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Voice-leading analysis of music 2: the middleground
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 2: the middleground

...study of Mozart's harmonic style that was begun in AA314_1. Once again, we will analyse the voice leading of extracts chosen from the piano sonatas. At the end of AA314_1, you saw that analysing the ‘foreground’ of the music – that is, the structure outlined by the consonances in the harmony – leads on to the discovery of deeper levels of structure. These deeper...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...study them, consider their evolutionary history and read about human impacts on one iconic group....Aquatic mammals: Introduction - [Described image] Figure 1 Bottlenose dolphins Mammals come in a bewildering variety of shapes and sizes and yet all of the 4700 or so species have some characteristics in common. Indeed, it’s the existence of these common features that...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Equity – law and idea
Society, Politics & Law

Equity – law and idea

...skills in and knowledge and understanding of legal principles. Beyond the confines of the Common Law of England and Wales Equity is rarely discussed or understood, but has long played a vital role in the social, economic, cultural and political life of the nation. As a principle of justice however, equity can be traced back millennia and found, for example, in many...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Who are Europeans?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are Europeans?

...study in Geography...Who are Europeans?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise that ‘European identity’ is a socially constructed attribute appreciate the basis for the unities as well as the divisions among Europeans understand the ways European identities are assessed and measured appreciate the key role of ‘culture’ in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Life in the Palaeozoic
Nature & Environment

Life in the Palaeozoic

...study creatures living in the Ordovician seas, including the extinct trilobites. Next, we'll investigate the invasion of land by plants and invertebrates that occurred in the Silurian Period, and look at life in Silurian seas. You'll also learn about the Devonian Period, when vertebrates first moved onto land. The course finishes with a brief outline of vertebrate...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...skills, to help protect your digital life. We shop online. We work online. We play online. We live online. As our lives increasingly depend on digital services, the need to protect our information from being maliciously disrupted or misused is really important. Transcript This free online course, Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online, will help you to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Brighton Pavilion
History & The Arts

Brighton Pavilion

...studying and developing your skills with The Open University: OU study explained Skills for study...Brighton Pavilion: Glossary - * Chinoiserie: the deployment of ‘Chinese’ motifs within interior decor, popular from the early eighteenth century onwards. The most widespread example of this is the so-called ‘willow pattern’ used on domestic china which persists to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
How can the Hajj be made safer?
History & The Arts

How can the Hajj be made safer?

...study we found that people in one psychological crowd walk more closely together, walk more slowly and walk further distances to stay together than people who are just in physical crowds. Those outside the psychological crowd did not try to walk through it but instead walked around it. Despite the importance of shared identity to understanding psychological crowds,...
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