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Herodotus 'The Histories': a timeline
History & The Arts

Herodotus 'The Histories': a timeline

...2, Ch. 2: “The 30 years' truce which was entered into after the conquest of Euboea lasted 14 years. In the 15th, the 48th year of the priestess-ship of Chrysis at Argos, in the Ephorate of Aenesias at Sparta, in the last month but two of the Archonship of Pythodorus at Athens, and six months after the battle of Potidaea, just at the beginning of spring, a Theban force ....
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Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...2 billion litres a year. Worth over a billions pounds in 2003, by 2008, the market had more than doubled. NARRATOR 2 In China, market growth has been even more spectacular. From a relatively tiny 400 million litres in 1991, to over 15 billion litres in 2007. Growing income levels, particularly in urban China, are leading to changing consumer behaviour. While most rural...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around

...2 here Read the following text about la Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias. Then choose whether the statements are true or false. Lea y decida si es verdadero o falso. LA CIUDAD DE LAS ARTES Y LAS CIENCIAS La Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias es un complejo cultural y de ocio. Es un edificio espectacular de los arquitectos Santiago Calatrava y Félix Candela, que consta...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...2 Understanding approaches to STiP. The two parts of this course complement each other by way of introducing elements of systems thinking in practice; with understanding threshold concepts of STiP coupled with understanding principles of practice associated with conceptual tools from five resilient approaches to STiP. The course complements the OpenLearn course Practising...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Half of climate safety level has gone - Climate News Network
Nature & Environment

Half of climate safety level has gone - Climate News Network

...2°C rise in global average temperatures, researchers say. That limit seeks to prevent the global warming caused by the burning of fossil fuels exceeding 2°C above the pre-industrial global temperature. The UN’s Paris climate summit later this year aims to ensure that it is not breached. It appears that the human race has taken roughly 250 years to stoke global warming...
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How race, gender, age and class affects the way people are perceived
Health, Sports & Psychology

How race, gender, age and class affects the way people are perceived

...2. ‘Certain groups are more likely to be stopped and searched by the police.’ 3. ‘It’s a popular myth that self-harm only affects teenage girls.’ 4. ‘Doctors are more likely to diagnose women as depressed and refer them to counselling.’ 5. ‘Recent studies show black offenders are more likely to be jailed than white offenders by courts in England and...
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Water for life
Nature & Environment

Water for life

...2). It is not surprising that, after pictures like this were published, the Earth became known as the 'blue planet'. [Figure 2] Figure 2 A view of the Earth from space. The brown areas are Africa and Arabia, the larger blue areas are the oceans, and the white areas are cloud It is astonishing how much of the Earth's surface is covered by water. The oceans occupy about 71%...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Exploring Ireland’s historic army barracks network
OpenLearn Ireland

Exploring Ireland’s historic army barracks network

...2. The remains of a significant proportion of these sites are still evident across Ireland, in varying states of repair. Some barracks suffered damage or were destroyed during Ireland’s revolutionary decade (c. 1912 – c. 1922). Others have been neglected, abandoned or forgotten. Many former barracks are still in use for a wide range of different purposes, such as...
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