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MAED (Applied Linguistics) at the OU
Languages

MAED (Applied Linguistics) at the OU

...ethnography, language and globalisation, role of technologies) and apply this to case studies from a variety of contexts. You will enhance your practical understanding of how such research and enquiry can be useful in different areas of life, including your own professional practice. Language, literacy and learning (EE818) MA Ed dissertation: applied linguistics (EE819)...
Buildings of ancient Rome
History & The Arts

Buildings of ancient Rome

...studied and admired for centuries, many being well-preserved due to their incorporation into newer structures. This album explores the sites of some of the republican temples in Rome’s Campus Martius, and relates them to the men who built them. The Roman Forum, centre of political and social activities, is examined for its importance in modelling city centres throughout...
Darwin and Evolution
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin and Evolution

...study of the bizarre results of artificial breeding of pigeons shed light on evolutionary processes. Dogs and breeding Dogs used to be bred for their ability to help humans. Now selective breeding accentuates physical features at the expense of ability to survive in the wild. Sparrows and breeding How differences in 'badge' sizes between males relates to success at...
Volunteering in the community
Education & Development

Volunteering in the community

...skills. At a previous job, she attended a guest talk by a magistrate, and that piqued her interest. Until that point, she had little awareness of what magistrates did – or even that they are unpaid! Continue reading After deciding to submit an application, Emily underwent a rigorous selection process including multiple interviews, court visits, and providing character...
The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms
History & The Arts

The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms

...study of the Roman Empire...This free course, The Roman Empire: Introducing some key terms, will define basic concepts and terms that are essential for an understanding of the culture and identity of the Roman Empire. Terms such as 'Roman Empire' and 'imperium' will be introduced in the context of the formation and expansion of the empire, and the course will provide you...
Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...skill for the study of the ancient world. The piece of evidence that will fill in the missing pieces so that you can understand the story that is being depicted on this pot is found in a passage from Book 3 Ovid’s Metamorphoses. In the next activity, you will read this story. Ovid has been translated many times between his own lifetime and the present day. In this...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
How can knowing how DNA repairs itself help defeat cancer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can knowing how DNA repairs itself help defeat cancer?

...studies, the researchers were trying to find out how cells cope when they can’t accurately repair their DNA using their preferred, homologous recombination toolkit. The scientists studied cells grown in the lab that had been experimentally manipulated so they were forced to use an alternative repair pathway. When they looked closely at the repairs that had been made,...
Why Do Historians Disagree?
History & The Arts

Why Do Historians Disagree?

...studied in the first place More recently, arguments about the validity of historical method Selection and interpretation of evidence At the level of primary research and evidence, historians often find different evidence on the same subject. In some areas of historical inquiry new information causes new conclusions to be drawn and that evidence as well as those...