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Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon
Languages

Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon

...Et le musée Calvet, c’est où? Valérie C’est rue Joseph Vernet, à droite, après le boulevard Raspail. Framboise (Christine) Ah oui, très bien ! Je cherche aussi le commissariat. C’est où? Valérie C’est Quai St Lazare. Framboise (Christine) Et la piscine. C’est où? Valérie C’est sur l’île de la Barthelasse. Vous traversez le Rhône par le pont de...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland
History & The Arts

Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland

...Institution in the nineteenth century and how these resemble the modern-day celebrations. ...Valentine’s Day, with its excess of cards, plastic and fluffy hearts, may be a modern, commercialised institution, but its origins go far back, and sometimes can be found in unexpected circumstances. Although some celebrations and traditions can be traced to Roman times, it was...
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Article 5 mins
How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?

...Institute for Health and Care Excellence standard guidelines are a good starting point...If we’re looking for silver linings to the pandemic, we might consider the fact that carers have become visible to the rest of the country in a way that they never were before. Through the pandemic, we have all come to recognise and appreciate the enormous value of carers, both paid...
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Article 10 mins
Pay attention to equal pay: the EIS and Equal Pay Day 2022
Society, Politics & Law

Pay attention to equal pay: the EIS and Equal Pay Day 2022

...Institute of Scotland (EIS) released a video commemorating Equal Pay Day 2022, which coincided with the first Scottish teachers’ strike action over pay in 40 years. ...Find out more about The Open University's Social Sciences courses. 20th November 2022 marked UK Equal Pay Day. The EIS film highlights the prevalent undervaluing of professions where women represent the...
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Article 5 mins
To the Moon and beyond
Science, Maths & Technology

To the Moon and beyond

...et al published a paper looking at green glass which is produced in firefight interruptions to the moon surface and they found significant quantities of volatiles present. This led to a reanalysis of all the polar samples found a few tens of ppm to a few hundreds of ppm of water especially present in lunar rocks and this water is primordial water thought to be have been...
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Article 5 mins
Recording women's experiences and resilience during Covid-19
Society, Politics & Law

Recording women's experiences and resilience during Covid-19

...Institute of Scotland (EIS) recorded the experiences of women during Covid-19...Find out more about The Open University's Social Sciences and History courses [banner of the EIS, purple background with EIS in white edged in red]Founded in 1847, the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) is the oldest teaching union in the world. As the largest teaching union in Scotland,...
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Video 5 mins
Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...et al., 2017). However, some commentators have been more cautious about adopting the positive model of health implied by the term wellbeing. Drawing attention to the emphasis on ‘complete … wellbeing’ in the WHO definition, at least one writer criticised this model at the start of the millennium for presenting an idealistic counsel of perfection that ‘puts health...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview
Society, Politics & Law

Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview

...institutions concerned fundamentally with operating within and protecting the Constitution. We know that large organisations are subject to regime change. Regime change can and repeatedly does put even the core structural principles and values of any institution in jeopardy. Institutional memory fades and anything can be sacrificed to the agenda of the realpolitik of the...
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Video 15 mins