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The body in antiquity
History & The Arts

The body in antiquity

...world that can be explored through a whole host of different types of evidence: art, literature and archaeological artefacts to name but a few. The way that people fulfil their basic bodily needs and engage in their daily activities is embedded in the social world around them. The body is a subject that can reveal fascinating aspects of both Greek and Roman culture it...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Happy birthday Shakespeare!
History & The Arts

Happy birthday Shakespeare!

...world's most famous and well-respected playwright was born and to mark the anniversary there’s an abundance of celebrations and commemorations of Shakespeare and his work. To honour this event, we've compiled a fantastic range of free resources on his plays, sonnets and more. In addition to this, The Open University has been involved in many different co-productions...
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Article 3 hrs
Euro 24: Innovation and Trends in Modern Football
Health, Sports & Psychology

Euro 24: Innovation and Trends in Modern Football

...world acknowledging its responsibility to minimise environmental impact. Following the highly contentious Qatar World Cup in 2022, UEFA and Germany have committed to making Euro 2024 the most sustainable football tournament ever. Andreas Schär, managing director of EURO 2024 GmbH (a joint venture between the German FA and UEFA for the organisation of the tournament),...
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Article 5 mins
Supporting sustainable and responsible space exploration
Science, Maths & Technology

Supporting sustainable and responsible space exploration

...worlds, biology always comes with troubles. The Black Death that ravaged Europe in the 1300s was caused by a bacterium carried by fleas, fifteenth-century explorers transmitted European diseases such as smallpox and measles that devastated communities in the New World, and insects carry pathogens such as Xylella fastidiosa, which has become closely associated with the...
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Article 10 mins
Pineapples and Pashto: building intercultural competence through Peace Education
Education & Development

Pineapples and Pashto: building intercultural competence through Peace Education

...world and making new discoveries (UN 2013). It involves values of cultural diversity and human rights, attitudes of openness, respect and tolerance, knowledge of the self, communication, cultures and religions and skills including critical thinking, empathy and adaptability (Barrett 2018). Such competencies can be developed through Peace Education activities that offer...
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Article 5 mins
A brief history of the lens
Society, Politics & Law

A brief history of the lens

...world around us. Technology has had a huge impact on what the human eye can see, using the properties of the lens to make scientific instruments that extend our gaze out to the stars and down to atoms. Perhaps we don’t spend much time thinking about how we capture images from light through a lens, but it has taken hundreds of years to move from seeing through a lens to...
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Article 5 mins
Global diets
Health, Sports & Psychology

Global diets

As the range of different restaurants serving different culture's cuisines suggests, the world does not approach each food stuff with a single mind. Discover how different foods are approached differently in different countries with our global diet map...If you'd prefer to read the information in a standard webpage, you can choose to see Global diets: Just the facts.
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Activity 10 mins
Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...world and throughout history the young have always outnumbered the elderly. Over the next 40 years this will change. The population over 60 will grow by 1 billion to a total of 2 billion. For the first time in human history, there will be more people over 60 than under 15. 1 in every 5 people will be elderly. In 1950 there were 12 working people for every elderly person....
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs