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Supporting babies and toddlers
Education & Development

Supporting babies and toddlers

...becoming established in these early days and the cognitive and linguistic capacities, social skills, emotional health and physical wellbeing that develop in their first 1001 critical days form the foundations for future success. Activity 1 How the brain develops Timing: Allow about 10 minutes Watch this Open University video to find out more about how the experiences a...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Caring for adults
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for adults

...becoming a better listener and working as part of a team. Are you listening or waiting to speak? examines the importance of being able to listen, and looks in further depth at the different levels of listening and how and when to use them. Ways to help people communicate discusses ways to become a better communicator, including ways to communicate with people with...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
How can Facebook decide who you really are?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can Facebook decide who you really are?

...student at MIT, and, like most people in his demographic, he uses Facebook. But Sands took an unplanned break from the platform this summer when Facebook sent him an automated message formally requesting that he verify his name with the company, or risk having his account suspended. Indeed, Facebook requires people to display their “real” names on their profiles. The...
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Article 5 mins
After the First World War: the 1919 Egyptian Revolution
History & The Arts

After the First World War: the 1919 Egyptian Revolution

...Student demonstrations led to strikes by transport workers supported by trade unions, and morphed into a national general strike that paralysed the country. Rioting broke out in Cairo and other places such as Tanta. British forces opened fire on these demonstrations and killed many people. March 15 1919 saw a massive demonstration in support of the Revolution in Cairo,...
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Article 15 mins
Nationalism, self-determination and secession
Society, Politics & Law

Nationalism, self-determination and secession

...student to work actively with a text than simply to read on and on, passively trying to absorb and remember it all. Sometimes we set in-text activities or exercises to test your grasp of key points, but that is not what we are going to do here. Instead, I recommend the following. If you have the time, make some summary notes as you go along. One good way to do this is to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...students who [INAUDIBLE].. Especially for students who [INAUDIBLE].. For maximum enjoyment, why not make sure you rise up? Why not make sure you rise up, and dance to the sound the new [INAUDIBLE] music. No more, no less. Let’s dance [INAUDIBLE]. No more, no less. Let’s dance [INAUDIBLE]. Rise up and dance to my new [INAUDIBLE].. Rise up to dance to my new...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Design

...become a competent designer! In addition to the wide variety of contexts in which designing occurs there is also great variation in the types of knowledge required by designers. Design teams are rarely static in their composition, and will rarely rely on the skills of designers alone. Specialist contributions will be sought throughout the whole process of designing: for...
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Level 1: Introductory 28 hrs
Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...become blocked by aggregates of human antibodies bound to horse proteins, triggering local inflammation and even kidney failure. Although passive immunisation is now used infrequently due to the introduction of more effective chemotherapeutic agents and active vaccines, it was critically important in the past. For example, horse antiserum prevented thousands of deaths...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs