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Shall I Compare Thee? Poetry, Education, Seduction - An OpenMinds talk
History & The Arts

Shall I Compare Thee? Poetry, Education, Seduction - An OpenMinds talk

...studying literature is educational.” Find out more about the subject Study Social Psychology Event programme The lecture was given on Tuesday 6th June 2017, 6.00-7.00 at the Berrill Lecture Theatre, The Open University, Milton Keynes 17:30 Refreshments available (arrive early and enjoy our pre-event display and trailer video) 18.00 Opening 18.05 Talk commences 18:45 Q&A...
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Exploring immortality
History & The Arts

Exploring immortality

...Studies and Philosophy investigate immortality...Research into physical immortality is big business. Just try searching Google for the CEO of Apple Computers and biotech firm Genentech founded Calico (est. 2013). It's a company backed by a billion dollars of investment which aims to ‘devise interventions that slow aging and counteract age‑related diseases.’ The...
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Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside
Society, Politics & Law

Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside

...study, embracing recent and mostly new research, places Red Clydeside in context and gives perspective to the role of the First World War as an incubator of heightened class consciousness and militancy in the region. The extent to which the years 1910-1914 marked a watershed in industrial relations has been widely debated in the British literature, but hitherto there has...
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Beginners’ Italian: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Italian: food and drink

...skills. This OpenLearn course provides a taster for studying other Italian short courses at The Open University’s Open Centre for Languages and Cultures. Some activities in this course use an audio-recording tool. This may not work correctly in the Safari browser on Apple Mac computers. Please try another browser such as Google Chrome to run this...Beginners’ Italian:...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Budget 2017: Instant reactions
Money & Business

Budget 2017: Instant reactions

...skills infrastructure. New funding will be made available to support the creation of 110 free schools. These will, controversially, include new selective schools and specialist maths schools. While it is widely recognised that students attending selective schools can benefit from the experience, average performance across all students in areas served by such schools is...
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My unique path to university: more real stories
Education & Development

My unique path to university: more real stories

...studying later in life and being the first in their family to go to University. ...This series of videos is documenting the journeys of university students from backgrounds currently underrepresented in higher education. Hannah's story Hannah shares her experience as a young carer and the first member of his family to go to university [My Path to University: Hannah's...
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The Fourier Series
Science, Maths & Technology

The Fourier Series

...studying it. The tracks in this album aim to de-mystify the ideas behind the Fourier series and illustrate some of the numerous applications that exist, from telephony to stocking supermarket shelves. This material makes up part of the course MST209, Mathematical methods and models... The Fourier Series A short introduction to this album. Introduction to the Fourier...
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Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...study of one of its most distinctive and enduring features: its language.The course approaches the language methodically, starting with the alphabet and effective ways to memorise it, before building up to complete Greek words and sentences. Along the way, you will see numerous real examples of Greek as written on objects from the ancient world...This free course, Getting...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs