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Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
History & The Arts

Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners

...Introduction - This course focuses on Sam Selvon (1923–1994) and his novel The Lonely Londoners, published in 1956. This text is looked at in relation to the themes of migration and memory. The edition of The Lonely Londoners that is referred to in this course is the Penguin Modern Classics (2006) edition, with an introduction by Susheila Nasta. You should read the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Getting started with German 2
Languages

Getting started with German 2

...Introduction - Last week introduced some vocabulary you need when talking about breakfast. This week you will build on that and say what food and drink you actually like and what you are not so keen on. [Described image] To express likes and dislikes, the adverb gern or gerne (both versions are used by native speakers and there is absolutely no difference between them) is...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Employee-owned firms: More engaged and productive employees?
Money & Business

Employee-owned firms: More engaged and productive employees?

...Managers in both firms explained these results as stemming from higher expectations held by co-owners. So, to what extent do these firms offer encouragement that co-ownership might provide a viable alternative to conventional firms? Co-ownership does not provide a simple, direct read-across to high commitment and high reward. But, they do offer the potential for shared...
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Article 5 mins
How has Teddy Kinyanjui taken plastic out of reforestation?
Nature & Environment

How has Teddy Kinyanjui taken plastic out of reforestation?

...management is, therefore, crucial for peace among these communities.” He hopes to partner with like-minded organisations and youth who herd livestock with slings to disperse more seeds in arid lands. “We would [also] like people to see the value of this simple technology as a contributing factor in combating and adapting to effects of climate change, as this is the...
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Article 5 mins
Finding creativity in orbit?
Science, Maths & Technology

Finding creativity in orbit?

...manage: What arrant (utter, complete) arrogance to suggest that scientists and engineers are not “creative” – which is the implication of the statement “…..what happens this time when you send creative people?”. The scientists and engineers who conceive and design, for example, the Large Hadron Collider, the Mars Curiosity Rover, the Rosetta mission to land on...
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Article 5 mins
Co-designing professional learning to address evolving challenges
Education & Development

Co-designing professional learning to address evolving challenges

...manageable PL interventions that: are practitioner-driven are fully integrated into classroom practice inspire significant changes in approaches to teaching practice and inspire creative pedagogies enable practitioners to develop new perspectives and opportunities have an interdisciplinary outlook build on the strengths of the stakeholders involved. Learning opportunities...
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Video 5 mins
Bodies in transition – children starting school
Education & Development

Bodies in transition – children starting school

...manage their bodies in particular ways in the new space of the school. For instance, they described learning to use the soap dispenser in the bathroom, timing their physical needs and sitting in particular ways at particular times of the day. Interestingly, the most photographed objects from the photo tours were the chairs in the school hall which they could sit on at...
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What is a transformation process? The one minute guide
Money & Business

What is a transformation process? The one minute guide

...Management. See a full list of OU Business School courses Image credits: butterly emerging from a cocoon by Emmanuelle Bourgue CC-BY-NC-ND Tillamook cheese factory by Kristina D.C. Hoeppner CC-BY-SA Hahnemann Hospital and Homœopathic Dispensaries by Wellcome Library CC-BY woodworking by conespider CC-BY-NC-ND delivery people by Garry Knight CC-BY checkout lane by Random...
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