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Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Licence. Map 1 Image produced by: getmapping.com PLC, tel. 01252 845444, http://www.getmapping.com Map 2 extract from Ordnance Survey (Six Inch Map) (1835) Permit No. MP001200 Map 4 © The Economist, London, 23–29 October 1999 Map 5 Gould, P. and White, R. (1974) Mental Maps. ‘How Londoners see the North – at least,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Intermediate French: 14 July
Languages

Intermediate French: 14 July

...Write out phrases or sentences it appears in as you come across them (perhaps with one page for each of the four past participle endings). You could also invent short dialogues using past participles that have the same ending: the rhyme may help you to memorise them. There is an example of this technique in the next activity, where we have used only monosyllabic past...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change

...writing, publishing papers or what? BP: Yeah, what you do as an academic. I published papers on all sorts to do with sports science, but also I have a special interest, perhaps from my own experience, in how people perceive potential disasters, how people respond to existential risks, and societies, how we deal with big environmental, potential problems, how do we deal...
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Audio 5 mins
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...creative. So you have to come up with situations which are as natural as possible to the animal, but still will help you to answer your question. NARRATOR And what can the answers to these questions tell us about perception and awareness in dogs? And the possibility that they may have theory of mind? DR JULIANE KAMINSKI When it comes to theory of mind, so what we think we...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Dutch painting of the Golden Age
History & The Arts

Dutch painting of the Golden Age

...writings and documents, in order to elucidate the significance of particular subjects and motifs. The leading proponent of the use of this approach to elucidate Dutch seventeenth-century painting, Eddy de Jongh, defines iconology as ‘the branch of art history that seeks to explain the content of representations in their historical context, in relation to other cultural...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Crime fiction in French: le polar français
Languages

Crime fiction in French: le polar français

...writing, listening and speaking skills. Studying this course should give you a basic overview of the importance of crime fiction in French society and the work of some prominent authors. You will also have the opportunity to extend your knowledge of French vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation and develop some key academic skills. This OpenLearn course is an adapted...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...writes: ‘I have never enjoyed housework, it is not in my nature; please try to find me somewhere to work with children’. Both had learned English in school; they thought they would be safe in England, and could probably find work; if not they would try America again. They married in July 1939, just before the outbreak of World War II. He fought a 5 year battle with...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
What can philosophy tell us about race?
History & The Arts

What can philosophy tell us about race?

...writing within an American context, and thinking about race within the American racial system. You may have different responses to these cases than Mills does, depending on your own understanding of race. [A person holding a mask in front of their face.] You’ll be asked to consider what race the person in each case would be judged to be depending on each criterion, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs