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The First World War: trauma and memory
History & The Arts

The First World War: trauma and memory

...Introduction - Watch the video in which Annika talks about the subject of this week. ANNIKA MOMBAUER Hello and welcome to Week 3, the final week of the course. Over the last two weeks you’ve looked at the physical and mental casualties of trauma, and you’ve explored some aspects of civilian life during the First World War. In this final week you’re going to turn...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Freeing people caught between life and death
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freeing people caught between life and death

...management of such patients in general, and supported a decision to continue to treat Kate aggressively,” recalls Menon. Kate eventually surfaced from her ordeal, six months after the initial diagnosis. She described how she was indeed sometimes aware of herself and her surroundings. Each day she woke up, she fell asleep, but like all such patients she could not respond...
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Article 15 mins
More or Less: interview with Tim Harford
Science, Maths & Technology

More or Less: interview with Tim Harford

...managed to identify well this guy is the same age as the governor, has the same number of kids as the governor, lives on the same street as the governor, it’s probably the governor. So that I think has slowed down the open data movement. And these are serious things we need to wrestle with. But I wouldn’t write it off either. So much of what we do now on More or Less...
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Audio 20 mins
Rounding and estimation
Science, Maths & Technology

Rounding and estimation

...Introduction - For many calculations you use a calculator. The main aim of this course is to help you to do this in a sensible and fruitful way. Using a calculation to solve a problem involves four main stages: Stage 1: working out what calculation you want to do; Stage 2: working out roughly what size of answer to expect from your calculation; Stage 3: carrying out the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius
History & The Arts

Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius

...introduction of paints with an oil base and at the time of Leonardo, was relatively innovative. 1472 After his three year apprenticeship, Leonardo was admitted as a member of the Painters Guild of Florence. Although this meant that he was now able to undertake his own commissions, he chose to remain in Verrocchio’s workshop. 1476 Private life Leonardo was anonymously...
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Article 30 mins
Herodotus and the invention of history
History & The Arts

Herodotus and the invention of history

...Introduction - With the information explosion online, how can you tell fake news from the real thing, or be more sensitive to how information can be weaponised? In the fifth century BCE, a Greek by the name of Herodotus faced a similar challenge when he set out to examine why his people, the Greeks, and the Persians went to war with each other. Chief among his tasks was...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Unsolved problems in cosmology
Science, Maths & Technology

Unsolved problems in cosmology

...Introduction - Welcome to this free course, Unsolved problems in cosmology. If you have read any other books or articles about cosmology, or seen TV programmes on the subject, you will probably be aware that cosmological theory has been very successful in explaining a wide range of observational evidence about the Universe. This includes phenomena such as the detailed...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Careers education and guidance (Chinese)
Education & Development

Careers education and guidance (Chinese)

...Introduction - 成功的过渡 - 无论是从初中升到高中； 16 岁的时候；在开始接受在岗培训或升入大学；或在任何年龄段走向工作岗位 – 对个人生活的提高以及我们未来社会和经济福祉都至关重要。它们也是衡量学校好坏的一项指标。因此，职业生涯教育与指导就成了学校个人发展项目的...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs