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Early modern Europe: an introduction
History & The Arts

Early modern Europe: an introduction

...system with the sun at the centre while the planets revolved around it, proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543). The spread of these new ideas was aided by the development of printing using movable type, devised by Johannes Gutenberg (c.1398–1468) in the 1450s. There was also a significant change in the economy, with a decline in the number of people holding land...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market
Money & Business

Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market

...Think about Whatever your objectives, look at the comments below to help you assess what you want from voluntary work. A range of volunteers give their reasons for wanting to get involved. Try and think which voluntary activities might meet their needs, then look at the answers to see what they ended up doing. You may identify with some of them, but this should at least...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
An education in Religion and Worldviews
History & The Arts

An education in Religion and Worldviews

...think these school lessons are so crucial to teaching morals and values, respect for all people and communities, and it provides us with the foundation frameworks to make life decisions. Others are not: [RE was] ‘very unfocussed – not really exploring the roots of faith or the philosophy of major religions – instead just learning some trivia about a few...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Approaching poetry
History & The Arts

Approaching poetry

...Think about this first stanza of Thomas Hardy's ‘Neutral Tones’ (1867): We stood by a pond that winter day, And the sun was white, as though chidden of God, And a few leaves lay on the starving sod; – They had fallen from an ash, and were gray. (Gibson, 1976, p. 12) Notice that, in the last line, ‘oak’ or ‘elm’ would work just as well as far as the rhythm or...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Week 6 Civilisations: The debate
History & The Arts

Week 6 Civilisations: The debate

...a chord and why do you think it did make a particular impression on you? Was it because it showed a new aspect of a work of art or object you were already familiar with? Or maybe because you had never seen the object or work of art before and it took your breath away? And which visual object expresses the encounter between these cultures most strikingly in your view?...
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Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens
History & The Arts

Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens

...think about themselves collectively as a nation, and the way in which the Welsh are perceived outside Wales...Find out more about The Open University’s music courses  Dr Martin V. Clarke and Dr Helen Barlow sit down to talk with radio DJ and TV presenter Huw Stephens about the idea of Wales as a ‘musical nation’. This discussion took place on 28 November 2022,...
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Video 40 mins
Space, Time and Consciousness
Science, Maths & Technology

Space, Time and Consciousness

...thinking there is just the one time the same for everyone. Professor Russell Stannard shows how relativity theory shows this not to be the case. The Nature of Matter Professor Russell Stannard explores the nature of matter and how complete our understanding of matter can be. The Wave Particle Paradox Professor Russell Stannard looks at the Wave/Particle Paradox and Neils...
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Audio 1 hr 49 mins
The relativistic Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The relativistic Universe

...think that dark energy must exist? This album is an introduction to The Open University course S383 The relativistic Universe... The Relativistic Universe An introduction to this album Telescopes and the universe's evolution The latest technology can look almost all the way back to the Big Bang, and may soon identify the first stars and galaxies Cosmic Microwave...
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Audio 32 mins