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Learning how to learn
Education & Development

Learning how to learn

...interact. If you know another student who is studying the same course, why not suggest you share your responses to the activities? You could do this by meeting (at tutorials or elsewhere), by post or phone, or by email. Finally, it is a good idea to tell your tutor that you are going to try the activities - part of learning how to learn is developing a good learning...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Ahead of Super Tuesday, what have we learned about the candidates?
Society, Politics & Law

Ahead of Super Tuesday, what have we learned about the candidates?

...Social conservatives in particular fear that the nation is in moral decline. For example, 63 percent of Republicans oppose the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of same-sex marriage. Conservative pessimism has many other sources as well, including the violent chaos in the Middle East, the chronic nature of illegal immigration, the economic instability caused by...
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Article 5 mins
Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list

...social media to try to address the problems - but there was hope it would do more than just stick bums on chairs: Justin Zook, a three-time gold-medal Paralympic swimmer, put it like this: "I’m hoping this [#FillTheSeats] campaign will find a way to have a long, lasting impact, rather than just an immediate PR and financial effect." It’s amazing that Paralympians will...
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Video 5 mins
Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...social media, they take pictures or they search for subjects through pictures. Or YouTube, my kids search on YouTube, because they want to find out about something, they’ll get a piece of video and that’s what’ll explain it to them. And we need broadcasters, producers, everybody is in this world and we have to confront it while, just like the music industry, making...
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Video 30 mins
Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...social media, they take pictures or they search for subjects through pictures. Or YouTube, my kids search on YouTube, because if they want to find out about something, they’ll get a piece of video and that’s what’ll explain it to them. And we need broadcasters, producers, everybody is in this world and we have to confront it while, just like the music industry,...
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Video 10 mins
Thirty-seven winters of discontent
History & The Arts

Thirty-seven winters of discontent

...social tensions. Would it work? The Sunday Times didn't think so and, naturally, warned that the country was about to have a winter of discontent. 1988 Obviously, nations in the Southern Hemisphere experience their winter of discontents at the other end of the year to those in the Northern. Hence, it was still summer in the UK when the FT was describing New Zealand's job...
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Article 5 mins
Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver
Society, Politics & Law

Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver

...Social Sciences courses. [Nicole McLean]I first joined the railway in 2013 at the age of 18. I had successfully attained a hospitality steward job through an agency based in Inverness. Later that year, I became a permanent Scotrail staff member and was excited to remain part of the team I had come to value over the last few months. Having moved to Inverness from South...
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Article 5 mins
Democracy? You think you know?
Education & Development

Democracy? You think you know?

...Social Sciences. It took you through a series of exercises designed to develop your approach to study and learning at a distance, and helped to improve your confidence as an independent learner...Democracy? You think you know?: Acknowledgements - Michael Saward is professor in politics at the Open University. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs