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Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...out your vision for the library based on that. A library development plan strategically outlines your priorities to raise standards and identifies the measures to achieve your goals. A typical library development plan will include a short introduction that summarises your previous year’s evaluation and sets out a rationale for any changes you intend to implement. This...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Getting started with Spanish 3
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 3

...out with you, and how to accept or decline their invitations. This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course LGXS003 Beginners Spanish 3: ¡Adelante! After completing this free course, you may wish to register for the full course to continue your learning...This free course will take you some steps further...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Why is it dangerous when Trump sees people as objects?
Languages

Why is it dangerous when Trump sees people as objects?

...out of the bus window at actress Arianne Zucker and said, “Oh, it looks good.” “It,” of course, is a thing, not a person. A thing that he might kiss or grab, even without its consent. A thing can’t give its consent, after all. The comments on the tape suggest that he might, at times, not wait for any at all. When Anderson Cooper asked Trump about the comments...
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Protest Banners: Trade Union
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Trade Union

...out structure here as the flattened pyramid shape is actually the ziggurat or crepidoma, an ancient temple structure for the shrines of the gods. It was a humble blacksmith designer, James Sharples, who placed the craft workers of his trade, on just such a ziggurat as the heroes of their newly amalgamated engineering union, way back in 1851. I find it fascinating that the...
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Simplistic models for understanding Coronavirus: Helpful or harmful?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Simplistic models for understanding Coronavirus: Helpful or harmful?

...out (see chart in the tweet below, illustrating the principle of flattening the curve of cases). Our #FlattenTheCurve graphic is now up on @Wikipedia with proper attribution & a CC-BY-SA licence. Please share far & wide and translate it into any language you can! Details in the thread below. #Covid_19 #COVID2019 #COVID19 #coronavirus Thanks to @XTOTL & @TheSpinoffTV...
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Article 15 mins
What does Marine LePen plan for France?
Society, Politics & Law

What does Marine LePen plan for France?

...out of Europe as cut it free of the whole continent. The key themes of the weighty manifesto are for France to leave both the eurozone and the EU and to prioritise national interests over global forces. Le Pen wants to lead a strong, interventionist and muscular state and to reduce immigration to virtually zero. Along the way, she wants to combat multiculturalism and...
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The Silver Bridge Disaster: The collapse
Science, Maths & Technology

The Silver Bridge Disaster: The collapse

...out later that it wasn’t as purported to be. Narrator Following in the wake of the Silver Bridge disaster, one immediate legacy was that the Hi Carpenter Bridge was closed. Jack Fowler The sister bridge, it had to be closed because it was a similar design, the same company built it. Um, we know now that, uh, they knew there wasn’t any way to inspect it and to correct...
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The science of making musical instruments
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of making musical instruments

...out more about The Open University's Music courses and qualifications Interested in the technology of music? You can study that with The Open University What is the science of music? Music is generally thought to be an art rather than a science but what is the science behind the production of music? And can three 'tone-deaf' scientists use these principles to make musical...
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Article 15 mins