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Starting with law
Society, Politics & Law

Starting with law

...family relationships and our property. It applies at the bottom of the ocean and in space. It regulates the world of sport, science, employment, business, political liberty, education, health services – everything, in fact, from neighbour disputes to war. The law in the United Kingdom has evolved over a long period. It has, over the centuries, successfully adapted...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
A reader's guide to The Luzhin Defence
Health, Sports & Psychology

A reader's guide to The Luzhin Defence

...family moved to Berlin, and Nabokov subsequently went on to study at Cambridge University. His father was murdered by a Russian monarchist in 1922. Back in Berlin after graduating, Nabokov worked as a translator, tutor, tennis coach, and compiler of crossword puzzles. In 1937 he moved to Paris, then in 1940 to the United States with his wife and child. He lectured, and...
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Article 5 mins
A reader's guide to Cold Comfort Farm
Health, Sports & Psychology

A reader's guide to Cold Comfort Farm

...family seemed partial to creating scenes, but with a clear thread of pretence running through their ‘performances’. Gibbons felt that the genre of the rural novel – ‘The Loam and Lovechild School of Fiction’ - had run its course and offered itself to parody. Writers such as Mary Webb irritated her, so she offered an alternative vision of country living. Stock...
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Small Business Saturday and The Open University Business School
Money & Business

Small Business Saturday and The Open University Business School

...family food truck in Edmonton, Alberta] Small businesses come in all shapes - and can become all sizes The Open University Business School is supporting Small Business Saturday because so many of our students aspire to start their own successful businesses. We are committed to supporting them throughout their careers, whatever their path, through lifelong learning; a...
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Simple Coding - Summary
Digital & Computing

Simple Coding - Summary

...small and precise steps that even a machine can understand. Python makes it easy to write the code once we come up with a sufficiently detailed algorithm, but the thinking (still) has to be done by us. Like learning any other skill, only practice makes perfect. We hope this tutorial inspired you to learn more Python and to share your creations with friends and family....
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Activity 5 mins
Exploring Sports
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring Sports

...is in a weight categorised sport An interview with a paraglider David Snowdon has been paragliding for 15 years, 13 of those have been at an international level. David is a self-taught pilot An interview with a marathon runner Serious amateur marathon runner Mick Curry runs in excess of 100miles a week and is motivated by his family and chronically disabled son Philip...
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Audio 52 mins
Growing up with Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Growing up with Disability

...families. This material forms part of The Open University course KE312 Working together for children... Growing up with Disability A short introduction to this album. The Voluntary Organisation PLUS An introduction to the voluntary organisation PLUS. Circles of Support Forming volunteer groups of peers to help create natural friendship bonds with a focused child. Local...
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Audio 1 hr 6 mins
The Seasons in Art
History & The Arts

The Seasons in Art

...history of art as well as well as introducing some spectacular images by less familiar artists. The works discussed range chronologically from the first century AD to the late nineteenth century and extend geographically from Britain and France to Russia and Japan. In analysing them, the films address some of the major developments in the history of art, from the revival...
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Video 15 mins