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Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
History & The Arts

Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus

...type of drama on which Marlowe draws in adapting The Damnable Life for the stage. After the Prologue and Faustus's long opening speech, you may have been startled by the appearance of the Good and Evil Angels. Even if you had expected to find supernatural beings in a play about a man who sells his soul to the devil, the Good and Evil Angels may have struck you as strange,...
Beginners’ German: Places and people
Languages

Beginners’ German: Places and people

...phrases, which will help you to cope in a range of situations. You will also find out how to order and pay for things in cafes and restaurants. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from a previous edition of the Open University course L193 Rundblick: beginners' German...Beginners' German: Places and people: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should...
More working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

More working with charts, graphs and tables

...type of bar chart very often. Activity 8 You should now follow our calculation of a bar chart from the information in Table 3. Table 3 Average distance travelled per person per year in Paris MODE OF TRANSPORT KM walk 244 local bus 297 rail 336 cycle 44 Decide on a clear title. The title of Table 3 is appropriate. Identify how many bars are needed. There are four...
An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...types of artefact, such as models or other documentation. Extreme Programming (XP) (Beck, 2000) and Scrum (Schwaber and Beedle, 2001) are two well-known Agile development approaches. Within the same timescale of Agile development, model-driven-development (Selic, 2003) also arose. This approach sees models and not code as the key artefacts in software development....
A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)
Education & Development

A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)

...type of loaded question, the coach is controlling the direction of the discussion. This question could undermine confidence as it suggests that the use of Assessment for Learning (AfL) is limited. Another loaded question, conveying a negative opinion of the plenary. This could almost be interpreted as a statement; the coach is driving the agenda and the direction of...
Wales and rugby
Society, Politics & Law

Wales and rugby

...phrase that’s been used in the context of Scottish soccer many Welsh supporters are eighty-minute nationalists. They are nationalists on the day of the match and they could be criticised for a superficial sense of Welsh identity which is quite content to express itself in ferociously supporting Wales during that eighty minute encounter particularly against England but...
The Scottish Parliament and law making Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

The Scottish Parliament and law making

...phrase relates to constitutional arrangements within a state which you explore later. The past 50 years has seen great constitutional change within the UK; the joining of the EU, the creation of the UK Supreme Court and devolution of the Nations. These changes have had a significant impact on the nature of the UK’s constitution and on the role of Scotland. Activity 1...
Rural entrepreneurship in Wales
Money & Business

Rural entrepreneurship in Wales

...types of customers are likely to be attracted to its benefits? Potentially, how many customers are there? Are enough of them willing to pay the prices or fees to cover all your costs and provide you with a reasonable living? Write down your answers (even if they are just initial thoughts) so that you can refer to them later. Share your thoughts with other entrepreneurs in...
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