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Health and wellbeing in the ancient world
History & The Arts

Health and wellbeing in the ancient world

...children. Using evidence on the hair and face, the eyes, the digestive system, the organs of reproduction and the feet, you'll explore topics with which society still wrestles, including the location of the 'self'; the relationship between mind and body; identity; food and drink; sanitation; sexuality, ageing and gender. There are no special requirements for this course,...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere
Science, Maths & Technology

Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere

...centre of the disc. This is enlarged in the inset at the upper left. The bluish ring is the outline of the plume, which casts a reddish shadow onto the surface to its right. The black surface feature beneath the right-hand part of the plume is a lava flow that has erupted continually since 1979. Most planetary scientists were staggered to find active volcanoes on Io, but...
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Level 2: Intermediate 17 hrs
The business of football
Money & Business

The business of football

...research reveals. You will consider how to nurture an effective motivational and team climate. The final theme is globalisation and power relationships in football and in business. You will examine the commercial and global expansion of the game and how different dimensions of power are used in football and other businesses. If you have enjoyed this course and are...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Why Cilla Black was more than just a light entertainment star
History & The Arts

Why Cilla Black was more than just a light entertainment star

...centre stage had not diminished). Hers was a very showbiz life, lived in the spotlight for half a century. Her undimmed commitment to razzamatazz no doubt explains the parade of celebs lining up to pay tribute (what the reliably spiteful Katie Hopkins mocked on her Twitter account as the “rush to gush”). Cilla wasn’t quite the last of her kind, but her achievements...
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Article 5 mins
The Hunt: a natural history series that challenges us to side with the predators
Nature & Environment

The Hunt: a natural history series that challenges us to side with the predators

...centre of the image which is framed by dark green, waxy leaves that make the spider look as if it's in a circle in the middle of the picture. The spider has two big black eyes in the middle of its head and two pairs of smaller eyes vertically toward the side of its head, each framed by an orange ring. It's body looks like it has coarse beige hair on it and the legs are...
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Article 10 mins
Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins
Society, Politics & Law

Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins

...centres of power. Their work brought them global reputations but the starting points, the essence of their writing to which they always returned, was life experience drawn from the margins and across the borders of different worlds. Their work brought them global reputations but the starting points, the essence of their writing to which they always returned, was life...
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Article 10 mins
Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer
Science, Maths & Technology

Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer

...evolve.” (Hamilton 2004). References Lincoln Lab, MIT: https://www.ll.mit.edu/ Lorenz Centre, MIT: http://lorenz.mit.edu/ Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, MIT: https://www.draper.com/ Cameron, Lori (2018) What to Know About the Scientist Who Invented the Term “Software Engineering” . IEEE Computer Society. Ref: https://www.computer....
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Article 5 mins
Exercising at 50
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercising at 50

...Centre. Kohrt, W. M., Bloomfield, S. A., Little, K. D., Nelson, M. E., and Yingling, V. R. (2004). Physical activity and bone health, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, vol. 36, no. 11, pp. 1985-1996. Penn, S. (2016) ‘Postural and core training’, in Hough, P. & Penn, S. (eds) Advanced personal training: Science to practice, Abingdon, Oxon, Routledge, pp....
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Article 5 mins