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Why the bands played on: Live music in the shadow of the Paris attacks
History & The Arts

Why the bands played on: Live music in the shadow of the Paris attacks

...skills. Audiences, too, assume that local venues will feature a stream of international performers. It’s also central to the modern popular music economy, especially since the massive disruptions wrought by the internet on the recording industry. Under 6% of the new artists signed to UK major labels last year managed to achieve gold album status – with only three...
Beginners’ German: Places and people
Languages

Beginners’ German: Places and people

...skills which will help you to cope in a range of situations...Do you want to learn the basics of the German language? This free course, Beginners’ German: Places and people, will take you on a journey through German-speaking countries. You will read and hear about a range of places and people. This OpenLearn course will give you the opportunity to develop language...
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...study in Sociology...The meaning of crime: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: give a definition of crime (in terms of society) state the steps and factors that lead from a crime to conviction illustrate how society views crime ‘with fear and fascination’ give examples of the relationship between crime rates and the evidence to...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Changing cities
Society, Politics & Law

Changing cities

...studies, planning, political science and sociology. The framework developed in this course is meant to serve as an analytical heuristic, a device for framing the questions that should be asked when seeking to understand any particular urban issue or a place-based problem. Find out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Changing...
Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Design thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Design thinking

...studying this course, you should be able to: have an awareness of how design thinking can be applied in a wide range of contexts, from the personal to the global investigate and think creatively about design problems and opportunities initiate an attitude of playfulness to aid design thinking develop visual literacy and articulacy to explain design decisions use computing...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course

...studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate an awareness of the Tamil alphabet and sound, and a basic understanding of the Tamil language count up to 10 in Tamil name some of the traditional musical instruments used by Tamils name some of the fruits grown in Tamil Nadu greet a person in Tamil, and say simple phrases related to numbers, musical instruments and...
Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems
History & The Arts

Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems

...study in Arts and Humanities...Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand Schubert's place as a composer in early nineteenth-century Vienna understand the place of Schubert in the history of German song and the development of Romanticism follow the words of songs by Schubert while...
Language in the real world
Languages

Language in the real world

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand and describe the key features of (human) language and languages understand what applied linguistics is explore different contexts where language is a central issue...Language in the real world: 1 What is language? - Language is of central importance to our everyday lives: we are constantly reading, writing,...
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs