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How can your accent put your life at risk?
Languages

How can your accent put your life at risk?

...adult NESB migrants here at Macquarie University, we have met highly qualified job applicants whose skills were obscured by their accents; capable and diligent students who were considered lazy and poorly motivated on the basis of their English expression; or consumers who did not manage to return faulty products within the warranty period because shop assistants...
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Why isn't Doctor Who a vegan?
History & The Arts

Why isn't Doctor Who a vegan?

...care about the loss of human lives that might result, and not the many other species living on Earth. In the episode “Cold Earth” from 2010, Smith’s Doctor becomes involved in negotiations for humans to “share” the planet with Silurians, a species of “homo reptilians” who lived on Earth before humans evolved. In the debate over whether there is room for both...
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Sex stats for the British population
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sex stats for the British population

...adults living all over Britain...Find out more about The Open University’s statistics qualifications. [Illustration of a public park scene, full of people doing various activities.] Click on the image above, to start your interactive experience... Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free...
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Activity 15 mins
Ouverture: Intermediate French
Languages

Ouverture: Intermediate French

...adult education classes, time spent in French-speaking countries, regular contact with French-speaking people or other sources. The course materials are carefully designed to develop the four language skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing. They also contain activities focusing on practicing language structures, grammatical explanations and learning...
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Video 12 mins
Walk the walk: encountering death and dying spaces in hospital
Health, Sports & Psychology

Walk the walk: encountering death and dying spaces in hospital

...Care courses and qualifications. In this interactive, you will explore two people’s experiences of visiting a hospital in these circumstances. You will find out how the hospital environment could be adjusted to improve the experience. In the interactive there are two animations, both of which are accompanied by transcripts. [A scene from an animation showing a lady...
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Activity 15 mins
Your Health in Your Hands - PHBs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Your Health in Your Hands - PHBs

...care. Case study 4: Motor Neurone Disease In this case study we hear from Martin Harrison who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2004. He lives in Thornaby-on-Tees in North Yorkshire with his wife and two daughters. Case study 3: Schizophrenia In this case study we hear from Andrew Voice. He has schizophrenia and spent 20 years in and out of asylums before...
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Assisted dying or non-assisted living?
Society, Politics & Law

Assisted dying or non-assisted living?

...cared for him and jollied him along as best we could. When his blood pressure and pulse suddenly plummeted, he was admitted to the local A&E where complete heart block was diagnosed. The solution, we were told, was a pacemaker. Knowing that any procedure, even a short hospital stay, would distress Dad, I asked if there was an alternative treatment including a do-nothing...
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‘Life’s good – it’s the disease that’s the problem’: supporting someone living with a terminal diagnosis
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Life’s good – it’s the disease that’s the problem’: supporting someone living with a terminal diagnosis

...Care courses and qualifications. ‘Life’s good – it’s the disease that’s the problem.’ These are the words my husband said a lot when he was battling MND. We also used to frequently say ‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way’. Indeed, during his illness we did everything we could to keep his spirits up after being told he had six months to two years to...
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