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European Championships 2020: Can one of the home nations end 55 years of hurt ?
Health, Sports & Psychology

European Championships 2020: Can one of the home nations end 55 years of hurt ?

...World Cup/Euros double again after doing it in 1998/2000 and they are joint favourites with England. England need to focus on the progress made at the 2018 World Cup where they made the semi-finals, and won a penalty shootout against Colombia, rather than their ignominious exit to Iceland in 2016. England’s status as favourites is based partly on the home advantage of...
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The trailblazers of 2024 launch women’s sport into an exciting 2025
Health, Sports & Psychology

The trailblazers of 2024 launch women’s sport into an exciting 2025

...world. Keely Hodgkinson Once relegated to the sidelines of mainstream attention, women’s competitions are now commanding global audiences, filling stadiums, and shattering records across the sporting world. Gone are the days when women’s sports were unfairly criticised for being ‘less exciting’ or ‘less competitive’ than men’s sports. The past decade has...
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What are your chances during a zombie apocalypse?
Digital & Computing

What are your chances during a zombie apocalypse?

...world filled with people (and a few zombies) and "run" this world for a few weeks to see how the zombie outbreak played out. The world has a few rules that reflect how a zombie outbreak would play out. When a zombie encounters a person, there's a chance that the zombie will infect that person and turn them into another zombie. Zombies are only active for a while before...
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Cultures
Languages

Cultures

...heritage of Normandy' and 'Music of the francophone world'...In this free course, Cultures, you will address the question of traditional music and music from the francophone world, and you will examine the place they occupy in the world of artistic creation. The course is divided into three sections: 'Is traditional music, current music?', 'The musical heritage of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Children's University - Free online courses
Education & Development

Children's University - Free online courses

...world.’ More language courses Take a trip to space [Children Uni - Subject icons] Astronomy is a vast subject, quite literally as big as the Universe. It includes objectives of varying sizes - from the atoms that make up planets and stars to superclusters of thousands of galaxies, with each galaxy containing many billions of stars. If you’ve ever looked up at the...
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Syria, Spitsbergen and Seeds
Society, Politics & Law

Syria, Spitsbergen and Seeds

...world’s food supplies connected? ...[ICARDA returns seeds to Svalbard Vault] In this film, Dr Oliver Zanetti examines how the civil war in Syria jeopardised vital research into food and agriculture, and shows how a revolutionary project seed banking project on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen made it possible for that research to continue. Transcript Hi, I’m Dr Oliver...
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Religion, Faith, Spirituality and Worldviews?
History & The Arts

Religion, Faith, Spirituality and Worldviews?

...world but what does religion, faith, spirituality and worldviews mean? This animation explores the themes further. ...People today use various terms to describe their beliefs about the world and the practices and rituals which go alongside them. In this film we look closely at four frequently used terms: religion, faith, spirituality, and worldviews. We see that while...
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Entrainment
History & The Arts

Entrainment

...world. To find out more, follow the research links... Entrainment Open University ethnomusicologist Martin Clayton describes how his study of music and its performance in different cultural settings has allowed him to develop his understanding of the concept of entrainment. His research into this phenomenon is providing key insights into the synchronisation of rhythmic...
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