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Herbal medicine
Health, Sports & Psychology

Herbal medicine

...thinking was along the lines of "why give a patient a herb tea with an indeterminate amount of active ingredients, when it is possible to administer a small white pill with precisely measured amounts?" And so drugs such as digoxin, derived originally from foxgloves, and aspirin, based on chemicals found in meadowsweet and willow bark, were isolated and then synthesised...
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Article 10 mins
Getting started with SPSS
Society, Politics & Law

Getting started with SPSS

...think about how SPSS works and how to carry out some basic statistical work. All the required work for this course takes place within each activity – nothing is downloaded onto your computer. Please note that the software package SPSS is not provided with this course. The course is designed as a series of activities that can be used to help you familiarise yourself with...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Discovering the dark side of the Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

Discovering the dark side of the Moon

...and has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers in journals of high-scientific standing. He currently chairs the UK-node of the NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) comprising of over 100 members from 15 UK higher education institutions. In the video below, Mahesh discusses the far side of the moon and why we need samples from it. Transcript...
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Video 40 mins
Matt Ridley - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Matt Ridley - Stories of Change

...thinking way back from then, because very few people have a coal mine on their land! MR: Yes, although the coalmine’s relatively recent, but I grew up in a coal mining area, and I’m descended from a long line … well not recently, but in the eighteenth century one of my ancestors was pioneer of coal mining in Newcastle and indeed put the first steam engine into a...
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Audio 5 mins
Approaching language, literature and childhood
Education & Development

Approaching language, literature and childhood

...thinking about literature in terms of its purpose. You’ll start considering two novels written for children, Marianne Dreams and Tom’s Midnight Garden, and learn some introductory linguistic techniques to help you identify how these works achieve their intended effects. You’ll then consider diversity and inclusion, and at the end of the course, you’ll think about...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Does the rural idyll really exist?
Nature & Environment

Does the rural idyll really exist?

...think I need to put my city experience into perspective. Can you explain to me why growing up in Coventry was such a dismal experience for me? [ever wondered, environment, lincoln alison, inline ] Dr Lincoln Allison: I think I can yes. I mean if you cast your mind back to 1945, they rebuilt this city as a modern city, with its precinct and its ring-roads and so on and I...
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Article 15 mins
Why mental fitness is as important as physical fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why mental fitness is as important as physical fitness

...think they need to be adaptable, physically fit, obviously, good hand to eye coordination, stay cool and calm under pressure, and then in rugby have a controlled aggression. Alex: I think mental is ten, just as important as the physical. Ashley: I think it’s half-half really because if you don’t have like the mental side to it then you’re not really going to go far,...
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Video 10 mins
Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner
Education & Development

Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner

...thinking about sequences of events that led to a certain conclusion, or thinking about how you felt or reacted at a point in time. At this level, we are quite used to the idea of reflecting on our own actions. Reflective practice is a term strongly associated with learning in professional contexts such as teaching, nursing or social work and can be thought of in a number...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs