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Bill McKibben - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Bill McKibben - Stories of Change

...work on it. I don’t worry that much about who the particular politicians are who are in charge of things. If we build movements, (and we are building movements), the politics will move. But I’m not convinced they’ll move fast enough. I wrote the first book about climate change and I wrote it 25 years ago; we needed to get to work right then and there, if we were...
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Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...working as well as it used to because of the drugs. TIM MONTGOMERY Right. Framing in action: a doping example Answer these two questions: Think back to how you responded to two of the questions in Activity 4 (What is the main reason behind athlete doping other than ‘winning’? What should be done about doping?). How do these responses inform your position in relation...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The family at the centre of early learning
Education & Development

The family at the centre of early learning

...work your way through the course. The family and the culture surrounding it are in many respects the foundations of children’s learning and so the connections are more deep-seated than we at first realise. Key points Childhood memories are valuable in understanding the influence of family on the experience of childhood. Children’s experiences of play and interaction...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Climate change
Nature & Environment

Climate change

...work had established what others only suspected: expressed in modern scientific terms, certain atmospheric gases absorb infrared radiation with wavelengths in the range spanned by outgoing terrestrial radiation (about 4 to 100 μm; Figure 5). These are the greenhouse gases. Tyndall identified water vapour and CO2, but the list of natural greenhouse gases (naturally...
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Level 2: Intermediate 18 hrs
Exploring Homer’s Odyssey
History & The Arts

Exploring Homer’s Odyssey

...work in the caring professions...Exploring Homer’s Odyssey: 2.1 Heroes in ancient Greek poetry - The heroes we encounter in Greek epic poetry may share some of the characteristics that you thought of in your answer to Question 1 of Activity 2. In particular they are all special in some way. When we think about heroes in ancient Greek texts like the Odyssey, however,...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...work on the drainage of the Fens in eastern England and, in this century, have helped countries like Bangladesh to build flood defences (The Construction Index, 2015). Dykes (also called levees) and dams are used across the globe, including, for example, New Orleans in the US and a massive dam complex across the Neva Bay, completed in 2011, to protect the city of St...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Men’s grief and belonging through football following perinatal loss
Health, Sports & Psychology

Men’s grief and belonging through football following perinatal loss

...work: https://www.sands.org.uk/about-sands Jones, K., Robb, M., Murphy, S. and Davies, A. (2019) ‘New understandings of fathers’ experiences of grief and loss following stillbirth and neonatal death: a scoping review’, Midwifery, 79, article no. 102531. Available at: https://oro.open.ac.uk/66313/1/1-s2.0-S0266613819302177-main.pdf Acknowledgements Funding: This...
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Why is the media still fascinated by Brady and Hindley's crimes?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is the media still fascinated by Brady and Hindley's crimes?

...work, we found no evidence that Brady or Hindley’s mental health was an issue at the time of the trial itself. No defence of diminished responsibility was put before the court. Brady was examined by psychiatrists following his conviction and there was no diagnosis of mental illness. We found no evidence that Hindley – who died in 2002 – was ever considered for...
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