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Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It
History & The Arts

Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It

...adapted extract from the Open University course A334 English literature from Shakespeare to Austen...Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate an understanding of some of the key speeches and scenes in Shakespeare’s As You Like It appreciate the importance and complexity of role-play in As...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
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...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology

...adapted to the prevailing conditions. Fossil plants and animals are therefore wonderful sources of information about ancient environments. Plants can leave behind remains ranging from roots, leaves and twigs to seeds and pollen. Leaves and twigs are relatively fragile, and require a comparatively low energy environment (e.g. the mudflats of an estuary) for their...
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Secondary learning
Education & Development

Secondary learning

...adapted from Burnard, 1996) Activity 1 Considering different types of knowledge Timing: Allow about 30 minutes For each type of knowledge, identify some examples from your subject. Do not restrict your thinking to the way in which your subject presents itself in school but also consider how your subject is presented in the wider world. Also think back to the experiences...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...et al., 2005, p. 1). In these respects, the disaster illustrates wider issues of social inequality, discrimination, marginalisation and poverty. Katrina provided an opportunity for long-standing US-wide political controversies to be re-energised, and within days of the disaster different interpretations of its underlying causes, who or what was to blame, and what was...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
The use of force in international law
Society, Politics & Law

The use of force in international law

...adapted extract from the Open University course W821 Exploring the boundaries of international law...The use of force in international law: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain the rules governing the law on the use of force and their evolution analyse case examples relating to the use of force in international law and be able to...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
EPQs: writing up your dissertation
Education & Development

EPQs: writing up your dissertation

...et al., 2018, p. 4). The quote marks (‘…’) show which words are the quote. We use the Latin phrase ‘et al.’ (meaning ‘and others’) when an article has more than three authors, so that the reader doesn’t have to read through a long list of names. In the reference list, you would see the full list of authors along with the other source details: Li, N.,...
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Article 5 mins
Sporting women in the media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sporting women in the media

...et al., 2023). In order to explore this further you will examine the experience of women’s sport. Activity 5 Gender discrimination debates in sport Timing: Allow 30 minutes Watch the video below which shows a clip taken from the Channel 5 programme Jeremy Vine, aired in 2019, and complete the questions/tasks that follow. In the video, there are two main arguments made...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs