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How places affect well-being
Health, Sports & Psychology

How places affect well-being

...resource. People can train themselves to be able to sustain attention for longer, for instance through mindfulness training. There is also evidence that people’s capacity for attention can be worn out or drained by overuse, as well as restored by rest. This is where nature comes in. The earliest research in this area, by Kaplan and Kaplan (1989) compared how well...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Caring for adults
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for adults

...human speech and communication. How might you change your voice when speaking to someone you are caring for? Comment As Sophie Scott highlights, so many subtle and unexpected messages are ‘encoded’ in voice and speech. Voices can tell us a lot about a person, but they are not stable. You might speak more softly, more slowly or firmly, depending on the context and...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour
History & The Arts

Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour

...Humanities, with each section of the course tackling the Grand Tour from a different perspective. In the first, Classical Studies, you will find a short introduction to one of the most iconic destinations of the Grand Tour, the Colosseum in Rome, because a good understanding of the historical and cultural significance of such monuments is an important foundation for...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s
History & The Arts

A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s

...human antagonism, and that the antidote for division and danger was a radical Christianity for a new age. A best-selling articulation of such radical Protestantism for a ‘new era’ was Honest to God (1963). The author, the Anglican Bishop of Southwark, John Robinson, proposed a break with theological and moral traditionalism – a ‘new Reformation’ of a more...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Learning, thinking and doing
Science, Maths & Technology

Learning, thinking and doing

...resources to learn new skills and to 'learn how to learn'. Learning is often referred to as a 'transferable skill' of paramount importance because it is the means through which all other knowledge and abilities are acquired. The arguments in favour of developing an ability to learn thus go deeper than the passing phases of national policy. Analysis, application of general...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Diary of a Mars operations day
Science, Maths & Technology

Diary of a Mars operations day

...resources are limited. We can pick one or two of those rocks for closer inspection, thus we spend some time discussing. We point out structures and colour changes to each other and develop a hierarchy of what is most important – always keeping an eye on the strategic guidance we have from the long-term planner. Once we have settled on the best option, we let the...
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Article 15 mins
The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1
Nature & Environment

The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1

...resources and to act politically. And it should never be forgotten that behind all of this is what I would call a moral issue, but maybe we can talk about that as we go forward. Petr Jehlička: Andrew, this has covered vast theoretical conceptual ground, and I was wondering whether I could pick one of the sites covered in the book – Hanford in the United States, to...
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Audio 10 mins
Understanding society: families
Education & Development

Understanding society: families

...and Conditions. Figure 2 Copyright © Corbis Figure 5 All photographs copyright © Suki Dhanda Copyright © Alamy Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs