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Studying mammals: The opportunists
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The opportunists

...Introduction - That mammals need energy to support all aspects of their lives, be it breathing, running, excreting, repairing cells, reproducing, keeping warm, is a central, unifying theme of the 'Studying mammals' series of units. So is the notion of specialisation of diet - that mammals display adaptations, i.e. specialised teeth or complex stomachs, that enable them to...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...introduction of a new category of drink – a drink that had origins in a culture that originally posed a threat to alcohol companies. I didn’t go to raves: as a Kentish schoolgirl I had limited desire, and even more limited means, to buy illegal drugs and dance all night in a dark field. Still, rave culture was part of my generation’s adolescence, even if the closest...
Children and young people: food and food marketing
Education & Development

Children and young people: food and food marketing

...Introduction - This free course, Children and young people: food and food marketing, will introduce you to some key contemporary issues regarding children’s relationships with food, such as whether this should be thought of primarily as a health issue, or also as a way of expressing identities (family, class, cultural, or generational). It will also introduce you to...
How did Facebook likes help Labour at the ballot box?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Facebook likes help Labour at the ballot box?

...managed to target undecided voters in marginal constituencies, energise voters who had drifted away from the party, and mobilise the young...[Political party Facebook montage] Ever since last summer’s General Election journalists and academics have grappled with two key questions – why did Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party do so well; and why didn’t we see it coming?...
Sleep: A doctor's advice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sleep: A doctor's advice

...management of the snoring. If you think you have a sleep disorder I would suggest discussing it with your GP who may want to arrange some tests to exclude physical causes, or you may be referred to have a sleep study, when you are monitored overnight to assess your breathing, heart rate and sometimes your brainwave patterns to identify the possible cause of your sleep...
Does the rural idyll really exist?
Nature & Environment

Does the rural idyll really exist?

...manage to move to the countryside as you did, find what they’re looking for there is something that you’ll have to look into. Terry: So I left Coventry and moved to the countryside And this is where I came. Hayfield. And this environment is a lot different to Coventry. Hills instead of tower blocks, real trees, neighbours who said hello and looked out for me, I...
Three Irish Poets – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

...manages to convey the rhythms of the original Irish, explaining the great importance of rhythm, assonance (use of similar-sounding vowels) and half-rhymes in Irish poetry. You may also remember that later on in the interview, Ní Dhomhnaill says Muldoon is right to translate the title as ‘The Language Issue’ when it could be rendered as ‘The Language Question’, as...
Sustainability at Christmas: Considering single use items, traditional plastics and bioplastics
Science, Maths & Technology

Sustainability at Christmas: Considering single use items, traditional plastics and bioplastics

...Management Strategies for Environmental Sustainability. Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 4(4) 100142. Available from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666016421000645 [Accessed 27 November 2024]. Kolforn, A. (2019) File:-2019-11-03 Alternative Christmas Tree in Cromer (2).JPG - Wikimedia Commons Available from