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Intermediate Italian: describing people
Languages

Intermediate Italian: describing people

...write a short description of them...Intermediate Italian: describing people: 1 Physical appearance - In this section you will work on describing people’s physical appearance in Italian. [Described image] Figure 1...Intermediate Italian: describing people: Describing people's faces - In this first activity you will work on the vocabulary and structures you will need to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Rugby tackles homophobia
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby tackles homophobia

...writes Dr Helen Owton...With the Men’s Rugby World Cup in the news currently, the shining a light on the sport of rugby shows it appearing to be making strides to tackle homophobia in sport. The most recent TV advert from Guinness stars Gareth Thomas telling his story about coming out to his team. A longer video features an interview with him about how he felt as a gay...
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Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act
Education & Development

Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act

...writing by exploring helpful web resources (An example of a study skills resource at the OU), and was able to combine student-parent life much better than in my first year, with the support of my friends that circled round my daughter and me. Funding is often high on student-parent’s agenda. I recognise that the Higher Education landscape was quite different in 2005...
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Saving capitalists from themselves?
Society, Politics & Law

Saving capitalists from themselves?

...write about southern Africa, where former Mozambican president Armando Guebuza took an incredible $2 bn in secret loans. Credit Suisse was a main lender and Christine Lagarde called the loans "corrupt". Faced with such a shameless elite, voters have turned to Recep Erdogan in Turkey, Narandra Modi in India, and Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines - big men who promise to...
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Can you learn a language with an app?
Languages

Can you learn a language with an app?

...writing and speaking. Among the most popular language learning apps are Duolingo and busuu. Research has mainly found positive results on the use of both Duolingo and busuu. But most of this research concentrates on studies with learners who are also signed up to language courses – learners are using the apps for extra practice – so the results don’t provide a good...
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From space to laboratory in four days
Science, Maths & Technology

From space to laboratory in four days

...writing, there was still much to learn about the Winchcombe meteorite, with the bulk of the rock carefully curated at The Natural History Museum in London ready for further analyses. For Ross, it was certainly a whirlwind and surreal couple of weeks. Out of all the groups of meteorites, of which there are over 40 in our collections on Earth, the Winchcombe rock was almost...
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The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care

...writing for the Nursing Standard in 2006, ‘the term person-centred care is used…to indicate a strong interest in the patient’s own experience of health, illness, injury or need. It infers that the nurse works with the person’s definition of the situation, as well as that presented through a medical or other diagnosis’. There are a number of different frameworks...
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How do historians know about the past?
History & The Arts

How do historians know about the past?

...writing history is a complicated process. Different authors will have differing views and opinions on the same subject. Thinking of taking it further? If you want to study history at university level, the free course 'Taking your first steps in Higher Education' or the introductory module 'Arts and languages access module' can help you to decide which path to take and...
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