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A brief history of evolution
History & The Arts

A brief history of evolution

...concepts first appeared in early Greek writings, for example, in the work of Anaximander and Empedocles. Anaximander proposed that animals could be transformed from one kind to another, and Empedocles speculated that they could be made up of various combinations of pre-existing parts. However, evolutionary theories were subsequently prevented from developing and...
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Article 30 mins
Synthesis as a way of understanding the changing uniqueness of rural Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Synthesis as a way of understanding the changing uniqueness of rural Ireland

...concept of synthesis is used as a way to understand how places are continually evolving while retaining their uniqueness. This may sound complicated at first, but can perhaps best be approached by applying the idea to a familiar real-world example. Activity: What makes a place unique? To begin, think about the area where you live, or another which you know well. What...
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Activity 5 mins
The ice-covered ocean worlds of the outer Solar System
Science, Maths & Technology

The ice-covered ocean worlds of the outer Solar System

...Concept)] Figure 4: 2019 Europa Clipper Spacecraft (Artist's Concept). These missions will help to pinpoint locations where the ocean could have recently interacted with the surface, paving the way for future lander missions that will directly search for evidence of life. Together, they stand to revolutionise our understanding of Jupiter’s icy moons, providing us with...
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Article 10 mins
'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?
Education & Development

'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?

...concept of ‘institutional racism’ aims to reveal?While individual conduct is relevant in these incidents, does the reliance on the ‘bad apples’ explanation reflect the challenge that Critical Race Theory illuminates and the concept of ‘institutional racism’ aims to reveal? Specifically, does the reduction of these incidents to representations of ‘individual...
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Article 10 mins
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...de facto standard. However, document management software has to be capable of accepting many different types of file, produced by a variety of applications. This complicated the technical design of the package enormously. Third, as suggested earlier, drafting and design processes, at a detailed level at least, are well denned. Engineering drawings are pretty much standard...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
Supporting children and young people's wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting children and young people's wellbeing

...concepts such as resilience. There is a wide a variety of practices and services that provide support for children and young people’s wellbeing and this course also explores how they can make a difference to children and young people’s lives. FInally, the course considers how those working with children and young people can know whether they are making a difference or...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Justice, fairness and mediation
Money & Business

Justice, fairness and mediation

...concepts of justice and fairness from various perspectives but mainly focuses on effective policing and community empowerment. ...This free course, Justice, fairness and mediation, considers the concepts of justice and fairness from various perspectives but mainly focuses on effective policing and community empowerment. This course was produced by The Open University in...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Advanced German: Regional landscapes
Languages

Advanced German: Regional landscapes

...des Ortes oder der Region, in der sie leben? Die Texte, Hör- und Videoaufnahmen in diesen Lernmaterialien liefern zu einigen Aspekten dieser Fragen Informationen und Gedankenanstöße. Sie erfahren mehr über die Menschen in Ostfriesland an der Nordwestküste Deutschlands und lesen über Natur-, Industrie- und Seelandschaften wie zum Beispiel das Bodenseegebiet, wo...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs