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Bob Dylan as Nobel Laureate: Two reactions
History & The Arts

Bob Dylan as Nobel Laureate: Two reactions

...work during the turbulent times of the 1960s; his songs like Blowin’ in the Wind and The Times They are A-Changin’ were widely popular during the anti-Vietnam War and civil rights movements in the United States. Bob Dylan is also immensely popular in some South Asian countries. In fact, in 2009 Indian author Nilanjana S Roy proposed on the Serkadis blog that Bob Dylan...
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Video 10 mins
The business of film
History & The Arts

The business of film

...works. It has been created with Pinewood Studios – the leading provider of studio services to the global screen-based industries. Using the value chain concept and film case studies, with input throughout from individuals involved in making those films, the course provides a practical, in-depth exploration of how film financing works, and the key business decisions that...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials
Languages

Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials

...worked in China. A perfect introduction to doing business with China. This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LG002 Chinese business culture essentials. After completing this free course, you may wish to register for the full course to continue your learning!...Getting started with Chinese business...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin
History & The Arts

Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin

...works were composed...The free course, Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin, gives a taste of what it is like to learn two ancient languages. It is for those who have encountered the classical world through translations of Greek and Latin texts and wish to know more about the languages in which these works were composed....Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin: Introduction...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Why is Mongolia a good place to die?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is Mongolia a good place to die?

...work, they have had to sell almost all their sheep. Enkhjargal has had to take a part-time job in a local abattoir to make ends meet. Diagnosed late, barely a year ago, Tumurbat’s cancer has upended their lives. And he is in agony. The light from the doorway picks out his face, which is stiff with pain. He sits back across a bed, leaning on a stack of tightly folded...
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Article 15 mins
Passports: identity and airports
Society, Politics & Law

Passports: identity and airports

...work out, they then suggest more sort of systematic, legal measures. In 1913, there were two dramatic incidents. The first of these incidents was the arrival of a ship called the Panama Maru in Vancouver with 56 Indians. Many of these Indians claimed that they had been in Canada before and were simply returning. So they already had Canadian domicile and, therefore, should...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Concepts and theories in international relations
Society, Politics & Law

Concepts and theories in international relations

...working classes, and societies of the non-Western world. So concepts are used to categorise the international environment. But the precise meaning of these concepts is in a constant state of debate and development. Video 1 Concepts in International Relations NARRATOR: Broadly speaking, theories are simplifications of the real world. Scholars use theories to simplify the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
Education & Development

Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations

...working class areas of Northern Ireland. It was produced with young people from Belfast and local community activists, for young people aged 14+. The course aims to help young people think about what community means to them; to identify issues they are concerned about locally; and to develop skills to make positive choices about changing things and contributing to their...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs