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Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision

...English he joined The South Bank Show at LWT, moving on to Border Television in programme development before joining Channel Four as Assistant Commissioning Editor of Youth Programming. After leaving Channel Four Harry formed the independent production company, John Peel Productions in the Lake District in 1987. In 1990 he moved to Bristol and co-founded with Laura...
Engendering citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Engendering citizenship

...English literature. You are teaching all sorts of principles and rules about the citizen through the content of the curriculum. So we are already learning what it is like to grow up in Britain, be part of British society at every point in the school system. It is not something that is outside of it, it is what it was there for, its one of its tasks is to create social...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Diversity in religion: Islam
History & The Arts

Diversity in religion: Islam

...ENGLISH] which translates in English as ‘Islam has many colours’. We can talk about different Islams or when we talk about Islam there is also a way to celebrate its vast diversity, culturally, ideologically, doctrinally. And I think that’s always been there historically. What’s changing now is a lot of people who identify as progressive Muslims are starting to...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Am I ready to be a distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be a distance learner?

...English language and number skills. The following free short courses on OpenLearn might be helpful for you to explore: English: Skills for Learning Essay and report writing skills Numbers, units and arithmetic...Am I ready to be a distance learner?: 5 Do I understand how assessment will help my learning? - [Described image] Students tell us that they often bring with them...
Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French
Languages

Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French

...English: Je m’appelle Lionel Truet, je suis vigneron à Saint-Ouen-les-Vignes, qui est un petit village dans la Touraine, depuis maintenant 25 ans. Après un court passage, on va dire en région parisienne, où j’avais exercé un autre métier que celui de vigneron, j’ai travaillé pendant presque dix ans, oui dix ans, dix, douze ans, j’ai travaillé à la SNCF....
John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
History & The Arts

John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi

...English throne for around ten years when The Duchess of Malfi was first performed. James would wholeheartedly have endorsed the sentiments expressed in Antonio’s opening speech; indeed, he had himself produced a comparable description of the ideal royal court in his book on kingship, Basilikon Doron (Greek for Royal Gift) (1599). The book is addressed to his eldest son...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Education & Development

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

...English literature. So, I already had a degree before that from Durham University, but I felt that if I was going to be a credible candidate as an English teacher I needed to prove that I was really in love with English. And then it was a question of applying for jobs and I managed to get a job here at St. Edward’s School in Oxford. And immediately this year now I’m...
An introduction to school librarianship Badge icon
Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...English as a second language, or special educational needs. You also need to be aware of the makeup of your school in terms of things like ethnicity, gender, and prior attainment. Once you've spent some time discovering your school community, it's important to find out about the school's mission statement and development plan, which are usually on the school website,...