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Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft
History & The Arts

Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft

...learned what to do with them, they become our own. Thus, all originality is relative. Every thinker is retrospective. The learned member of the legislature, at Westminster, or at Washington, speaks and votes for thousands. Show us the constituency, and the now invisible channels by which the senator is made aware of their wishes, the crowd of practical and knowing men,...
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Article 15 mins
The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK
History & The Arts

The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: know about and understand the suffrage movement utilise some of the skills involved in the study of history use and analyse different types of sources, both primary and secondary read and interpret information from a variety of media think about and process information through description, explanation...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture
History & The Arts

Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture

...learning further? You might find it helpful to explore the Open University’s Religious Studies courses and qualifications....Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture: Introduction - People have very different ideas about what counts as religion or spirituality. Some might even think of other people’s religions as superstition. The following questions...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Ethics in science?
Science, Maths & Technology

Ethics in science?

...learn of the first clinical trials undertaken for scurvy and small pox and gain an understanding of how much more rigorous today’s clinical trials are. You will conduct your own online research into an unethical scientist and finally look at some current moral dilemmas in science. ...This free course, Ethics in science? discusses how scientists have a moral and ethical...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Five pillars of ageing well
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five pillars of ageing well

...learning about agerelated changes and things we need to be mindful of, as we grow older. All the way through the ‘Ageing Well’ series we discuss how important it is to maintain a wellbalanced nutrition and hydration as well as regular physical and social activity in the older age. We explore how using this knowledge might facilitate self-management and delay the...
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Introduction to critical criminology
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to critical criminology

...learning offering through OpenLearn by filling out this short survey...Introduction to critical criminology: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define how critical criminology differs from mainstream criminology identify key features of critical criminological perspectives identify the theoretical building-blocks in critical criminology...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...learn more about early resistance to apartheid in Session 3. This short course will introduce you to the development of the social construction of ‘race’ in the past. The course draws from some of the materials that you can study in the History degree at The Open University. Through a number of case studies, you will learn about the experiences of groups of people and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The gut microbiome: balancing the body
Science, Maths & Technology

The gut microbiome: balancing the body

...learn how altered composition of the gut microbiome, called dysbiosis, is associated with various health conditions, and consider strategies for improving the health of the gut microbiome to restore balance. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course SK190 Human biology: a body in balance...This free course introduces the composition and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs