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Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period
History & The Arts

Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period

...conceptions of both masculinity and femininity. However, the extent to which war generated lasting change has been disputed by successive generations of historians. Activity 9 Read Source 4, Adrian Bingham’s article ‘“An era of domesticity?” Histories of women and gender in interwar Britain’. Try to summarise the main trends in the historiography on the New...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Picturing the family
History & The Arts

Picturing the family

...de visite from c.1860. A larger version known as the cabinet appeared in 1866. Cartes and cabinets were paper prints of a standard size mounted on cardboard mounts of a standard size. They retailed by the score, dozen or half dozen and were housed in purpose-designed albums that appeared on the market at the same time...Picturing the family: 2.1.2 Postcards c....
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment
Society, Politics & Law

Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment

...Concept, Theories and Policies’, in M. Lavoie and E. Stockhammer (eds) Wage-led Growth: An Equitable Strategy for Economic Recovery. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK (Advances in Labour Studies), pp. 13–39. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137357939_2. Lenin, V.I. (2015) ‘Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism’, in Conflict after the Cold war....
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...conceptions of the causes of poverty underlying the list of comments following Activity 2: poverty is natural/inevitable; poverty is the result of poor people; poverty is the result of economic and/or political causes...Social problems: Who makes them?: 3.2 Poverty as natural/inevitable - There is a construction of poverty that identifies it as a necessary feature of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
More working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

More working with charts, graphs and tables

...concepts and how to use them, through instruction, worked examples and practice activities: reflecting on mathematics; tables; line graphs; bar charts and histograms; pie charts; analysis draw on a technical glossary, plus a a list of references to further reading and sources of help...More working with charts, graphs and tables: 1 Getting the most from charts, graphs and...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Introducing the philosophy of religion
History & The Arts

Introducing the philosophy of religion

...concepts (or ideas) involved. We might argue that ‘The very idea of religion has (or does not have) fear and brainwashing built into it’, or that ‘The very idea of being a good person is (or is not) a religious idea’. When we argue in this idea-based (conceptual) way, we are arguing in a philosophical way. Running this sort of inquiry is doing philosophy. The...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy

...concept of resolution. By applying this concept, you will understand why an electron microscope can reveal cellular structures in far greater detail than a light microscope. [Described image] Figure 1 PhD student using a fluorescence microscope in The Open University’s laboratories...Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy: 1.1 Why do we need microscopy? -...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Rural entrepreneurship in Wales
Money & Business

Rural entrepreneurship in Wales

...concepts and models that will help you work out what you want to do with your business idea and to consider the impact of living in a rural location...What are the important issues to consider when starting up or running a small business in a rural environment? This free course, Rural entrepreneurship in Wales, will introduce you to some concepts and models that will help...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs