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Homage to Celtalonia
Society, Politics & Law

Homage to Celtalonia

...system; A Federal Central Bank with direct membership of three national central backs, akin to the Fed system in the US with membership of Euroepan Central bank (ECB); A system of fiscal federalism to distribute tax revenues between the nations and constituent regions appropriately (akin to Finanzausgleichgesetz in Germany); A Federal Constitutional Court to settle...
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Richard Tol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Richard Tol - Stories of Change

...think 25-30 years ago. RH: Where did you study? RT: Free University in Amsterdam. RH: And what intrigued you about it at that time that made you want to pursue it? RT: I started more from an environmental angle than from an energy angle. RH: You were an environmentalist at that time? Or maybe you still consider yourself an environmentalist, I don't know. RT:...
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Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list
Education & Development

Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list

...system change could help make things better: We know that many children who are entitled to free school meals do not eat them every day, often because of teasing, bullying and fear of stigma. This is a major concern for many parents: ‘My older children have had free meals in the past and have been bullied as a result.’ Parent How much parents worry about teasing and...
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Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...think it’s best just to stop and just say the delegate is speaking too fast.” Miles herself doesn’t find that useful because people have a natural pace, and someone asked to slow down is likely to pick up speed again. The alternative is to précis. “You have to be quick on the uptake. It’s not just language skills in this job, it’s being quick-brained and...
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Recovery strategies in sport and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Recovery strategies in sport and exercise

...system, in terms of mood and changes? I mean, think of all the crazy things that- can we potentially steepen that return angle? Now, what does that allow me to do? Train more intense, and be able to train in more density. LINDSEY ANDERSON: So they had a hard training day today. But we still have another training day tomorrow. So we need them to start their recovery...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Sustainable Scotland
Nature & Environment

Sustainable Scotland

...think about globalisation. Jot down the words and phrases that come to mind when you hear the term 'globalisation'. What is globalisation? Globalisation is not so much a thing, as a series of overlapping, connected and interdependent processes. As a term, globalisation is an attempt to capture the profound social, cultural, political and economic changes ushered in by new...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Why not ‘World Religions’?
History & The Arts

Why not ‘World Religions’?

...think about what it means? What makes something a World Religion? Why do we group some religions – almost always the same five – in this way? In this short course, you’re going to do just that. You’ll look at the potential issues with classifying religions like this, and why scholars are increasingly moving away from talking about World Religions. You’ll even...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Introducing social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social care and social work

...system works. You’re always kind of thinking, is there more? Should I be doing more? Should I be doing something different? Is there some other service that I might be accessing? For me, it was really kind of scary. At the beginning, you feel very, very vulnerable because not only are you trying to manage a situation in a practical and emotional sense, but also,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs