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What is heritage?
History & The Arts

What is heritage?

...et al., 2007, p. 40). Much of what motivates the involvement of the state and other organisations in heritage is related to the economic potential of heritage and its connections with tourism. The relationship between heritage and tourism is examined later in this course, but it would be remiss to neglect a mention here of the economic imperative of heritage for...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn
History & The Arts

10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn

...Institute. Students came from all over Italy and from elsewhere in Europe to study with her as her skill in combining the theoretical and experimental aspects of physics became well known. She was a key figure in introducing Newton’s physics and philosophy to Italy. She wrote extensively but is hardly known today, possibly because only four of her papers appeared in...
The Life of Saint Patrick
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint Patrick

...instituted monks. Great numbers embraced these states of perfection with extreme ardour. Many desired to confer earthly riches on him, who had communicated to them the goods of heaven; but he made it a capital duty to decline all self-interest, and whatever might dishonour his ministry. He took nothing from the many thousands whom he baptized, and often gave back the...
Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth
Education & Development

Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

...institutions. So that was very important. But because I was working with youth who had also visual impairments and, of course, we know it's not possible for them to sketch like you and me would ordinarily. So I wanted to find out how they did. And one of the things that really intrigued me is that they were very happy to do it but they used Braille. So it was beautiful...
Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families

...Institute for Health Research (NIHR) under its Health Services and Delivery Research Programme (NIHR129491). Interested in taking your learning further? You might find it helpful to explore the Open University’s Health and Social Care courses and qualifications....Session 1: Growing older and behaviours that challenge others: Introduction - What does excellent care and...
Teachers sharing resources online
Education & Development

Teachers sharing resources online

...institutions, their pupils and to those who use the resources evaluate a range of resource sharing sites for suitability to a personal context select and evaluate shared resources for use in this context create a learning resource for sharing with others select a site for uploading and upload the resource...Teachers sharing resources online: 1 Overview - The activities in...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Goya
History & The Arts

Goya

...institutions could be readily applied in Spain. JANIS TOMLINSON Goya’s personal imagery is similarly on the cusp of these two worlds. There is a side of Goya's creativity that we can equate with, the sort of creative freedom of Romanticism, particularly the works that he did without a commission. I think it's important to make that distinction in Goya's career. After an...
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Introducing social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social care and social work

...Institute for Excellence (SCIE) as ‘provision of services from a variety of sources including the statutory agencies and the private and voluntary sectors’ (SCIE, 2021). The statutory sector comprises government organisations such as Local Authorities, Health and Social Care Partnerships or Trusts. Voluntary sector are non-governmental organisations such as charities...