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The Romantics
History & The Arts

The Romantics

...and studying literature... Romantic authorship Professor Andrew Bennett discusses the idea of authorship. The self How did Romantic writers represent ‘the self’? Wordsworth and De Quincy Bill Greenwell adapts one of Wordsworth’s poems ‘To daffodils’ in the voice of Thomas De Quincy. Romantic timelines What is the impact of writing in different literary periods?...
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Audio 31 mins
Introducing Health Sciences: Breast Screening
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Health Sciences: Breast Screening

...study approach... Introducing Health Sciences: Breast Screening A short introduction to this album Having a mammogram Find out exactly what happens when women have a mammogram. Follow up clinic Follow one woman's experience when a mammogram does not give clear results. Analysing Mammograms Step inside the pathology lab, where breast cells are being screened for cancer....
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Audio 23 mins
Perceptions of English literature
History & The Arts

Perceptions of English literature

...of The Open University course A230 Reading and studying literature... How English is English literature? Can we still consider English literature English? What is English literature? Authors discuss the literature they were exposed to as children. New voices During the wave of independence many writers from the de-colonised countries began to have their work published....
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Audio 21 mins
Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
History & The Arts

Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus

...study in the Arts. You might be interested in a more recent Open University course, A111 Discovering the arts and humanities...Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: read closely – analyse a passage from the play examine genre – what kind of play is Doctor Faustus? consider themes – what are the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Looking globally: the future of education Badge icon
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So completing this course should encourage you to think about taking other courses. The badge for this course Looking globally: The future of education can be used as part of the first assessment of the Open University Masters module EE830 Educating the next generation within two years of gaining the badge. The Masters...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...studying at university. You can explore the topics to continue to develop your knowledge and skills. Writing Analysis in Social Care is an interactive learning resource which is freely available for any workers in the social work and social care field and relevant to all UK nations. A summary of research into social workers’ writing is the focus of Rai, L., Ferguson, G....
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
What can parasites on Arctic shrews tell us about climate change?
Nature & Environment

What can parasites on Arctic shrews tell us about climate change?

...study is looking at a small mammal - and its smaller parasites - to get a sense of what might be in store for us all...How do species respond as the climate warms? Although most research on Arctic animals focuses on economically important or charismatic species like caribou or polar bears, small mammals, such as shrews, and their parasites can serve as indicators of...
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Article 5 mins
Methods in Motion: Politics is awash with large emotions... isn't it?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Politics is awash with large emotions... isn't it?

...studies might get closer to how people feel than many of the big claims currently going around in journalism (and some social science writing) about politics. They might also help with the second problem: Can people feel more than one thing? Too often we assume people to be simple souls, capable of feeling or thinking only one thing at a time. On any given day, confronted...
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Article 5 mins