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Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings

...become quite a buzzword in recent years. Before you go any further, watch this video created by The Open University about what mindfulness is and why we should care about it. [MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR Five reasons why you should care about mindfulness. Mindfulness is about focusing on the present moment, whilst at the same time accepting your feelings, thoughts, and body...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...become no more than a small depression on the rocky sea bed. Now let's look at the components of our rockpool ecosystem in more detail. Remember, any ecosystem contains living things, a physical environment and a source of energy. The most obvious living things will tend to be the largest ones: seaweeds, sea anemones, whelks, shrimps, fish and so on. But this shouldn't...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...become the more familiar of the two characters as the ancient high-flyer who fell from the sky when the wax that secured his wings was melted by the sun. Icarus’ story connects up with a number of narrative passageways centred on the island of Crete (where Daedalus, the legendary artificer and craftsman, constructed a maze, the Labyrinth, to conceal and control the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Datblygu strategaethau astudio effeithiol
Education & Development

Datblygu strategaethau astudio effeithiol

...OU Study yn http://www.open.ac.uk/ skillsforstudy/. Er bod dulliau dysgu sy’n gweithio’n dda yn ôl pob tebyg ar gyfer amrywiaeth o weithgareddau astudio, fe welwch fod rhai pynciau lle mae angen datblygu sgiliau dysgu penodol ar eu cyfer. Er enghraifft, gallwch geisio dysgu rhaglenni cyfrifiadurol drwy ddarllen amdanynt (mae llyfrau ar ieithoedd cyfrifiadurol), ond...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Intermediate French: 14 July
Languages

Intermediate French: 14 July

...ou pas?). 1 Verb (avoir/être) + subject + past participle (formal French) Avez-vous vécu longtemps aux États-Unis? Did you live/have you lived in the States for a long time? Êtes-vous allé(e) en Inde? Have you been to India? 2 Est-ce que + subject + verb (avoir/être) + past participle Est-ce qu’il a réussi à son examen? Did he pass his exam? 3 Subject + verb...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga
History & The Arts

Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga

...Oued Khalled, in a fertile landscape of olives and grain. The city is well preserved and extensively excavated. We’ll be exploring the remains to investigate how the town developed and what impact Roman occupation had on the city. Thugga was already a flourishing city the 4th century BC. Well before the kingdom of Numidia was added to the Roman Empire, it was a centre...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision

...becomes a picture book and, of course, picture books are very good and people and children with their imagination can use picture books, but the imagination needs to feed on solid fact, and direct experience of animals and direct experience of countryside is absolutely crucial, otherwise you don’t know what it implies. Obligations of the filmmakers… Filmmakers making...
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Video 40 mins
Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess

...becomes seized of the germ theory of disease. Once we have the germ theory of disease it's fascinating, it seems to answer a whole lot of questions, it's also a bit frightening. And so you have an exhibition which really says this is how you fight the war against this alien invader that you can't see, that's going to be all around you: germs. So it was a terrific selling...
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Article 30 mins