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The German language zone
Languages

The German language zone

...projects for Alexanderplatz, one of the major squares in former East Berlin. Download the Spaces:2 tasks and ideas pdf Cultures:1 Die Gärten der Welt im Erholungspark Marzahn For information about parks and outdoor activities in and around Berlin, there's the website www.berlins-gruene-seiten.de. We've selected a web page which focuses on the botanical garden...
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Activity 5 mins
Sue Edwards: a life dedicated to flora and sustainable development in Ethiopia
Nature & Environment

Sue Edwards: a life dedicated to flora and sustainable development in Ethiopia

...projects, which in her later career were based at the Institute for Sustainable Development, where she was a director. In her 50 years of dedicated service to Ethiopia and Eritrea, she had made massive contribution to botany, from field collection of herbaria to editing the 8 volume, 9000 species rich Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea, a work which took 29 years. But it was...
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Article 15 hrs 45 mins
Representations of hell in Christian art
History & The Arts

Representations of hell in Christian art

...project entitled Damned in Hell in the Frescoes of Venetian-dominated Crete (13th-17th centuries), at The Open University, department of Art History (lead investigator: Angeliki Lymberopoulou). The outcome of this research will appear in a two-volume publication by Cambridge University Press: Hell in the Byzantine World: A History of Art and Religion in Venetian Crete and...
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Article 10 mins
Taking your first steps into higher education Badge icon
Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...introduction to carefully selected materials helps you decide what you might want to study. You will be looking at three main areas: arts and humanities; the social sciences; and maths, technology and science...What is university study like? Is it for me? If you are asking yourself these questions, this badged course is for you. Taking your first steps into higher...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation − which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
What do historians do?
History & The Arts

What do historians do?

...Introduction - What do you imagine when you think of a historian? Figure 1 shows Asa Briggs (1921–2016), an influential and successful historian, a Cambridge and London University graduate, former soldier, codebreaker at Bletchley Park and the third Chancellor of The Open University (1978–1994). Asa probably fits many people’s ideas of how a friendly historian might...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Climate change and renewable energy
Nature & Environment

Climate change and renewable energy

...Introduction - The Earth’s climate, although varying over millions of years, has been ‘just right’ to allow the development of life, first in the oceans and then on land. A key factor has been the natural greenhouse effect, which has warmed the planet and allowed the bulk of the world’s oceans to remain ice-free. This course describes the basic science of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)
Education & Development

Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)

...introduction to the field of inclusive education. You can also access the other courses in this collection: An introduction to leadership for governors and Teamwork: an introduction for school governors. Regardless of the type of school in which you find yourself, their approach to inclusive education will be a determining factor towards the culture that identifies their...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs