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Understanding mortgages
Money & Business

Understanding mortgages

...2 This is because most mortgages are ‘secured’ on the value of the property or land the mortgage has been used to buy. This means that if the borrower fails to make the required mortgage repayments, the bank can repossess the property and sell it to recover the money originally lent. Three things your lender will want to know about the property are: Are you buying a...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Introducing Homer's Iliad
History & The Arts

Introducing Homer's Iliad

...2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Discussion Figure 2 depicts Achilles tying the body of Hector onto his chariot, in order to drag it around the walls of Troy three times in revenge for the killing of Patroclus. Figure 3 depicts the Trojan Horse, the famous ruse by which the Greeks were able to enter Troy and bring about the sack of the city. Figure 4 depicts Achilles and the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...2. Here is a list of tasks carried out by a garden volunteer. Table 1 Garden volunteering tasks and time spent on them ACTIVITY/TASK TIME SPENT Pruned trees and shrubs 2 hours Weeding, digging 2 hours General chatting with staff/tea break 10 minutes Talked to colleague about some gardens research 20 minutes Arranged and led a planning meeting about forthcoming garden open...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin
History & The Arts

Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin

...2) actually being able to read the language! The aim of this material is to help you bridge this gap by introducing some of the linguistic skills required to navigate a passage of Latin, Ancient Greek or both. Note that in this course all Greek is presented twice, first in Greek letters and secondly ‘transliterated’ into English letters. You can therefore study this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Critically exploring psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critically exploring psychology

...2...This free course introduces you to critical thinking as a tool for psychology. As you work your way through the course you will learn what critical thinking is, and why it is important to use in the study of psychology. In particular, it will help you to think about how to use it when doing independent research. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster
Nature & Environment

The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster

...2 Razorbills and 3 Shags Phalacrocorax aristotelis on 2nd April. A single Razorbill, also a 'Torrey Canyon' victim, came from another source on 1st June. General management Many species of water bird are difficult to keep in captivity and auks, healthy and oiled, have only survived in zoos for an average of two months and a maximum of 11 months (J. Yealland, pers. com.)....
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Article 10 mins
Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...predominantly focusing on obesity), including a person’s lifestyle. When Level/Year 2 Open University students from the School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care were asked to consider this question, more than two-thirds selected ‘Yes – a little (being overweight is somewhat to do with a person’s lifestyle)’. The results were as follows (from a group of 253 respondents): A. Yes – entirely (being overweight is entirely ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...2 Learning in a primary classroom. Starting with the question ‘what is education?’, in this section you will reflect on the broad aims of education and the relevance of creating a vision and set of values in primary schools. You’ll also consider the importance of understanding individual learners’ experiences as significant in fostering learning in the primary...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs