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Money & Business
Building relationships with donors
...work with donors and supporters has to tackle some apparently irreconcilable demands. To be effective you must be able to relate to each and every donor and supporter as a unique individual while managing your work with them en masse. You must be able to construct forms of communication with donors which are both mass produced and personalised. You must provide...
History & The Arts
Diversifying classical music programming: performing more women composers
...works by women composers...In this series of videos, Laura Hamer from The Open University discusses classical music programming and how it can be diversified by performing more music by women composers with Gabriella Di Laccio (Donne Women in Music), Róisín Maher (Finding A Voice Music Festival), Tim Parker-Langston (Hensel Songs Online), Stephan Meier (BCMG), Angela...
History & The Arts
Philosophy: the nature of persons
...work through the course, you will notice that this area of enquiry has developed its own semi-technical vocabulary. The plural of ‘person’ is, in this area of enquiry, ‘persons’ rather than ‘people’. It is easy to see the reason for this. The question ‘What are people?’ is potentially confusing. It could mean ‘What is it to be a people (as opposed to...
History & The Arts
Women transforming classical music
...works by women composers. The 6-week course considers the male-dominated nature of the contemporary classical music industry and how to programme more women. It offers practical advice on diverse programming, funding, building audiences, finding scores and resources, and how to promote the work of living women composers. The course is illustrated throughout by interviews...
Education & Development
Coming Soon: Dog Grooming for Beginners
...for free, particularly in times when all the dog groomers are closed due to the social distancing measures put in place to reduce the outbreak of COVID-19.” [Pippin the dog] Too glam to give a damn! Follow us on Twitter or Facebook to find out about other exciting courses in the future. This OpenLearn course was produced with the kind support of The Far-Fetched Society....
Science, Maths & Technology
Wild Weather Kitchen Experiments
...events which you will be able to investigate with simple home experiments to understand the science behind them. We hope that you will investigate further and you can share and discuss your results with us on the OpenLearn social media channels. Just tag us or @ us in your posts on Facebook or X. Watch these instructional videos and recreate your own wild weather...
Society, Politics & Law
The language of protest
...social media offers an important outlet for freedom of expression. What he was alluding to is the idea that democracy as a political system is one that’s founded on debate – on citizens having a say in how they’re governed, and promoting their own political views and ideas via persuasion rather than coercion. It’s also a way of holding those in power to account,...