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Listen Up! Developing an appreciation of music
History & The Arts

Listen Up! Developing an appreciation of music

...Open University's Music courses and qualifications Music can be appreciated in a number of different ways and on a number of different levels. For some people, music is essentially a sensual, physical experience – the urge to move the body and to dance to certain pieces of music can often prove irresistible. For other people, though, enjoyment and pleasure is gained...
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Article 10 mins
From old English to modern English
History & The Arts

From old English to modern English

...Open University’s Language Studies qualification. How and why has English changed over time? In this brief introduction to the subject, I will show how we can look at the history of a language in two main ways: externally – where, why and by whom the language was used; the political and social factors causing change – and internally – the pronunciation, grammar,...
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Article 10 mins
Exploring Law
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring Law

...Open University, and Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times... Newsworthy Lawyers Professor Gary Slapper of The Open University, and Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times, discuss opening up the legal system for public scrutiny. Privacy Laws and The Media Professor Gary Slapper of The Open University, and Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times discuss issues...
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The research and modelling of COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

The research and modelling of COVID-19

...Open University, interviews Dr Sayantan Banerjee, a statistician from IIM-Indore...[Photo of Sayantan Banerjee] Dr Sayantan Banerjee Dr. Sayantan Banerjee is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Operations Management & Quantitative Techniques Area at the Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIM-Indore). He has a PhD in Statistics from North Carolina State...
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Article 10 mins
Discovering development management
Money & Business

Discovering development management

...Open University course T878 Capacities for managing development...Discovering development management: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: write a working definition of development management apply the complexity, emergence, difference (CoDE) framework to selected cases of development management develop some initial judgements of...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
World-Changing Women: Alexandra Kollontai
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Alexandra Kollontai

...educating women about the new marriage, education, and working laws brought about by the Revolution. However, Kollontai became increasingly critical of the Communist Party and eventually lost political influence. She was appointed to various diplomatic positions from the 1920s, preventing her from influencing policy related to women at home. Kollontai saw marriage and the...
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Article 5 mins
Connecting unseen dots
Education & Development

Connecting unseen dots

...education and Transdisciplinarity, with a particular emphasis on the role of the Arts (Carolyn). During the session we explored definitions of interdisciplinarity as activities which are a little like a stew – you can still identify some of the different ingredients (the disciplines) but they are slightly ‘mushed’ together and collectively create something more than...
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Video 25 mins
Appreciative Inquiry
Education & Development

Appreciative Inquiry

...education. [A circular diagram illustrates the inquiry process, including phases like “Immersing,” “Imagining,” and “Innovating.]Figure 1 The 4D modelShow descriptionA central circle with the words ‘What do we mean by inquiry? A positive core’. four further circles appear, each linked to the positive core. The top one has the words ‘Immersing....
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Video 15 mins