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Young children and the climate crisis
Education & Development

Young children and the climate crisis

...human creatures and the material world around them...[Young child on a woodland path] If you work in childcare or education, it’s likely that at some point in your career you’ve grappled with recycling systems and had conversations about ‘saving the environment’. You may be making connections with nature by cultivating responsibility for a patch of woodland to...
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What impact does your pet's food have on the environment?
Nature & Environment

What impact does your pet's food have on the environment?

...human nutrition, it can be hard to sort out truth from fads and marketing from science. [The Conversation] Current pet food trends encourage owners to feed their pets much the same foods that humans eat: high-quality “human grade” meat and organic produce, maybe even some “superfoods.” While this approach is emotionally appealing, it is not necessary for pets’...
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Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?

...human can often be the subject of ridicule. Pedro Feijó has researched how otherkin, and others, have been viewed through the centuries. ...As social beings, a sense of identity plays an important role in our relations – and in our own happiness. But identity doesn’t have to be narrowly human. In an essay looking at the groups that exist on the edge of conventional...
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Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...resources has incited particular controversy – does it spell increased cooperation between developing countries for mutual benefit or are Chinese practices largely exploitative, signalling a new phase of neo-colonialism? This free course, Rising China and Africa's development: oil, considers the impact of the rise of China on Africa’s development through the lens of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
About University Ready
Education & Development

About University Ready

...resources from universities in Wales to help you take your first steps into higher education...[Four students sitting at a table smiling] So, you’re heading to university! It’s an exciting prospect, but you’re sure to have questions about what’s in store. That’s why we have pulled together resources from universities in Wales to help make your time in higher...
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Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...human animals solve complex problems? To what extent do other species have minds that are like human minds? This free course, Living psychology: animal minds, explores these, and other, issues in the psychology of animal minds. Studying animal minds is of great importance to psychologists as humans are, of course, also animals. Researching other species can provide...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Philosophy: the nature of persons
History & The Arts

Philosophy: the nature of persons

...human being', and look at whether it is our free will that in the end defines us as a 'person'...What is a person? This free course, Philosophy: the nature of persons, examines this philosophical question concerning the nature of personhood. You will examine whether a 'person' is the same as a 'human being', and look at whether it is our free will that in the end defines...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
In Our Time on Psychology: An OpenLearn listening list
Health, Sports & Psychology

In Our Time on Psychology: An OpenLearn listening list

...human behaviour can be understood in terms of a single compulsion - we must sexually reproduce so that our genes will live on." First broadcast: November 2000 Guests: Janet Radcliffe Richards; Nicholas Humphrey; Professor Steven Rose Listen to the Evolutionary Psychology episode And read A brief history of evolution Consciousness "Could it be that the human mind is just...
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