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The Life of Saint Andrew
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint Andrew

...work on the lives of the saints tells the story of Scotland's patron saint...The acts of this apostle’s martyrdom, though rejected by Tillemont, &c. are maintained to be genuine by Nat. Alexander, Hist. t. 1, and by Mr. Woog, professor of history and antiquities at Leipsic, in learned dissertations published in 1748 and 1751. The authority of this piece being contested,...
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Article 5 mins
Primary science: supporting children’s learning
Education & Development

Primary science: supporting children’s learning

...working are all in keeping with a social constructivist view of learning. This involves connecting learning with children’s prior experience and building on their existing skills. If insufficient account is taken of children’s existing understanding (including ideas that may be incorrect), children are unlikely to see the relevance or make connections with their own...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Should we test drugs on pregnant women?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should we test drugs on pregnant women?

...social services going to get involved if I’m unwell?” In consultation with her doctor, Heidi decided to give up all four drugs, ultimately replacing them with a low dose of sertraline, an antidepressant that has been relatively well-studied in pregnant women. But as she weaned herself from her old prescriptions, she experienced severe withdrawal. “It was physically...
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Article 15 mins
Start writing fiction
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction

...works on the effect of genre and how genre can be used. The main teaching material in this course is taken from an existing publication, The Fiction Writer's Workshop by Josip Novakovich (1995). Novakovich is an award-winning writer (of short stories mainly), who teaches fiction writing at the University of Cincinnati. His chapters on ‘Character’ and ‘Setting’ are...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...social organisation where matters are concerned with getting or using power within a particular group e.g., there is plenty of ‘office’ politics within, and often between, sports organisations. Big ‘P’ Politics often focuses on governmental decision making, world trade agreements and global affairs. The Politics in Europe does not often address sport. Throughout...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
PY Gerbeau on the business of football
Money & Business

PY Gerbeau on the business of football

...work." Find out more about the business of football with this free OpenLearn course. Individual football clubs have to survive in a competitive market – competition for players, competition for TV income, competition against other leisure activities. Promotion to the Premier league is the biggest incentive of all: this can boost club income by up to £10m a year....
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Article 15 mins
Forth Road Bridge
History & The Arts

Forth Road Bridge

...worked. ALICE ROBERTS If you’ve got corrosion inside the cable, that’s weakening it from the inside? ALASTAIR ANDREW It is weakening the cable but the cable is perfectly safe at the moment. But, if we cannot stop that corrosion, the predictions are that we will have to stop heavy goods vehicles using the bridge in 2014 and, ultimately, close the bridge by 2019. ALICE...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Explainer: What is autophagy?
Science, Maths & Technology

Explainer: What is autophagy?

...work? [A human cell treated with a compound which induces autophagy] Figure 1: A human cell treated with a compound which induces autophagy. Autophagosomes are visible as small bright green speckles. The general mechanisms of autophagy are thought to be highly similar in all eukaryotic organisms. Defective cell components are engulfed by a membrane, which wraps around the...
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