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Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working Class
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working Class

...of the Working Class, by Owen Jones, is published by Verso. This article was originally published by John Booth, and openDemocracy.net under a Creative Commons licence (CC-BY-NC). To respond and share your views, join the debate at OpenDemocracy.net. First publication on OpenLearn was in June 2011. Find out more Study the social sciences with The Open University...
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How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?

...creativity in thinking how we can find people who may need help. Anybody helping someone recover from Covid-19 in the community could pick up if there’s someone in the household in a caring role. Practical recommendations that will help ensure the effectiveness of support services. These include various forms of social and community support for carers which can be...
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Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...writing a series of poems. His ‘one poem in many voices’ The Farewell Glacier sought to give a voice to people, places and other animals and things related to the region. Listen to Nick reading two extracts from The Farewell Glacier, related to themes of the first two sections of this course. The first is about Wally Herbert (1934–2007), the British polar explorer,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
History & The Arts

John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi

...writing’, he asserts. This affectionate but crude caricature testifies to Webster’s reputation for writing dark and violent plays. Yet it also testifies to the enduring popularity of those plays. Shakespeare had many gifted colleagues in the play-writing business, but only two – Webster and Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) – are graced with roles in this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
History & The Arts

Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus

...writing in 1633, described him as ‘the best of poets in that age’ (Cheney, 2004, p. 3). Given such spectacular biographical material, it's not surprising that Marlowe the man has always been as famous as Marlowe the writer. Moreover, the correlations between the work and the life (both the facts and the gossip) are undeniably striking: all of Marlowe's dramatic...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Studying mammals: A winning design
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: A winning design

...write down an answer to the question, in note form at least, and then compare it with the one given. Mammals come in a bewildering variety of shapes and sizes and yet all of the 4700 or so species have some characteristics in common. Indeed, it's the existence of these common features that justifies the inclusion of all such diverse types within the single taxonomic group...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Listening for form in popular music
History & The Arts

Listening for form in popular music

...write down the track time at the beginning of each verse (use the format 00:00), as well as a few words from the beginning of each verse. Discussion There are at least two ways to perceive the verses. One is to hear five verses, as shown in Table 2. Table 2 Five-verse model of ‘Midnight Special’ TRACK TIME LYRICS 00:21 Yonder come Miss Rosie ... 01:01 When you get up...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
David Allen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

David Allen - Earth in Vision

...creatives, producers and experts across Passion Planet’s specialist output at Passion Pictures Films. These include a wide and varied range of tailored approaches, formats and genre – from authored narratives like the acclaimed My Life As A Turkey– to ambitious landmark series like Earth: A New Wild, for National Geographic and PBS. Passion Planet has already...
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