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Am I ready to be a distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be a distance learner?

...research tasks. Being able to find your way round a study website. (Nowadays course information is often presented online and there is no guarantee that your study materials will be in printed books.) Being able to use word processing packages to present your work. Knowing how to write online messages to your tutor or peer group or how to take part in live interactive...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Diversity in religion: Islam
History & The Arts

Diversity in religion: Islam

...research project suggested at the end of this course...Diversity in religion: Islam: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the range of attitudes towards same-sex relationships among Muslims recognise change and diversity in Islam and in religion in general...Diversity in religion: Islam: 1 Attitudes to male same-sex...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Geological processes in the British Isles
Science, Maths & Technology

Geological processes in the British Isles

...centre of northern England) were laid down in a warm shallow subtropical sea conducive to the formation of limestones containing corals and other marine organisms (Figure 1a). At several times across the region, marine conditions were interrupted by sands and silts deposited in river deltas, with organic material, which eventually formed coal, deposited in coastal swamps...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Learning about sex, a shilling a time: Aristotle's Masterpiece
History & The Arts

Learning about sex, a shilling a time: Aristotle's Masterpiece

...children: William (1805); sadly, another William (1806); John (1808); Ann (1809); and Charlot (1812). Sarah noted that the book had been given to her by her aunt, who lived in Curry Rivel, a mere ten miles from Dowlish Wake. Fackerell was not the only person to use a book about making babies to record a family’s births. In 1832, Edward Wiett went to court in Tennessee...
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Article 10 mins
Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list

...children was the main reason why they stopped fighting or did not engage in it in the first place. Read: Why most Syrian men are not joining ISIS What of young men in Europe? There are calls for increased efforts to counter the effects of "self-radicalisation". Griffith University's Keiran Hardy points out that the UK's Prevent program hasn't been a total success:...
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Article 30 mins
Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...words like environment and global warming and climate change, so that people feel able to do it and feel that it relates to them. Planet Earth: Optimist or pessimist? Pessimistic is… I don’t like the word pessimistic actually because you all feel that you want to do something about the world or leave something to your children or not leave the world in such a mess....
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Video 30 mins
Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...words like environment and global warming and climate change, so that people feel able to do it and feel that it relates to them. Planet Earth: Optimist or pessimist? I don’t like the word pessimistic actually because you all feel that you want to do something about the world or leave something to your children or not leave the world in such a mess. ...
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Video 10 mins
Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis

...children and young people: Perspectives from Western Australia. Journal of Paediatric Child Health, 57 (11), pp. 1759-1764. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15649 (Accessed: 25 May 2023). Ojala, M. (2016) ‘Facing Anxiety in Climate Change Education: From Therapeutic Practice to Hopeful Transgressive Learning’. Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 21,...
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Article 5 mins