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Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...reports and assignments can be a daunting prospect. Learn how to interpret questions and how to plan, structure and write your assignment or report. This free course, Essay and report writing skills, is designed to help you develop the skills you need to write effectively for academic purposes...Writing reports and assignments can be a daunting prospect. Learn how to...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
The healing power of nature writing
Health, Sports & Psychology

The healing power of nature writing

Writing about the natural world and environment can work wonders for our wellbeing – this article explains how...Nature itself can be a healer – not just through the scientifically evidenced healing effects of green spaces, water, birdsong or being among trees, but also through the realisation that we are nature, not separate from it. This idea is central to a growing...
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Article 5 mins
Creative writing and critical reading
History & The Arts

Creative writing and critical reading

...writing and critical reading, explores the importance of reading as part of a creative writer’s development at the postgraduate level. You will gain inspiration and ideas from examining other writers’ methods, as well as enhancing your critical reading skills. Examples will cover the genres of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and scriptwriting...This free course,...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Ian McMillan's Writing Lab interviews: Mark Ravenhill on... play writing
History & The Arts

Ian McMillan's Writing Lab interviews: Mark Ravenhill on... play writing

...Writing Lab...Audio Text Certainly a certain type of playwright does take great pleasure in going to an office and listening to what the buzzwords are in offices this year, because that changes from year to year, management speak, the kind of words that politicians are using this year, the kind of words that school kids are using this year. Every job, every profession,...
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Audio 15 mins
Michelle Lawson on Academic Writing
Education & Development

Michelle Lawson on Academic Writing

The Open University's Michelle Lawson gives you tips on academic writing and assignments in this extended interview from 'Go the Distance'.
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Video 10 mins
Write around the world - the map!
History & The Arts

Write around the world - the map!

...writing courses and qualifications. _ Discover birthplaces and resting-places of authors and the stories behind their books. Go long-haul to a palace in 11th century Japan, and staycation in a converted garage in 20th century Wales. Peep into writers’ bedrooms and studies to imagine them at work. Explore the extraordinary places that have inspired writers: Vesuvius, the...
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Activity 5 mins
Writing your research proposal
Education & Development

Writing your research proposal

...write a Research Proposal? To be accepted onto a PhD / Professional Doctorate (PD) programme in the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) at The Open University, you are required to submit a research proposal. Your proposal will outline the research project you would like to pursue if you’re offered a place. When reviewing your proposal, there are...
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Article 5 mins
What's creative about creative writing?
History & The Arts

What's creative about creative writing?

...writing teachers as they explore these and other questions of creativity...This collection of interviews with writers, literary agents, educators and translators looks at what creativity means in the context of ‘creative writing’. We hear leading figures from the world of literature consider questions such as: Can creativity be taught? In what ways is translation...
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Audio 30 mins