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An introduction to material culture
History & The Arts

An introduction to material culture

...de Compostela is, and supposedly, according to legend, when his body was found it was surrounded by scallop shells, and this is therefore ever since been the symbol of the saint. So you will not just see the scallop as an individual symbol, but if you look at churches, if you look at hospices, if you look at other buildings connected with St James, they all have somewhere...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Lord John Browne - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Lord John Browne - Stories of Change

...phrase that in the USA amongst Republicans evokes notions of Communism? JB: Well no, it’s not that, I mean there’s a lot of – RH: Well, that’s how it’s described – JB: But it’s all about the way trade takes place, it’s all about where rents go, it’s all about these different sorts of things that can be thought through in this area it seems to me,...
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Introduction to Arabic
Education & Development

Introduction to Arabic

...phrases and communication styles are preferred in particular contexts allows you to understand people and their ways of being better than by simply learning grammar...Week 1: Introduction to the Arabic alphabet: 6 This week’s quiz - Check what you’ve learned this week by taking the end-of-week quiz. Activity 6 Timing: 20 minutes Select the answer for Question 1a here...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables

...types of memory. AnswerSolution The most obvious feature is that the recall times for unpleasant memories are on the whole longer than those for pleasant memories – the median, the lower quartile and the upper quartile for the ‘unpleasant’ sample are all above the corresponding values for the ‘pleasant’ sample. The dispersion is also considerably greater for the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation

...types of skills and knowledge that a business is going to need to be able to run effectively into the future, you can't deny that digital and data are going to be ubiquitous skills and knowledge that people will need across the business. But it's not that simple. It's a very simple thing to say, well, let's retrain everybody so they understand data and digital. Well, how...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Looking at population data
Society, Politics & Law

Looking at population data

...type, originally created by Mike Bostock, is a variation of the idea of a population pyramid, presented in the form of a set over transparent, overlaid bars. It shows population distributions for a selected country since 1950. The horizontal x-axis shows each age band, and the vertical y-axis the number of people within that band. Another nice feature is that the period...
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Video 30 mins
Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers
Education & Development

Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers

...types pupils of different genders might like; for example, a recent study challenges the discourse around boys preferring non-fiction (Scholes et al, 2020). Wider understanding of the life interests of less motivated readers may also prompt a review of the texts available and lead to the provision of an increased variety of genres that appeal to more pupils (McGeown et...
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The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...TYPE TIME RECOGNITION FOR LEARNING English in the world today Course 8 hours Free certificate Everyday English part 1 Course 48 hours Free certificate and digital badge How to write a CV Article 5 mins N/A Languages at work Course 6 hours Free certificate Making sense of mental health problems Course 10 hours Free certificate Understanding your sector Course 24 hours Free...
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Article 10 mins