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The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...courses (English, French and German) and those relating to workplace skills. In response to this, the OpenLearn team curated a set of resources for displaced Ukrainians in May 2022, which became the seventh most popular page on the platform within a month. Resources were allocated to translating some of this content - articles and whole courses carrying digital badges -...
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Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list

...course of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s as a response to the experience of mass violence after two world wars. And despite their reputation, Germans have a libertarian streak, evidenced by their suspicion towards surveillance. Security has therefore also meant security from the state. This security arrangement now appears under existential threat as a result of these...
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Star Wars: La syntaxe du français avec Maître Yoda
Languages

Star Wars: La syntaxe du français avec Maître Yoda

...German, Norwegian, English and Italian. In languages such as Czech where the word order is less prescribed, Yoda is switched back to the "Subject – Verb – ​Object" word order you would typically expect in normal French, which is actually stranger sounding to native Czech speakers! Will you be able to help Maître Yoda to correct his French syntax? Here is a little...
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The greatest composers you’ve never heard of
History & The Arts

The greatest composers you’ve never heard of

...German pianist and composer. Unlike her brother, the Mendelssohn family strongly discouraged a public career as a professional musician for her, although they couldn’t stop her from pursuing a remarkable semi-private career within her renowned Berlin musical salon, known as the Sonntagsmusiken. Hensel composed nearly 500 works, including piano pieces, chamber music,...
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The Magic of Meteorites
Science, Maths & Technology

The Magic of Meteorites

...in ice: © Katherine Joy / The University of Manchester https://ukantarcticmeteorites.wordpress.com/ Fireball trajectory: © Google Earth Solar System schematic CC BY-SA 4.0: Universe Today Asteroid collision animation: © NASA Artist impression of Hayabusa2 CC BY-2.0: DLR German Aerospace Center on Flickr OSIRIS-REx footage: © NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona...
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Post-Brexit, some banks consider their options
Money & Business

Post-Brexit, some banks consider their options

...German city is home to the European Central Bank, the Bundesbank, as well as the European Insurance authority. The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority hosted 50 representatives from some of the world's biggest banks on Monday to explain the steps required to set up a business in Germany. "As committed Europeans, we do not see Brexit as a reason to celebrate,"...
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The Mill on the Floss
History & The Arts

The Mill on the Floss

...German writer Goethe. Eliot’s only surviving hand-written manuscript resides in the British Library. It reveals a strikingly neat set of volumes with little corrections except from subtle indications in the author’s handwriting which divulge the true extent of the emotional toll of the book’s denouement on its writer. Video: The real places that inspired Eliot...
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A reader's guide to The Luzhin Defence
Health, Sports & Psychology

A reader's guide to The Luzhin Defence

...German Count named Curt von Bardeleben. He was a chess master, who committed suicide in 1924 by jumping out of a window. Prospective readers should note that the title now is usually The Luzhin Defense (using the American spelling). The book has been filmed, with John Turturro in the title role. A number of contributors requested that this intriguing novel should be athe...
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