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Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga
History & The Arts

Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga

...writing says he’ll do his best for you along with his horses ‘Amiable’ and ‘Jovial’. / The chariot races in the circus were particularly popular in North African cities and were a focus of spectacle, gambling and rivalry. Prizes were awarded in a bronze trophy. / An amphitheatre has not yet been located in Thugga, and so the Circus remains the only public...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...write about ageing in the United States we often say that the elderly are leading longer and healthier lives, but the conclusion that you and your co-authors seem to have reached in your recent article in Medical Care, when I read it, said that continued improvements in elderly health should not be taken for granted. Can you explain more about that and tell us what your...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...writing and the public performance of creative works in Gaelic. The Books Council can advise on all matters relating to Gaelic books, publishing and learning resources. Its stated vision is to secure a sustainable future for Gaelic literature and publishing in Scotland, increasing the number and readership of Gaelic books in a variety of genres, helping to increase the...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Sustainable innovations in enterprises
Money & Business

Sustainable innovations in enterprises

...write me a check, and give it. And then I'll go and spend it and do good work. Then I have to go back to him and say, and he said, what happened to the 10 grand I gave you? Said, I spent it. That's what nonprofits do. Whereas, with a social business, you can frame it in a way where it's replicable, it's self-propelling. So, I want to finish with a quote from Steve Jobs,...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...creativity – you are continually having to come up with new and innovative ways of doing things. Working in an innovative environment is fun and exciting. What are the biggest challenges for marketing? For the IT sector, it is how we respond to/make money from Cloud. For marketing it is: being able to demonstrate the value marketing delivers exploiting/using social...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Voice-leading analysis of music 3: the background
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 3: the background

...write out, or see in the score or analytical graph, with what you can hear – a difficult job! So make every effort to work through these materials in the manner and order suggested. Please note that you should have studied OpenLearn courses AA314_1 Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground and AA314_2 Voice-leading analysis of music 2: the middleground before...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...writings or with their lives. Such is the case of the monk Lazarus, who was tortured for refusing to give up the painting of icons during Iconoclasm. A miniature in the Ioannis Skylitzes chronicle (Codex Vitr. 26-2), dated to the twelfth century, depicts him at work within a church, painting an icon of the Virgin and Child (Figure 3). This is an important manuscript...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Images Course image: burakkarademir; Getty Images Introduction images: first:...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs