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Exploring the history of prisoner education Badge icon
History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...de Renzi, chaplain at Millbank, and the Rev. Ambrose Sherwin, chaplain at Pentonville, after one year’s experience of cellular instruction. Although not directly involved in teaching the convicts, the chaplains supervised the schoolmasters and examined the prisoners every six months. As you read them, consider the following questions: What are the advantages of cellular...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: cynllunio ar gyfer y dyfodol
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: cynllunio ar gyfer y dyfodol

...de gyda'n cydweithwyr? Ble mae ein dallbwynt newydd? Ac mae yna bethau y mae angen i ni eu dad-ddysgu-- dad-ddysgu o'r cyfnod cyn y pandemig a hyd yn oed o'r cyfnod y mae COVID-19 wedi effeithio arno? Felly i mi, yr her yw nad ydw i am greu dallbwyntiau newydd drwy awgrymu'r elfennau ansicr y dylai pobl roi sylw iddynt, ond dweud ar gyfer pob un ohonom, y bydd pethau nad...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding dyslexia Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding dyslexia

...de Bree, E.H., van den Boer, M. and de Jong, P.F. (2023) ‘Perceived negative consequences of dyslexia: The influence of person and environmental factors’, Annals of Dyslexia, 73(2), pp. 214–234. British Dyslexia Association (n.d.) Neurodiversity and Co-occurring difficulties. Available at:
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families

...de-sac in the suburbs of a large market town and is made up of four bungalows, each of which supports six residents. Susie lives in one of the bungalows. The bungalow has a front garden with lots of plants in big pots, garden ornaments, bird feeders and several places to sit. The building is light and airy and welcoming. There is a large, shared lounge, a small kitchen, a...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems
History & The Arts

Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems

...Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Youth's Magic Horn, 1806–8), was dedicated to Goethe, and was described by him as an essential volume for any household. Something of the impulse underlying this interest in folk-song is shown by the preface to a collection by J.G. Naumann (1784): The times in which dazzling and forced styles found approval are past. Men who had a deeper feeling...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...De Brazza's guenons draw attention to their white-bearded dewlaps by shaking their heads when signalling aggression [p. 271], and dominant male vervet monkeys subdue subordinate males by flaunting their blue scrotums and red penises [p. 270]. The ability to use facial expressions has increased the complexity of social interactions between primates; therefore the brains of...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Changing cities
Society, Politics & Law

Changing cities

...and case studies - [Described image] Figure 6 The exemplary city: damage to the Hôtel de Ville, Paris, in 1871, following the collapse of the Paris Commune. Nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Paris is a basic reference point for modern urban theory There is a clear relationship between causal generalisation and the use of empirical case studies underlying Harvey’s explanatory narrative. The explanatory analysis ......
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Psychological research, obedience and ethics
Society, Politics & Law

Psychological research, obedience and ethics

...to: ANC iBrain Festival of Neuroscience at Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs