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How to compare income across countries
Science, Maths & Technology

How to compare income across countries

...resources. Data are in current international dollars based on the 2011 ICP round. One thing you might notice about the web address for this dataset http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD/ - is that it contains an identifier for the dataset: NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Many statistics publishers associate a unique identifier with each data publication so that they...
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Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research
Education & Development

Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research

...resources. Exposing the cruelty of this repressive regime could also considered to be morally justified. However, considerable risks were attached to what they did, for the students, the North Koreans who were acting as their hosts and for the prospect of other trips in the future. Consequences – The possible consequences for the students were very serious. If the group...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Children’s rights
Society, Politics & Law

Children’s rights

...John and Melanie (nee Illingworth) Kotsopoulos: http://www.flickr.com [Details correct as of 7th December 2007] 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 2: Intermediate 1 hr
The technology of crime control
Society, Politics & Law

The technology of crime control

...Trey Ratcliff in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence. 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 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Can we get to a world without suicide?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we get to a world without suicide?

...human beings can’t see someone like that, wailing in pain, and say something kind – anything,” he says. As Kevin walked along the bridge and leaned over the rail, he thought help might have arrived when a woman approached him. “But she pulled out a digital camera and asked me to take her picture. She had a German accent. I figured the sun was in her eyes, maybe...
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Veiling
History & The Arts

Veiling

...humanism, feminism or human rights) from Saudi Arabia (after the Gulf War contact) to Iran (after the Islamic Revolution), and is now concentrated on the Taliban as they consolidate their power over Afghanistan. Much of what is said is ethnocentric (often a personalistic vision reflecting the fears of the authors) and shows no understanding of how such movements are...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Engineering: The challenge of temperature
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The challenge of temperature

...human needs for food and shelter to the generation of wealth by trade. This free course, Engineering: The challenge of temperature, looks at the impact of changes in temperature on a variety of objects and looks at the problem of how to boil water...Engineering is about extending the horizons of society by solving technical problems, ranging from the meeting of basic...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...resource for ideas. You may also find that props or particular working methods make writing easier for you. So this week you’ll be exploring and developing writing rituals. You’ll hear about the rituals of writers such as Michèle Roberts, Monique Roffey and Alex Garland. You’ll be using your journal to record detailed observations of people and read a couple of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs