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IT: device to device communication
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: device to device communication

...changes in the way we live our lives. The article's title includes some very emotive words: 'the end of the world as we know it', and the abstract talks about changing society significantly. I assumed these changes would involve the use of computers – perhaps in a way they are not currently used – because the abstract talks about bringing people 'into closer contact...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
An introduction to material culture
History & The Arts

An introduction to material culture

...changing attitudes to ancient artefacts. Now, it was collected in the nineteenth century, and at that time people didn’t really appreciate having fragmentary, broken antiquities, so it was stuck together and the cracks were painted over, so it actually looked like a complete beautiful, untouched vase. In more recent times, there’s been a turn towards uncovering these...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Developing resilience in sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing resilience in sport

...change your lane, so they all get a chance. So maybe– MUSTAFA SARKAR: I'm Dr. Mustafa Sarkar. I'm an Associate Professor of Sport and Performance Psychology at Nottingham Trent University. My main area of research looks at the psychology of sporting excellence. And in particular, I'm interested in individual, team and organisational resilience in elite sport and the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection
Money & Business

Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection

...change all of that by coming up with a healthier, more modern brand of jam. Narrator: Less than three years after he first made jam with his gran Fraser’s SuperJam hit the High Street. TV Presenter: Tonight the jammy teenager who’s landed a supermarket deal thanks to his granny’s recipe. Fraser Doherty: When SuperJam was launched there was an incredible amount of...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?
Science, Maths & Technology

What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?

...change is 0 (N2) to +5 (NO3−) suggesting the transfer of five electrons. So how many molecules of ATP are needed to provide the energy for this conversion? Each electron transfer requires two molecules of ATP, so ten ATP molecules in total. Nitrogen compounds are produced in several other processes, the most obvious being for fertiliser, either farmyard manure or...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Promoting the effective management of children’s pain
Health, Sports & Psychology

Promoting the effective management of children’s pain

...change? The framework has a number of interconnected elements that focus on supporting health care staff, helping them become confident, adopting an individual approach to children and families, and empowering parents to become more actively involved in their child’s pain management All of these processes are dependent on effective leadership and robust education....
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic
OpenLearn Ireland

Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic

...change was in the air as the eighteenth century gave way to the nineteenth. Irish radicalism in the 1790s posed a significant threat to the Protestant Ascendency who, though they identified themselves as nationally Irish, still felt themselves to be deemed too English by their Catholic countrymen. The Irish Act of Union in 1800, which merged the Kingdoms of Ireland and...
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Article 45 mins
Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution
History & The Arts

Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution

...change it. She also explains the reasons why it is not a matter of course that women are united in their struggle: … those [women] who have the most to lose from taking a stand, that is, women like me who have carved out a successful sinecure or career, have to be willing to risk insecurity – be it merely ridicule – in order to gain self-respect. And they have to...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs