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Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema
Languages

Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema

...become a crucial part of French culture. In this free course, Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema, you will learn about the art, the industry and the distinctive nature of French cinema. You will find out about influential French filmmakers, such as the new generation of female directors and will learn about independent arthouse cinemas, under threat from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Treezilla
Society, Politics & Law

Treezilla

...students and the general public can get involved with. The idea is to map every tree in Britain. This will create a data-rich platform on which a wide range of citizen science investigations can be built". Treezilla is one of many applications available with The OpenScience Laboratory. It was initiated by researchers, scientists & educators and encourages people to...
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Activity 5 mins
PodMag October 2016
Society, Politics & Law

PodMag October 2016

...2 History module on the birth of modern Britain, Helen Kaye talks about the new 3rd level Psychology module where students can undertake their own research, and Catriona Havard tells us about the exciting 3rd level interdisciplinary counselling and forensic psychology module first being presented in October 2017. Select here for a copy of the transcript of this audio...
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Audio 20 mins
World-Changing Women: Emily Davies
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Emily Davies

...students with the same curriculum as that followed by male students to ensure that women’s achievements would be recognised as equal. However, women were not awarded degrees on an equal basis to men at Cambridge until 1948. Fifty years afterwards, in 1998, a special ceremony was held at the university to honour the 900 women who had earned, but not been awarded, degrees...
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Article 5 mins
Creating a different world: Celebrating Ursula K LeGuin
History & The Arts

Creating a different world: Celebrating Ursula K LeGuin

...become perilous. In The Left Hand of Darkness, society on the ice planet of Gethen revolves around partly familial, partly tribal groups called “hearths” – and expulsion means sure death from cold. In Always Coming Home, alongside the main narrative, we get ethnographic notes about the customs, myths and rituals of the Kesh tribe. Principles and beliefs associated...
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Article 5 mins
Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking
Health, Sports & Psychology

Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking

...becomes upset. [Group of students walking down the street with coffee cups] Outdoor therapy is not provided as standard on the NHS but there are discussions within services about how to make this more commonplace. If people are interested in completing this with a therapist in private practice then I would always recommend finding a therapist through the usual route...
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Article 15 mins
Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?
Education & Development

Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?

...students using the internet for learning. In this short course, you will review the idea of openness in networked practice and the links from this into wider areas and broader behaviour. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course H818 The networked practitioner...Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?: Learning outcomes - After...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Penalty Pressure Potential at Euro 2016
Health, Sports & Psychology

Penalty Pressure Potential at Euro 2016

...become a hero in the eyes of the media, but rarely are they subjected to the same media condemnation as a player who misses a penalty when they fail to save a penalty. As a result of this teams often focus a significant amount of effort on preparing for the possibility of a penalty shoot-out. The Welsh team, for example, have reportedly been practicing penalties in...
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Article 10 mins