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Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...think of the term ‘empowerment’, do certain words, images or scenarios come to mind? If so, what are these? Who do you think can be empowered – individuals or communities? Discussion It might be tricky to know where to start with this and you might have a range of ideas. The key is to recognise that there are different approaches to empowerment and that different...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

...think this might be? Discussion In modern societies, it is usual to think about ‘humans’ and ‘animals’ as being separate categories. In consequence, it can be easy to forget that humans are also animals, of the species homo sapiens (Latin for ‘knowing man’). Using phrases like ‘other animals’, ‘nonhuman animals’ or ‘animals other than humans’ is a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Should the EU give up on 'ever closer' union?
Society, Politics & Law

Should the EU give up on 'ever closer' union?

...thinking. To emerge from the current impasse, this strategic reflection should be built on a new understanding of differentiated integration, based on flexible differentiation. Flexibility should be based on the coexistence of various degrees of membership, where a core group of states would reinforce cooperation in economic, mobility or defence issues. Strong levels of...
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Article 10 mins
An introduction to visualising development data
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to visualising development data

...system” is fair, it should also provide us with a means of comparing one country or region with another, even if those countries have different sizes of population or cover different land areas. Transcript Making comparisons the fair way Making comparisons in a fair way is one of the major aims of statistics. According to Hans Rosling, do you remember what he said about...
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Video 45 mins
Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2
Health, Sports & Psychology

Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2

...think that they’ve signed the consent and sent their children to theatre and now their child is in pain, so it’s their fault and they blame themselves for the children being in so much pain.’ Parents reported feeling that they should be part of the team caring for their child in hospital and that providing pain relief was one of the ‘basics’ parents should be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials
Languages

Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials

...think of when the term ‘culture’ is mentioned? It is likely that the first images that come to mind are related to everyday situations and behaviours. However, the Iceberg metaphor shown in Figure 1 illustrates that there are many assumptions, values, beliefs and customs that are deeply rooted and condition our behaviours, but which, crucially, are not necessarily...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Keeping the spark of the 60s alive: Neil Young and a sense of place
History & The Arts

Keeping the spark of the 60s alive: Neil Young and a sense of place

...think about their values on a range of subjects from environmentalism and agriculture to corporate advertising and new technologies.” This activist spirit stems from what The Guardian has called the “greatest protest song ever”. Young wrote the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song “Ohio” in May 1970 in response to the shootings of four Kent State University...
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Article 5 mins
Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech
Languages

Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech

...think that talking to himself was truly useful. I do too; so may you. At that time, as I watched the film, my head was almost constantly pondering on the issue of talking to oneself. I had just embarked on The Open University’s EdD programme, following a spark of curiosity that woke me up from my language teaching routine. One of my students in the language laboratory,...
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Article 10 mins