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Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin
History & The Arts

Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin

...change in the shape of a word. English itself was originally more inflected than it is today, and still retains some examples, as we shall see later. Word order Where English says ‘Brutus murdered Caesar’, Greek and Latin prefer the word order ‘Brutus Caesar murdered’. Indeed they have the option of placing the words in any order without altering the meaning of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...change. If in the late nineteenth century there were no homeless people, then we would not expect homelessness to have been discussed as a social problem. The second reason is that what is perceived as a social problem may change. Thus there may indeed have been people who were homeless in the late nineteenth century, but their situation was perceived not as a social...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Exploring philosophy: faking nature
History & The Arts

Exploring philosophy: faking nature

...changed. Answer the questions in the activity below. Although the issues are complicated, try to keep your answers simple (a sentence or two, or simply ‘yes’ or ‘no’) as that will make it easier to compare your views now with those you will have later. Activity 1 Timing: Spend around 5 minutes on this activity. In the text box below, make some brief notes on your...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Astronomy with an online telescope Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy with an online telescope

...changing magnitude of a variable star over time (one of the approved aided GCSE Astronomy projects). Transcript6569 Enrolling on the course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they’re a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and commitment to your career, and to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Reading evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Reading evidence

...changes in the economy can have significant impacts upon identities. [Please read the autobiography by clicking on the “View document” link below.] Click to view the John Greaves extract Activity 1 What does John Greaves's writing tell us about how identities are formed? How much control did he have in shaping his work-based identity? Does his account suggest that...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Microgravity: living on the International Space Station Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...changes the scale of the image from 10 km to 1000 km. Activity 3 Exploring the ISS Timing: Allow approximately 5 minutes Now select the correct option to complete the following statements. There are also numerous apps about the ISS which can be downloaded to your mobile device. For example, there is a free app called ISS HD Live (Figure 5). You can even use this app to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...changed over time, and now include hedge funds and commercial property to provide yet further diversification. Table 1 shows the percentages recommended in 2000. Table 1: FTSE/WMA index weightings for different risk portfolios in 2000 MODEL PORTFOLIO INCOME (%) BALANCED (%) GROWTH (%) UK equities 50 55 60 Non-UK equities 5 20 25 UK Bonds 40 20 10 UK Cash 5 5 5 Total 100...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
10 years of The Bottom Line
Money & Business

10 years of The Bottom Line

...changed in the world of business. Best bits Some of our highlights from the past ten years have been our special recordings with Evan Davis exclusively for OpenLearn. Still some our most popular videos on the subject, you can watch Evan's Reflections on the British Economy from 2011 and the audience questions he took afterwards - or remember when the OU Business School's...
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