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Tim Lenton - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tim Lenton - Stories of Change

...University of Exeter is interviewed by Roger Harrabin for 'Stories of Change'...[Tim Lenton] Tim Lenton is Professor of Climate Change and Earth System Science at the University of Exeter, where he researchers the coupled evolution of life and planet Earth, develops and uses Earth system models, and studies the prospects for early warning of climate tipping points. His...
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Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list
Science, Maths & Technology

Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list

...guide to a busy day of technology stories...[Close-up of a Sinclair ZX81 keyboard] The Apple tax judgement The European Commission has, this morning, announced that Apple will have to pay the Irish Government €13billion in back taxes. BBC News has the story: "Member states cannot give tax benefits to selected companies - this is illegal under EU state aid rules," said...
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Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?

...Guides/Coaching-in-the-UK_Spotlight-on-Women_FINAL.pdf (Accessed: 9 June 2020). Women in Sport (2017) Research Report: Beyond 30% – Female Leadership in Sport. Available at: https://www.womeninsport.org/research-and-advice/our-publications/beyond-30-report/ (Accessed: 9 June 2020). Women in Sport (2018) Research Report: Beyond 30% –Workplace Culture in Sport....
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Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts
History & The Arts

Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts

...University course A335 Literature in transition: from 1800 to the present, and was written by Sue Asbee. Before you start. if you’d like an introduction to the style of Virginia Woolf’s work first, watch this short video from a four part series produced by The Open University, examining the lives, work and influence of women writers:...Exploring Virginia Woolf’s...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Life in the Palaeozoic
Nature & Environment

Life in the Palaeozoic

...University course S193 Life in the Palaeozoic) and grateful thanks are extended to them and to all rights-owners for their permission. Thanks are also credited in the original publication for their kind help during production to: Dr Alan Smith, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge and Dr Norman Macleod, Natural History Museum, London. 58l, 58r, 59t, 59b,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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Languages

Describing language

...University...Do you know the difference between a noun and an adjective? Do you know why we say indefatigable but not unfluffabluable? Would you like to? In this course you’ll go on a whistle-stop tour of all the key components of language. You’ll learn how to identify different parts of a language, from words all the way up to phrases and sentences. You’ll look at...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)

...Guide, London: Open University Press. Llywodraeth Cymru/Welsh Government (n.d. 1) ‘School governance’, GOV.WALES. Available at: https://gov.wales/ school-governance (accessed 3 October 2019). Llywodraeth Cymru/Welsh Government (n.d. 2) ‘Education is changing’, GOV.WALES. Available at: https://gov.wales/ education-changing (accessed 3 October 2019). Llywodraeth...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 1

...guide you through how numbers are put together, give you confidence with using percentages, fractions and negative numbers and provide you with problem solving skills for your everyday life and the wider world...Does maths feel like a bit of a mystery to you? Are you looking to improve your confidence in using maths in a variety of everyday situations? If so, this free...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs