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...resources below. Check out the Full range of FREE French, German, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Welsh and English rescources. Boost your digital skills The ability to use information and communication technologies is becoming increasingly important to employers. Learn how to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information with these free courses. Go after your dream job...
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The impact of walking and socialising through 5 Ways Café on people living with dementia and their carers: A volunteer’s perspective
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of walking and socialising through 5 Ways Café on people living with dementia and their carers: A volunteer’s perspective

...resources below), we know that sustained benefits come from regular engagement with activities, but this is challenging at many levels for people living with dementia and their families and carers. You can see more about the study here. As we are aware spending time outdoors, walking, being present and mindful is crucially important for our physical and mental health and...
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Article 10 mins
The social in social science
Society, Politics & Law

The social in social science

...human component of the relations and processes which social scientists attempt to represent. In particular, we draw upon the arguments of Alfred Schütz, whose approach also recommends that social science should attempt to find ways of communicating its ideas and evidence widely to all members of society. Situated knowledge – each form of social knowledge is located...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision

...human beings are dependent upon the natural world for the very air they breathe, for every mouthful of food they eat, and we all know that the natural world is under threat, so we have to do things about it. And what we have to do may cost money, may cost labour, may cost taxes and those sort of things and if the electorate doesn’t understand how important that is they...
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Video 40 mins
The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...Humanities...The Enlightenment: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the cultural climate that existed as the Enlightenment began understand the main characteristics of the Enlightenment demonstrate an awareness of the cultural shifts and trends leading from Enlightenment to Romanticism...The Enlightenment: 1 'The...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Climate change's causes, effects and geographies of responsibility
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change's causes, effects and geographies of responsibility

...human terms. Professor David Humphreys describes how he experienced Climate Change first hand when working in Bangladesh for The Open University...[Geography matters climate change Bangladesh] Climate change will affect everyone on the planet. Anthropogenic - in other words, caused by humans - no one will be able to escape its effects. It will not discriminate between...
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Article 10 mins
Amazonian challenges: The loss of indigenous culture and identity
Nature & Environment

Amazonian challenges: The loss of indigenous culture and identity

...human rights abuses...[South Rupununi 19] In a 2005 report from the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) and the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), refers to ‘indigenous peoples’ as “a global movement fighting for rights and justice for those particular groups who have been left on the margins of development and who are...
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Has Twitter's role as a political influence been overstated?
Digital & Computing

Has Twitter's role as a political influence been overstated?

...resources for public benefit like education, healthcare, and welfare. Using the #metoo campaign as a case study, Naomi Barnes and Huw Davies question whether Twitter really is a public sphere or if it is simply a platform capitalist that monetises displays of outrage?...[Giant hashtag] Twitter is, of course, many things to many people. It is a place people have connected,...
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