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Travelling Objects
History & The Arts

Travelling Objects

...works but can also reveal fascinating histories and global connections...Travelling objects Please note: We've included references in a simple style for this open access resource. However, if you want to use these references in an academic manner please use our FREE course Developing good academic practice for guidance on proper referencing and formatting. Instructions...
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Activity 30 mins
My career goal: Creative and design
History & The Arts

My career goal: Creative and design

...working as a graphic designer. icould links icould is a site that provides career guidance based on real world experiences, providing an inside view of many different jobs, and tips on how to get there. They have over 1000 personal video stories, and every page contains detailed job information and insightful practical advice. Take your learning further The Open...
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Wordsworth, De Quincey and Dove cottage
History & The Arts

Wordsworth, De Quincey and Dove cottage

...work. Home at Grasmere Extract from the poem, as well an exploration of how it was developed. Finding Inspiration By dissecting Wordsworth’s manuscripts and Dorothy’s journals we can see what experiences had the biggest impact on his poetry. Thomas De Quincey The journalist Thomas De Quincey documented the time he spent with the Wordsworth’s. Quincey on Dove Cottage...
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Fossil Detectives
Science, Maths & Technology

Fossil Detectives

...work of Gideon Mantell and shows a clip of her on a dinosaur excovation from the South of England programme. The West Runton Elephant Story Hermonie discusses the ice age, meeting David Attenborough, and the West Runton elephant. Microfossils and the Ichtyosaur Hermonie looks at the contrast between microfossils and larger fossils and also discovers the Ichtyosaur in...
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Audio 56 mins
The Trojan Defence
Science, Maths & Technology

The Trojan Defence

...a 'hidden' economy. Fighting Back How the Trojan Defence works as a legal defence, and the challenges computer crime raises for both prosecution and for defence. You Decide Ian Kennedy walks through an investigation that he conducted on a computer containing indecent images of children, leaving the audience to decide the what the verdict should be: guilty or not guilty....
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Audio 26 mins
Atom Bomb in Popular Culture
History & The Arts

Atom Bomb in Popular Culture

...working on a secret weapon – the most powerful ever devised – and by August 1945… it was no longer such a secret. These films explore A-Bomb in Pop Culture or: How The West Has Changed its Portrayal of the Atomic Bomb Through Time, from the dropping of the very first atomic bomb, through to the Cold War and right up to the present day. The films conclude by asking...
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Audio 16 mins
Money and Emotions
Money & Business

Money and Emotions

...work of this research programme and explores the ways in which emotions affect how we all (from investment bankers to the wider public) think and decide about money. xDelia is funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme... Money and Emotions The xDelia project is a European Commission funded research programme being conducted by The Open University...
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Audio 19 mins
Napoleonic paintings
History & The Arts

Napoleonic paintings

...succeeded neither as propaganda nor as a work of art. Click to see plate 30 Jacques-Louis David, Distribution of the Eagle Standards, 1810, 610 x 931 cm, Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon. Photo: © RMN/ P.Willi Such interest and appeal as Napoleonic propaganda painting continues to have today depend on the extent to which it can be seen to transcend its original...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs