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Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...research the Renaissance was a conviction of its status as ‘a civilisation which is the mother of our own’. 2 Contemporary historians, by contrast, are inclined to explore differences between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and our own times. 3 Not only is the map of the societies and cultures that produced Renaissance art substantially redrawn, but our sense of...
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century
Science, Maths & Technology

Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century

...researchers built mechanical computers by using gears, levers and cogs. And in recent days researchers are building computers by using molecular, biological, hydraulic and quantum technologies. So in my view this old central processing unit can be modelled the same way as I modelled before. But the winning piece of all this central processing unit and in general-purpose...
Seeing institutions in different ways
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing institutions in different ways

...Research, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 183–208. Friedland, R. and Alford, R. (1991) ‘Bringing society back in: symbols, practices and institutional contradictions’, in Powell, W. and DiMaggio, P. (eds) The New Institutionalism in Organisational Analysis, Chicago IL, University of Chicago Press, pp. 232–63. Hulme, D. (2010) Global Poverty: How Global Governance is Failing...
Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...research report on child trafficking in Scotland. Activity 7 Child trafficking in Scotland – a case study Part 1 Read the following parts of the report, Scotland: a Safe Place for Child Traffickers? (2011) by Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People and the Centre for Rural Childhood. Executive Summary (paras 1–1.2, 2.4–2.6.2, 3.1–3.3.1 and 3.6–5)...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Astronomy: images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy: images of the Universe

...research the star cluster and the galaxy (e.g. by looking up their names on the SIMBAD astronomical database), and discover that the cluster is at a distance of 10.4 kpc (it is within the Milky Way), while the galaxy is at a distance of 2.6 Mpc. Converting an angular size of an object into a physical size is a straightforward trigonometrical calculation, as long as we...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Studying mammals: Life in the trees
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Life in the trees

...researchers claim that urine washing has a cooling function; others suggest that urine has a disinfectant role. Further investigation would be needed before the function of urine washing in lorises could be stated with such certainty. Activity 6d (d) Some experts have argued that stereoscopic vision of the sort possessed by bush-babies is essential for estimating...
A tour of the cell
Science, Maths & Technology

A tour of the cell

...research has revealed that they have filaments assembled from proteins similar to those found in eukaryotic cells, e.g. actin. The prokaryotic cytoskeleton has roles in cell division and maintaining cell shape and polarity. Cytoskeletal proteins form long, filament-like assemblies. There are three types of filaments, formed from different proteins: microfilaments (also...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Getting started with French 3
Languages

Getting started with French 3

...research methods and pre-sessional English with IELTS, which will be available for registration in due course. The Open Centre for Languages and Cultures is an international leader in online language learning and intercultural communications, built on our pioneering pedagogy and research. What makes the Open Centre different? The OU is the leader in online learning and...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs