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Rights Enshrined
Society, Politics & Law

Rights Enshrined

...work. Right to privacy: Hatton John Stewart is Chair of the Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise (HACAN). The group’s long battle against overnight flights went all the way to the ECHR. Whole Life Sentences: Vinter and Others Simon Creighton represented British prisoner Gary Vinter, who argued that his human rights had been breached when a change in...
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Video 17 mins
Croeso: beginners' Welsh
Languages

Croeso: beginners' Welsh

...20 years. Holidays Talking about the future and about what you should or would like to do. Circumstances and verbs Talking about what you might do in certain circumstances using the conditional forms of verbs. Describing yourself Menna describing herself and talking about her work. 19th century Welshman, John Williams An account of a 19th-century Welshman, John Williams....
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Audio 52 mins
Capacities for managing development
Money & Business

Capacities for managing development

...working together to benefit each other, in the present and in the future. Abriachan Forest Trust The story of the first and largest community-owned forest in Scotland. Laggan Forest Trust The first community in Scotland to enter into a management partnership with the Forestry Commission. Members reflect on their journey and talk about the future. Unpicking the issues...
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Audio 1 hr 35 mins
Darwin Now
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin Now

...work of Charles Darwin and the impact his ideas about evolution continue to have on today’s world. © The British Council 2009... Darwin Now A short introduction to this album. Darwin's key theory Steve Jones and Fern Elsdon-Baker outline Darwin's theory of evolution and explore its continued relevance. Darwin's anniversary celebrations Fern Elsdon-Baker discusses how...
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Audio 25 mins
Diabetes care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Diabetes care

...work with diabetes patients. Six video tracks introduce various aspects of a patient’s diabetes annual check-up, and the accompanying 'activity' files can be used while watching the videos to increase your understanding of how to control diabetes. The main audio track gives background information on the history of diabetes and information on how patients can help to...
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Audio 31 mins
Writing what you know
History & The Arts

Writing what you know

...work...Do you want to improve your descriptive writing? This free course, Writing what you know, will help you to develop your perception of the world about you and enable you to see the familiar things in everyday life in a new light. You will also learn how authors use their own personal histories to form the basis of their work....Writing what you know: Introduction -...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Getting started with Spanish 2
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 2

...work with audio and interactive activities to practise the skills you need to talk about everyday activities you do, including how to tell the time. You will also learn the present tense form of some common verbs and how to pronounce the ‘r’ sound. This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Motivation and factors affecting motivation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Motivation and factors affecting motivation

...working in sport and fitness environments are used to help understand the theories presented...This free course explores the term 'motivation' and factors affecting motivation. This includes looking at the most influential theories of motivation that contribute to understanding the causes of motivation. The motivation of sports people and people working in sport and...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs