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History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

...out, allowing you to pick which essays best suits your purpose...This free course, History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past, consists of a series of essays, drawn from material contained in the Reading Experience Database, that illustrate different aspects of reading in Britain during the period from 1450 to 1945. These essays are designed for you as the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
How Trump tweets
Society, Politics & Law

How Trump tweets

...out: “They can mitigate the brusqueness of a brief reply by indicating the writer’s enthusiasm, sincerity, surprise – it all depends on the situation.” Cutting out media middlemen These tweets are not indiscriminate and ill thought-out after all. It is certain that Trump and his advisers realise the value in bypassing the “crooked” mainstream media to speak...
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How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?

...out the small vibrations from a particular source than a single seismometer, and can also be used to work out with greater accuracy where the waves originally come from. In 1996, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) was opened for signatures, aiming to ban all nuclear explosions. To enforce this treaty, the Vienna-based CTBT Organisation is establishing an...
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Messaging apps – paying attention and timing it right
Languages

Messaging apps – paying attention and timing it right

...out about The Open University's English courses. A lot has been written about the ‘attention economy’ – the way that social media companies, businesses and advertisers compete to gain people’s attention in order to boost sales. They do this because otherwise their message or product gets lost in the overwhelming amount of information that circulates on the...
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When do children develop a sense of gender?
Education & Development

When do children develop a sense of gender?

...out that for young children, initial concepts about gender are quite flexible. In my own research, I’ve found that children don’t begin to notice and adopt gender-stereotyped behaviors (e.g., preferring colors like pink or blue) until the age of two or three. A few years later, their concept of gender becomes quite rigid, and although it becomes more relaxed by middle...
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How home educators access exams
Education & Development

How home educators access exams

...out more about The Open University’s Childhood and Youth Studies qualification. Home educators, at the time of writing this, are not required to follow the national curriculum, have any set hours of education or sit any national examinations. There is a debate in the literature about the value and importance (or lack thereof) of standardised exams and assessments. Some...
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Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic

...out more about The Open University’s statistics qualifications. Sex can strengthen the couple's relationship and facilitate a unique sense of emotional closeness. In the throes of passion, thoughts of domesticity and the outside world can dissipate. Sexual intimacy tends to fluctuate over the life course. It ebbs and flows as life takes over and time for intimacy...
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The Curious Geography of Weetabix: A Cereal Tale for Our Times
Society, Politics & Law

The Curious Geography of Weetabix: A Cereal Tale for Our Times

...out that the local Northamptonshire wheat is an ‘imported’ commodity, a globally traded product sold in US dollars on the world market. Even though the wheat is harvested within 50 miles of the original Burton Latimer mill, because it is priced in dollars it now takes more pounds to buy it in the UK. It could have been worse. If it were not for the fact that wheat...
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