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Introduction to music theory 1: form
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 1: form

...et al. (2020) ‘Theory and Practice of Classical Music’ in R. Qureshi et al. ‘India, subcontinent of’, Grove Music Online. Available at: https://doi-org.libezproxy.open.ac.uk/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.43272 (Accessed: 29 May 2023). Rao, S. and van der Meer, W. (2013) Music in Motion: The Automated Transcription for Indian Music (AUTRIM) Project by NCPA and...
Bob Dylan as Nobel Laureate: Two reactions
History & The Arts

Bob Dylan as Nobel Laureate: Two reactions

...Institute, Japanese TV network ANN reported that Murakami was the top-ranked favorite to receive the prize—and Bob Dylan wasn't even on the list of potential finalists. The Nobel Prize is held in high regard in Japan, which is home to the second-highest number of Nobel Prize winners after the United States. Anticipation among Haruki Murakami fans ran high:...
Question Time for Yanis Varoufakis
Society, Politics & Law

Question Time for Yanis Varoufakis

...institutional design only a currency union east of the Rhine and north of the Alps would be sustainable. Alas, it would constitute a union useless to Germany, as it would fail to protect it from constant revaluation in response to its trade surpluses. Now, if by “criteria” you meant the Maastricht limits, it is of course clear that Greece did not fulfil them. But then...
Becoming an ethical researcher Badge icon
Education & Development

Becoming an ethical researcher

...institutional support. It is important for researchers to take account of the rights and interests of those indirectly affected by their research, and to consider whether action is appropriate – for example, they should consider whether it is appropriate to provide information or obtain informed consent. In rare cases – such as some politically volatile settings, or...
Information technology: A new era?
Society, Politics & Law

Information technology: A new era?

...et al., 1998). As you read the list, consider how a new technology such as electricity or information technology fulfils each criterion. It must have a wide scope for improvement and elaboration. This means that the technology does not appear as a complete and final solution, but as a technology that can be improved through the different opportunities for technological...
Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Introducing research in law and beyond
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing research in law and beyond

...institution that commissioned the research. As such, it becomes ‘grey literature’ where the purpose of generating the knowledge is not primarily for publication. This overview of the research process makes it seem quite straightforward. In reality it is likely to feel chaotic at times and possibly more stressful than the overview suggests. At the beginning you can...
Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...institutions. Tidd and Bessant (2018) state ‘It leaps out at you from 1000 mission statements and strategy documents, each stressing how important innovation is to “our customers/our shareholders/our business/our future and most often, our survival and growth”’. In reality, the overuse of the term is in danger of devaluing its utility. It is for this reason that...
The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...Institution in London, and eventually rose to be the Institution's Director and one of the most accomplished experimental researchers of all time. Amongst his many achievements, he is credited with the construction of the first electric motor and the discovery of both the principle and the method whereby a rotating magnet can be used to create an electric current in a...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs