%...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...changed tissues. These techniques have become some of the most important weapons in our fight against disease. When considering drugs used for the treatment of disease, your first thoughts might lean towards treatments involving organic compounds. But metals and their compounds have been used for medical applications since ancient times. The use of metal-containing drugs...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...change in her life. With her husband and three children, Anne had uprooted in 2002 from one part of the country to another. The Learning Lives project gave Anne the opportunity to tell stories about this life-changing transition. This reading is in the following sections: meet Anne and find out a bit about her the themes of Anne’s ‘life story’ how her life story...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
A modest liking for Liverpool
History & The Arts

A modest liking for Liverpool

...changes, came the consolation of beautiful riverside beaches, thronged with people who looked gay at that distance, and beyond the Mersey rose the Welsh hills, blue, blue. III At the end of the tram-line, where we necessarily dismounted, we rejected a thatched cottage, offering us tea, because we thought it too thatched and too cottage to be quite true (though I do not...
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Article 10 mins
Banks as utilities and the future of payments
Money & Business

Banks as utilities and the future of payments

...change in digital banking coming in now, there was a concern that for a lot of the big banks with a huge branch network this was no longer a sign of strength, it was actually a liability. Because nowadays, many customers, you want them to do most of their banking digitally – whether it’s paying your bills, checking your balance, transferring money, etc. The sort of...
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Article 10 mins
“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language
Languages

“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language

...change from kilometres into miles, but the bilingual signage on all traffic signs ceases to exist, the Irish language physically stops at the ‘border’ and commuters enter into seemingly ‘English Only’ territory. Like many other language indicators, this was by design, not by accident. The plan: why Good Friday Agreement signalled hope for the Irish language...
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Article 5 mins
Why not ‘World Religions’?
History & The Arts

Why not ‘World Religions’?

...change (like if one group has the right to dominate others) our ideas about religion can change too. Interested in taking your learning further? You might find it helpful to explore the Open University’s Religious Studies courses and qualifications. Resources for teachers There are discussion questions and a classroom activity suggested at the end of this course...Why...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr