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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
The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective
Society, Politics & Law

The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective

...world about us through our body. This free course, The body: A phenomenological psychological perspective, explores the theoretical perspective on embodiment: the phenomenological psychological perspective...The body has traditionally been treated as a biological object in psychology. However, is there more to our bodies than that? Some psychologists recognise that we...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Why are the Paris attacks given greater attention than the ISIS killings in Beirut?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are the Paris attacks given greater attention than the ISIS killings in Beirut?

...world's media, Arab and refugee lives matter less than those of Europeans - and that contributes to a punishing cycle for us all...Events of this past weekend shook the core of the world as ISIS struck not just in Beirut, but Paris as well. These attacks follow an equally brutal show of terror in January 2015 when Charlie Hebdo’s offices were targeted because of...
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Article 5 mins
How happiness is challenging GDP as the measure of a country’s health
Society, Politics & Law

How happiness is challenging GDP as the measure of a country’s health

...World Happiness Report found Finland as the worlds happiest country which proves income does not necessarily lead to happiness says Professor Paul Anand...[Happy baby ] Happiness is contagious Finland reclaimed its place as the happiest country in the world, according to the annual World Happiness Report published in 2018 on research conducted between 2015 and 2017....
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Video 5 mins
What’s corruption got to do with climate change, and why should we care?
Nature & Environment

What’s corruption got to do with climate change, and why should we care?

...world from heating to the point it becomes uninhabitable for future generations?...Code Red for Humanity The extent of the challenge has been set out in the starkest of terms by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change1 (IPCC) in their August 2021 report. They state that there is no room for doubt that climate change is the result of human activity and that the...
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Article 10 mins
Hidden Maths
Science, Maths & Technology

Hidden Maths

...world of Mathematics and Statistics with our FREE learning content. ...Find out more about The Open University's Mathematics courses. It’s impossible to address today’s world without encountering Maths and Stats at every step, and yet for many of us it’s a subject that we attempt to avoid at all costs. Browse through our FREE online courses and interactive games to...
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Article 5 mins
Literature and the Environment
Nature & Environment

Literature and the Environment

...world, about people on the other side of the globe. I thought about how little attention I pay to the natural world around me. I doubted that I’d notice any changes in my local river, but knew that I’d spot a new café opening next to it. When I first read about the changing course of the Dordogne in Montaigne’s essay, I went on a different mental journey. I thought...
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Article 10 mins