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Building Stories
Science, Maths & Technology

Building Stories

...Open University's Design and Innovation qualification. In the interactive you will meet Sir Roger Foster and get to know his building for the Wills, Faber and Dumas Headquarters in Ipswich. The secrets of Sir Terry Farrell's MI6 Building in London will be revealed, and Sir Richard Rogers will show you around his Senedd, the Welsh Assembly building in Cardiff. Each story...
Rhyolite
Science, Maths & Technology

Rhyolite

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications Rhyolite is a fine-grained extrusive igneous rock or volcanic rock. It is pale coloured, often light grey, tan or pinkish. Rhyolite is made up of quartz and feldspar crystals, and occasionally contains some mafic (dark coloured) minerals. Usually the crystals are too small to see without magnification, but occasionally...
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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....
Voice of Indian Song
History & The Arts

Voice of Indian Song

...Open University course AA317 Words and music... Voice of Indian Song A short introduction to this album Becoming a Singer Sudokshina Chatterjee explains why she started to sing, and her journey from the first singing lesson to now. The Voice Sudokshina Chatterjee discusses the voice, looking at how vocalists are trained, the different ways to use the voice, and the...
Repatriation and returning remains
History & The Arts

Repatriation and returning remains

...Open University course A151 Making sense of things: an introduction to material culture... Encountering a body Nigel Warburton discusses two different cases regarding the issue of consent when displaying human remains. Torres Strait remains The Natural History Museum in London gave back 138 ancestral remains to the Torres Strait islands. Objections to Repatriation Tiffany...
Culture, identity and power in the Roman empire
History & The Arts

Culture, identity and power in the Roman empire

...Open University Course AA309 Culture, identity and power in the Roman empire... Mosaic from Acholla A look at a mosaic found in Acholla, Tunisia, and how it reflects the popular trends of the time Roman Emperor and Empire 1 How materials and skills from across the Empire was used to re-inforce an empirical identity Roman Emperor and Empire 2 The importance of monuments...
The Romantics
History & The Arts

The Romantics

...Open University course A230 Reading 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...
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Iceland: ridge, plume and basalt
Science, Maths & Technology

Iceland: ridge, plume and basalt

...Open University course S339, Understanding the continents... Iceland: ridge, plume and basalt A short introduction to this album. Volcanism in the western riftzone Basalt, Icelands basic building block of the western rift zone Tectonic forces Evidence of Icelands crustal stretching. Volcanism in the eastern riftzone Examining Icelands 1480AD fissure eruption. New land on...