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Describing language

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 2: Nouns: naming things, places, people and ideas: Introduction - [A man stands behind a counter on a market stall. There are a range of drinks and snacks are available.] Figure 1 A man behind a counter in a market. Imagine you are in a shop in a country where you...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Supporting Mental Health Through Online Music Fandoms
OpenLearn Ireland

Supporting Mental Health Through Online Music Fandoms

...resources, such as Spotify playlists, or may even feel able to open up about personal issues and, in return, receive supportive messages from peers. 8. Does joining an online fandom lead to empowerment? Being part of an online music fandom can be empowering and give members greater agency. Through the fandom, you can gain strength and resilience, define yourself on your...
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Article 5 mins
Section 5: Legacies: Does Red Clydeside still matter today?
Society, Politics & Law

Section 5: Legacies: Does Red Clydeside still matter today?

...Open University event in George Square, Glasgow One of the main aims of the 2019 Open University event was to highlight some of the enduring legacies of 1919 for political events in Glasgow, and which also reflected on George Square as a site of protest over much of the 100 years since 1919. From the late 1990s, Glasgow has experienced successive and numerous strikes by...
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Article 15 mins
Heart of a heartless world, soul of soulless conditions
History & The Arts

Heart of a heartless world, soul of soulless conditions

...Open University students of Greece and Rome get to read about dangerous spellbinding crones in the original Latin (for instance on the language module Continuing Classical Latin). The avid letter-writer Pliny (2nd century CE) relishes relating an episode about a haunted house and the discovery of a skeleton in chains waiting for a decent burial. In the racy novel...
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Article 5 mins
Dutch painting of the Golden Age
History & The Arts

Dutch painting of the Golden Age

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Building the first Thames sewer system
Science, Maths & Technology

Building the first Thames sewer system

...open - the great silent highway which bathes the terrace upon which stands the Legislative Palace, and so peculiarly fashioned that it retains the filth it receives for days. Fancy an open sewer stirred up twice a day by some powerful mechanism, and we have the Thames as altered by well-intentioned but blind sanitary zeal. And for three years more, at the least, we must...
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Article 10 mins
Unequal journeys: exploring the contradictions of citizenship and asylum regimes
Society, Politics & Law

Unequal journeys: exploring the contradictions of citizenship and asylum regimes

...Open University (OU) to develop an interactive, e-learning module designed to explore some of the inequalities inherent in access to citizenship and freedom of movement. Focusing on the UK, the module, which will be freely available on the OU’s OpenLean platform, will explore some of the contradictions and fundamental inequalities of citizenship and asylum regimes. In...
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Article 10 mins
Accessibility statement for OpenLearn
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Accessibility statement for OpenLearn

...Open University...The Open University is committed to making its websites and mobile applications accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. We want as many people as possible to be able to use our websites and mobile apps, and accessibility is an essential part of our mission. On our...
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Article 5 mins