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This is not a city: Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

This is not a city: Milton Keynes

...de facto city status – maybe one day a future competition will make this happen. Further reading and about the author Beckett, J., (2014), ‘Inventing and reinventing the modern city: the 2012 city status competition in the United Kingdom’, Urban History, vol. 41, no.4, pp.705-720 Tuan, Y., (1974), Topophilia, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall Inc. Dr...
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The Olympic torch: the truth
History & The Arts

The Olympic torch: the truth

...de Coubertin, mastermind of the modern international Olympic movement, had his sights set on convincing the world of the great artistic and educational potential embodied by the newly revived Olympic Games. In his view, the best way to get his point across was to incorporate a flurry of spectacles including art, music, poetry and architecture alongside the athletic...
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Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?
Education & Development

Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?

...de-schooling, so not sitting doing work every day at certain times. Being allowed to not do anything academic if that was needed at that point in time. Most educational professionals from the school system just don't get it. - _Participant IDAA003 EHE students interviewed discussed two motives for doing the exams; one, on a needs basis, like maths or English for...
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Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system
Science, Maths & Technology

Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system

...de Sus, M. (June, 2022) ‘The Shift Directives: From Financialized to Human-rights Based Housing’, Make the Shift Report. Available at: https://make-the-shift.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Directives-Updated-Dec-9.pdf (Accessed: 24 December 2023). Joseph Rowntree Foundation. (2024) ‘Designing out hardship and destitution’. Available at:
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The case of Simone Biles and perceptions of athlete mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

The case of Simone Biles and perceptions of athlete mental health

...de Janeiro five years prior. Despite a few mishaps during qualification, Biles advanced to several finals. During the team final on 27 July 2021, Biles hesitated on her vault mid-air and subsequently left the competition floor before returning shortly after. She later withdrew from the remainder of the team final due to mental health issues, saying she didn’t want to...
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Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...FAQs), in the acknowledgements section, this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this unit:...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Languages

Get ready for beginners’ French

...FAQs. When you gain your badge you will receive an email to notify you and you will be able to view and manage all your badges in My OpenLearn within 24 hours of completing the criteria to gain a badge. You can now go to Week 1...Introduction and guidance: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Elodie Vialleton, with contributions from Kate Fairbairn. Except...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation

...DE/BKG (2009). Inst Geogr National Figure 9: Map showing the Central African Republic and the Republic of the Congo (to be distinguished from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south and east of it) Map data © 2024 Google Figure 10: Sundanese saron https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambar:Saron_laras_Pelog_dan_Salendro_koleksi_Jurusan_Karawitan_ISBI_Bandung.jpg Deed...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs