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Unlikely Leaders
Money & Business

Unlikely Leaders

...children, and strong families in the remote areas of the Khyber Pakhtoon Khwa (KPK) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of North West Pakistan Kor (www.khwendokor.org.pk). The UK Friends of Khwendo Kor Kor (www.frok.org.uk) was established in 2002 to help Khwendo Kor's fundraising efforts. Its aim is to raise sufficient money to give Khwendo Kor long-term...
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Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?
Education & Development

Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?

...research findings about online learning and fun, that are part of a series of research work of the Rumpus Research group of The Open University. (http://wels.open.ac.uk/rumpus). The aim is to open up discussion with all OpenLearners – students and educators across the world – interested in the topic of fun, and its role in enhancing students online distance education...
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The abolition of capital punishment
Society, Politics & Law

The abolition of capital punishment

...Centre for Law at The Open University, Professor Barbara Hudson, Director of the Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Central Lancashire, and Dr. Nigel Warburton, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at The Open University, explore some of the fundamental issues underpinning our attitudes to this most severe of punishments. The...
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What is Royal Assent - and why don't laws come into force straight away?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Royal Assent - and why don't laws come into force straight away?

...Children Act received Royal Assent. The Children Act aimed to offer greater protection to children. The main principles of the Act are to make children's welfare a priority; to guarantee the principle that children are best brought up within their families wherever possible; to ensure that local authorities can provide services for children and ......
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Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?

...Research examining personality in high risk sport frequently reports that those who participate tend to score more highly in three key personality characteristics, extroversion, openness and agreeableness when compared to other athletes or non-athletes (Klinar et al, 2017). Closely aligned to the personality research into risk-taking is Zuckerman et al’s (1964) research...
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Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...research methods. You will learn about these methods in this free course, starting in the next section where you will begin to explore how quantitative evidence is used to understand what obesity is and how it is linked to unhealthy lifestyles, before moving on to qualitative approaches later on...Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?: 2 Quantitative...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
A future for languages in schools?
Languages

A future for languages in schools?

...Centre for Languages and Cultures is encouraging and promoting the study of languages in the UK...In July 2015, the London Centre for Languages and Cultures hosted a Colloquium: “A Future for Languages in Schools?” Representatives from schools, universities, government, and language organisations discussed the serious issue facing modern foreign languages as a...
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Centreless grinding
Science, Maths & Technology

Centreless grinding

...centres. There are several types of centreless grinding, all of which consist of three basic elements: Grinding wheel: The same types of grinding wheel are used for conventional grinding. Control (or regularity) wheel: This is a conventional rubber-bonded abrasive wheel on the same horizontal centre-line as the grinding wheel, which rotates in the same direction as the...
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