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Eid al-Fitr
History & The Arts

Eid al-Fitr

...World Eras, Vol. 2: Rise and Spread of Islam, 622–1500, Gale, pp. 280–7. Ergil, L.Y. (2021) ‘Turkish and Ottoman traditions for Eid al-Fitr: a time for gratitude’, Daily Sabah, 12 May. Available at: https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/turkish-and-ottoman-traditions-for-eid-al-fitr-a-time-for-gratitude (Accessed: 6 April 2023). Esposito, J.L. (1998) Islam: The...
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Why study languages?
Languages

Why study languages?

...world, as an example of the connections between language and culture. Find out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Why study languages?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: give examples of how language is related to culture in local, national and global contexts describe some traditions...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
A short introduction to the English language
Languages

A short introduction to the English language

...world in the millennium and a half since its birth, and how it’s used in a range of different domains of life. You’ll look at the language of lying, the language of literature, of comedy and persuasion – and how all these fundamental characteristics of human life are ultimately made possible because of the faculty that our species has for language. The course will...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...world in which we find ourselves in today. Each context is different, and each context is endlessly changing. Development actors sometimes find it hard to know what to do about this. They tend to be working under considerable time pressure and may be expected to bring about extraordinary levels of change with very limited resources. The consequence of this can sometimes...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations
History & The Arts

Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations

...world, is inevitably bound up with the different ways in which we have come to think about ourselves in relation to that world. Insofar as novels typically have a specific location in time and place, they are characteristically involved in the major upheavals of their societies, directly or indirectly: we are viewing the novel as a genre capable of registering in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...world. They have shaped how we have seen, mapped and divided the world. They have profoundly affected how we have understood and represented each other. This free course, Empire: power, resistance, legacies, will help you to navigate the complex histories of empires through three key concepts which are central to understanding how empires were established, managed,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Infection and immunity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Infection and immunity

...world: (a) Vietnam. (b) United Kingdom. By contrast, health problems that cannot be transmitted between individuals, such as heart disease, diabetes, lung cancer, arthritis and depression, are known as non-communicable diseases (or NCDs). However, a few NCDs also have an infectious component, for example: in most cases of cervical cancer there is evidence of infection...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Early modern Europe: an introduction
History & The Arts

Early modern Europe: an introduction

...world. About 9 I saw the Doge at Mass in the chapel of the Palace with the Nobles, thence they went in procession to the Bucentaur or fine Galley, with flags displayed, the sword of state going after the Doge before the Procurators and head Nobles, the Popes Nuncio on the right of the Doge, and the Emperors Ambassador […] on the left […] the Doge went in to the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs