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Intermediate French: 14 July
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Intermediate French: 14 July

...children. Vous avez été un ami fidèle pendant ces mois difficiles. You have been a faithful friend during these difficult months. Quand je suis allé(e) au Japon j’ai écrit à tous mes amis. When I went to Japan I wrote to all my friends. Note that plu is the past participle of both pleuvoir (‘to rain’) and plaire (‘to please’). Plaire is much more commonly...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The New Union Flag project: from an object of agitation to a space for communication
Society, Politics & Law

The New Union Flag project: from an object of agitation to a space for communication

...children. Giota Alevizou: You describe yourself as an artist and community facilitator. Can you elaborate a bit? Gil Mualem-Doron: It took me years until I called myself an artist. For a long time I felt completely at odds with the art scene, especially during the ‘YBA years’ and the overwhelming commercialization of the art world. It is only after getting familiar...
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Killed by Agatha Christie: Strychnine and the detective novel
History & The Arts

Killed by Agatha Christie: Strychnine and the detective novel

...researched study in arsenic, Strong Poison. But no crime novelist wrote about poison with such knowledge and enthusiasm as Christie, who once said: “Give me a decent bottle of poison and I’ll construct the perfect crime.” In fact, at the time that Christie began work on A Mysterious Affair at Styles, she had been working as a wartime nurse, had been employed in a...
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Can we live harmoniously with wildlife?
Nature & Environment

Can we live harmoniously with wildlife?

...children, was in a tea estate. It was in the middle of the day, with lots of other people around. Some locals say her sister was alongside, and even tried to pull her back as the tiger dragged her away. It was a spark for an already volatile area. I was seriously worried about what was going to happen. [Beautiful tiger] A beautiful tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) in...
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Article 5 mins
How OpenLearn uses third-party content
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How OpenLearn uses third-party content

...research Before publication, the content will be reviewed by a member of the editorial team to ensure there are no compliance problems with the piece - e.g. copyright infringement Sometimes the material has been selected from another publication, and is being republished by OpenLearn Why do we use this sort of content? Using high quality third-party content allows us to:...
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Relationships at work
Money & Business

Relationships at work

...research found that a healthy relationship can actually contribute to one’s professional success – as it provides the stable emotional foundation to concentrate on their career goals. The Harvard Business Review examines this finding in its article “Why You Spend More Hours at Work When Your Relationship Is Going Well”. If you are to engage in office romance then...
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Article 5 mins
'As rich as Croesus'
History & The Arts

'As rich as Croesus'

...Research project and other reliable sources, such as the BBC, British Museum and Metropolitan Museum of Art, to help you to explore where the saying ‘as rich as Croesus’ came from and to provide an opportunity for you to understand how the text of Herodotus can be compared with the archaeological record. [Croesus gold coin] Gold coin of Croesus, from the Metropolitan...
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Make your clothes count
Nature & Environment

Make your clothes count

...research shows that 350,000 tonnes of used clothing needlessly goes to landfill in the UK every year, wasting precious resources that could be put to better use by being repaired, passed on or donated. Extending the wearable life of a t-shirt or any other garment by just three months would lead to a 5-10% reduction in the amount of carbon and water used and waste created....
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