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Postcolonial English
Languages

Postcolonial English

...Open University course U214 Worlds of English... English in Post colonial India After nearly 200 years of colonial riule in India did the indigenous citizens still want the English language? English in Post colonial Singapore In Singapore English was adopted as one of the official languages after independence to try and bring together the countries. English in Post...
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Voice of Indian Song
History & The Arts

Voice of Indian Song

...Open University course AA317 Words and music... Voice of Indian Song A short introduction to this album Becoming a Singer Sudokshina Chatterjee explains why she started to sing, and her journey from the first singing lesson to now. The Voice Sudokshina Chatterjee discusses the voice, looking at how vocalists are trained, the different ways to use the voice, and the...
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Iceland: ridge, plume and basalt
Science, Maths & Technology

Iceland: ridge, plume and basalt

...Open University course S339, Understanding the continents... Iceland: ridge, plume and basalt A short introduction to this album. Volcanism in the western riftzone Basalt, Icelands basic building block of the western rift zone Tectonic forces Evidence of Icelands crustal stretching. Volcanism in the eastern riftzone Examining Icelands 1480AD fissure eruption. New land on...
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Active Citizenship in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Active Citizenship in Wales

...Open University in Wales has brought together this collection of free online resources to help you think critically about society and politics in Wales, and to help you use your voice as a citizen. Mae'r casgliad yma hefyd ar gael yn Gymraeg. | This collection is also available in Welsh. Free online learning resources Courses, articles and videos available on OpenLearn....
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I-SPY: Internet infidelity and its impact on couple relationships
Health, Sports & Psychology

I-SPY: Internet infidelity and its impact on couple relationships

...Open University’s academics Andreas Vossler and Naomi Moller from the OU’s School of Psychology shows that relationship boundaries can be blurred online. This means that people in a relationship may be uncertain what online behaviours count as cheating. Their partners also may see things differently than they do. In addition to a lack of certainty about what online...
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Video 10 mins
The Arts Past and Present: Ireland
History & The Arts

The Arts Past and Present: Ireland

...Open University course AA100 The arts past and present... The Arts Past and Present: Ireland A short introduction to this album. Attitudes to architectural heritage How Ireland's built heritage is being rapidly reshaped. Rebuilding after the rebellion How the new government abandoned certain buildings but chose to preserve others after the rebellion and the civil war....
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Can I use 'we' and 'I' in my essay? Introducing corpus linguistics
Languages

Can I use 'we' and 'I' in my essay? Introducing corpus linguistics

...Corpus Linguistics And from The Open University... You might like The Open University course Exploring English Grammar Try a free sample of English Grammar In Context on OpenLearn If you're a bit more advanced, consider the postgraduate course Language, literacy and learning in the contemporary world - there's an OpenLearn course sample on learning a second ......
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Article 10 mins
Creating bridges: The importance of sharing research findings with the public
Health, Sports & Psychology

Creating bridges: The importance of sharing research findings with the public

...course of the pandemic we recognised that the risk of dying because of COVID-19 is twice as high for obese people than people with healthy BMI. The question we should be asking is: whose job really is to inform the public about this terribly important finding, if not ours, the researchers’? Also, what role should our institutions (Universities or otherwise) should be...
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