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Year of the Horse: Chinese Lunar New Year
Languages

Year of the Horse: Chinese Lunar New Year

...children and younger family members as a gesture of protection and blessings for the year ahead. Firecrackers and fireworks Many communities continue the ancient custom of lighting firecrackers to ward off the monster Nian, a legendary beast frightened off by loud noises and the colour red. Visiting relatives and friends During the festival days, people visit loved ones...
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Collaborative problem solving for community safety
Money & Business

Collaborative problem solving for community safety

...research is past, 1979) or ‘wicked’ problems (H. J. W. Rittel, 1972). Messes and wicked problems are complex sets of problems in which many different potential issues are interlinked. These problems may be closely linked to the differing values, perceptions and world views of the people who are involved in aspects of the situation. The following diagram summarises the...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Everyday maths 1
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1

...children. How much would it cost for two adults and two children to go? Now check your answers to make sure you are ready to move on. Answer The answers are as follows: a.6 ×4 = 24 b.3 × 9 = 27 c.5 × 7 = 35 d.36 ÷ 9 = 4 e.48 ÷ 6 = 8 f.15 ÷ 3 = 5 10 × 25 = 250 wine glasses. 2 × 19 = £38 11 × 2 = £22 22 + 38 = £60 It would cost £60 to go to the circus...Session...
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Free course 48 hrs
Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...researchers in the field. Nonetheless, in recent years a generally accepted definition of creativity has emerged. This holds that creativity is: the generation of novel and useful products within a specific context. (Bristol et al., 2013, p. xii). These ‘products’ refer to everything from physical products to services, ideas, and processes, etc. Critically, however,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Talk the talk
Education & Development

Talk the talk

...research. Now, I've circled the places where I've been. Well, by design, if I wanted to have a heart attack I'd been in the right places. Right? So, how many people are in the white? How many people in the room have spent the majority of their life in the white space? Anybody? Boy you're lucky. How many have spent it in the red places? Oh, not so lucky. There are...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Yellow Fever: An OpenLearn reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Yellow Fever: An OpenLearn reading list

...children under 2 years of age should receive the full dose, however, and it pointed out some practical problems as well, such as the need for millions of smaller syringes. A WHO spokesperson says that problem has been solved by using syringes stored in China and Denmark for polio vaccination programs. Read at Science: Yellow fever emergency forces officials to combat...
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Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them

...Centre, to really try to explore panic attacks and what it’s all about and what it feels like, so that’s why we’ve asked you to be here, thank you very much for coming, Tim and Natalie and Alan. I want to ask you a question. This is perhaps to help people understand it. Now a lot of people say, oh yeah I felt panicky like before an exam I felt panicky. Now, is this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Studying mammals: Return to the water
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Return to the water

...research scientists. You have just met the scientific names of some mammalian groups (orders and suborders) with explanations of how the words have been derived. Many scientific names have Latin or Greek roots and with a good dictionary (and maybe a web search), you may be able to unravel some of these words for yourself. For example, the Weddell seal which you will meet...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs