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Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...guide the performer uses to construct music, whether highly detailed (as in most kinds of score, especially of ensemble music) or much less so (‘Play what you like as long as you stick to G major and 4/4’). In a little while, we'll be looking at the kinds of models used in the performance of Indian art music...Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural...
We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?
Science, Maths & Technology

We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?

...University. Traditionally among the poorest paid of the workforce, carers are an ever more scarce resource. Policy makers have begun to cast their eyes towards robots as a possible source of compliant and cheaper help. The robots already in production, Belpaeme tells me, are principally geared to monitoring the elderly and infirm, or providing companionship while, as yet,...
History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe

...University...How have famous books been read and received by audiences in the past? This free course, History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts a case study of Robinson Crusoe, is the second tutorial in a series designed to help users of the UK Reading Experience Database (UK RED) search, browse and use this resource, and explores the use...
Understanding your sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they are a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and commitment to your career, and to provide evidence of continuing professional development. Once you are signed in, you can manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Equity – law and idea
Society, Politics & Law

Equity – law and idea

...University course W302 Equity, trusts and land...Equity – law and idea: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe some basic features of the law of equity critically evaluate and describe tensions between legal and philosophical accounts of equity critically situate equity as both law and idea in contemporary socio-political and...
Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Collective leadership
Money & Business

Collective leadership

...University course B208 Developing leadership. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course survey. Once you complete the course we would also value your feedback and suggestions for future improvement, in our optional end-of-course...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
An introduction to crime and criminology
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to crime and criminology

...University course DD105 Introduction to criminology...An introduction to crime and criminology: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: provide a basic definition of ‘crime’ demonstrate that ideas about what a crime is and what it is not are often contested provide a definition of what criminology is and the subject matter it pertains to...
Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment
Society, Politics & Law

Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment

...University course DD320: Doing economics: inequalities, innovation and environment....Session 2: Alternative views on the economy and income distribution: Introduction - Session 1 illustrated that growing the economy as a policy objective we should continue pursuing is a contested question within the discipline of economics. Similarly, the questions of how an economy is...