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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
Abbie Barnes - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Abbie Barnes - Earth in Vision

...writing, filming, presenting, and editing, with the primary goal of inspiring her viewers to actively engage with the natural environment around them. In 2012 she established the production company Song Thrush Productions, and has received national and international recognition for her work. She has worked with organisations all over the country, including the United...
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Video 30 mins
Marketing communications in the digital age
Money & Business

Marketing communications in the digital age

...creative approach to a serious issue, reinforcing the idea of risk associated with rail lines whilst differentiating itself from more conventional public service broadcasts to create memorability and impact. It is informing the audience of the risks and the consequences. Sasol The Sasol ‘Ama-Glug-Glug’ campaign has been popular in South Africa since 1999. It focuses...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Software development for enterprise systems
Digital & Computing

Software development for enterprise systems

...writing (2005), several new approaches to software development have been established that may become significant during the lifetime of this course. These include Model Driven Architecture (MDA) (see http://www.omg.org/mda/) and agile development (see http://agilemanifesto.org/). MDA defines an approach whereby business-oriented decisions and specifications can be...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...creative industries, Creative Scotland, national gallery, library and museum collections, national performing companies, sportscotland and major events. Some forms of taxation Scottish Variable Rate of Income Tax was devolved in 1998. In 2016, the partial assignment of VAT revenues was given and in 2012, powers were given to set the Scottish Rate of Income Tax (SRIT),...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials
Languages

Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials

...Write your thoughts in the box below. (Open the video in a new tab or window by holding down Ctrl (or Cmd on a Mac) when you click on the link.) Video link: China on four wheels Was there anything in Anita’s behaviour that was inappropriate? If yes, what was it and why in your view was it inappropriate? If it was you, how would you have handled the situation? In terms...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Supporting university students with a mental health condition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting university students with a mental health condition

...write things down (email or feedback) and how that is perceived with students with poor mental health.’ Having heard from tutors their perspectives on providing support for student with a mental health condition, we then spoke to students who had a mental health condition and were studying at The Open University. Their views are the focus of the next
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Drug development process: combating pain
Science, Maths & Technology

Drug development process: combating pain

...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 course: Course image: Ernest Duffoo in Flickr made available under Creative Commons...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs