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...system in China, and that number continues to rise. In addition, a large, but unknown, number of adults are learning English in the workplace or in their free time. A 'wave of English' is now building up. Within a decade nearly a third of the world population will all be trying to learn English at the same time. But looking further ahead, the wave of learners may subside...

...thinking is important for our times if we are to avoid stereotyped generalisations such as ‘religion causes violence’ or defensive claims such as ‘my religion does not sanction violence’. Learning Outcomes After exploring the topics in this article and video, you should be able to: Think critically about claims that religion was (or was not) the cause of a...

...think that there was perhaps, after all, no news to come. I had just announced to my father, as we sat over tea in the dining room, that I must really do up Edward’s papers and take them to the post office before it closed for the weekend, when there came the sudden loud clattering at the front-door knocker that always meant a telegram. For a moment I felt that my legs...

...think! We’d love to hear from you to help us improve our free learning offering through OpenLearn by filling out this short survey...Making sense of art history: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: identify the effects of art works understand a range of artistic techniques, such as the use of colour, composition and medium recognise...

...think about what it takes to be a good Roman...Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid: 3.1 What is pietas? - In order to understand Virgil’s depiction of Roman values we need to look at some of the original Latin terms which the Romans used to express moral ideas. The particular quality associated with Aeneas is the abstract Latin noun pietas (whose adjective is pius). In the...