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What is poetry?
History & The Arts

What is poetry?

...write poetry but never quite managed to start? This free course, What is poetry?, is designed to illustrate the techniques behind both the traditional forms of poetry and free verse. You will learn how you can use your own experiences to develop ideas and how to harness your imagination...Have you always wanted to try to write poetry but never quite managed to start? This...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Year of the Rat: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Rat: Chinese New Year

...write and pronounce basic Chinese words to celebrate Chinese New Year?...[Chinese year of the Rat image] 2020 is the year of the Rat. The Rat is the first of all zodiac animals. In Chinese culture, rats were seen as a sign of wealth (although they can be stingy) and surplus. Because of their reproduction rate, married couples also prayed to them for children. The Chinese...
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Article 5 mins
Oliver Sacks: "You are in the hands of a master storyteller"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "You are in the hands of a master storyteller"

...write like this: you need to get right to the point. But I like how Oliver Sacks starts in a matter-of-fact way. If you say that you cannot write in an interesting and straightforward way about your technical field, ask yourself how a neurologist writing about the intricacies of the brain became a bestselling author. He did it because he clearly explained the fascinating...
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Article 5 mins
Understanding Classical terms
History & The Arts

Understanding Classical terms

...writing about the Classical world needs to make various choices concerning consistency in defining dates, spelling and use of names. Here’s some guidance from the OU 219 Course Team...Who, where and when: getting to know Classical terms This first introductory article provides a brief overview to help people who may not be familiar with studying the Classical world feel...
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Activity 5 mins
A parasocial Valentine's letter
History & The Arts

A parasocial Valentine's letter

...writing a love letter to Wuthering Heights’ Catherine ‘Cathy’ Earnshaw...Catherine is the passionate, wild and headstrong protagonist from Emily Brontë’s famous novel, Wuthering Heights. And yes, also the song of the same name by Kate Bush. It is a novel (and song come to that) which Graham loves and Catherine is one of his favourite characters... so much so that...
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Article 5 mins
Year of the Ox: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Ox: Chinese New Year

...write and pronounce basic Chinese words to celebrate Chinese New Year?...According to the Chinese Lunar Calendar, we enter the Year of the Ox on 12 February 2021. Because of its role in agriculture, the Ox is a valued animal in Chinese culture. Characteristics, such as being hardworking, diligent, dependable, honest and strong are attributed to the Ox. Each Chinese Lunar...
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Article 5 mins
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Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...writing and develop your understanding of the challenges of demonstrating critical awareness of a subject area. It will also help you to communicate original ideas or a new perspective clearly and within coherent structures, making use of appropriate scholarly and research literature. You will explore the need to draw on theories, models, frameworks and evidence to...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
What are Mintzberg’s five components of an organisation? The one-minute guide
Money & Business

What are Mintzberg’s five components of an organisation? The one-minute guide

...in 1979, Henry Mintzberg identified five components to answer the question 'what is an organisation?'...Find out more about Business and Management degrees a The Open University [Some people doing vaguely business-related things] These are clearly stock image people. What would it take to make them an organisation? Henry Mintzberg, writing in The Structure of...
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