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Everyday English 1
Languages

Everyday English 1

...writing skills for work, study and everyday life...Would you like to improve your current English skills or perhaps remember areas you may have forgotten? This free course serves as good preparation for studying the formal English Essential Skills Level 1, which is available in Wales. Whilst the course does not cover all aspects of the current English Functional Skills...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Climate Change Collection
Nature & Environment

Climate Change Collection

...under creative commons copyright. See individual courses or articles for further details. Registering for a free OpenLearn account will allow learners to enrol on a course and track their progress. Enrolment allows learners to return to the last page viewed in each session or lesson, and rewards learners who complete the course with a printable certificate of completion....
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Video 5 mins
Will artificial intelligence put us out of work?
Money & Business

Will artificial intelligence put us out of work?

...Creative Commons video assets: Optimization of Parenthood by wheresaddie - (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Timelapse Thames and Canary Wharf by Chris Hoare - (CC BY 2.0) Horizon app "rotating" video by Kārlis Dambrāns - (CC BY 2.0) Satellite Map of France on Tablet Computer by ZNiCHKA Stock Media - (CC BY-NC 2.0) Unveiling THE ROBOT by Isabelle - (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) A Robot by Isabelle...
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Video 5 mins
Irish Women’s Poetry: Colette Bryce
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: Colette Bryce

...writes as if she were ‘at one remove’ from the mainstream. You might say this stems from her emigrant perspective, from being called a ‘British’ poet in some places yet ‘Irish’ in others, and from being gay in a predominantly heterosexual culture. Bryce says this is ‘an interesting (no)place to write from’. (quoted in Wyeth, 2020) Bryce’s poems often...
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Article 5 mins
Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...writing of the region he grew up in, the South-West of England. You will then read one short chapter from Far From the Madding Crowd and find out about how Hardy uses narration, style and dialogue to create characters and a fictional world that readers can believe in. You will also find out about the important place of religion in Hardy’s work. This OpenLearn course is...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Working as a researcher | Developing research and study skills
Education & Development

Working as a researcher | Developing research and study skills

...writing What others said: One of the things about [having been] a journalist is that you have just got to write. … I just get started and [know] it will be fine, it will take shape. [EdD graduate] Structuring [my writing was a problem] – sometimes things make sense to me but they don’t make sense to other people … I don’t know why I struggled with it but putting...
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Article 2 mins
What was the Bosman ruling? The one minute guide
Health, Sports & Psychology

What was the Bosman ruling? The one minute guide

...writing with a yellow highlight saying: Jean-Marc Bosman's contract with RFC Liege had expired; they refused to allow him to join Dunkerque without a transfer fee. He took his case to the European Court of Justice. ] [Subuteo player on a metal rod with a caption of black writing with a yellow highlight saying: The court found in his favour. Since then two principles have...
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Article 5 mins
What is technology?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is technology?

...creatively applied to organised tasks involving people and machines that meet sustainable goals. There are three important aspects to this definition: 1. Technology is about taking action to meet a human need rather than merely understanding the workings of the natural world, which is the goal of science. The invention of the microscope was driven by a need to explore the...
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Article 5 mins