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Health and wellbeing in the ancient world
History & The Arts

Health and wellbeing in the ancient world

...OU PhD student) John Harrison about colour perception and synaesthesia. HELEN KING Hello, I’m Helen King. And I’m Professor of Classical Studies at The Open University. And I’m joined today by John Harrison who’s an applied psychologist and also a PhD student in the Department of Classics here. Thanks very much for coming, John. JOHN HARRISON Pleasure. Thank you,...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Art and life in ancient Egypt
History & The Arts

Art and life in ancient Egypt

...becomes harmonious and the pieces fall into place of themselves. But the first days, by God, it is such a bewildering chaos of colours that your poor imagination is dazzled ... There is much jostling and arguing and fighting and rolling on the ground ... Semitic syllables crack the air like whiplashes. You brush against all the costumes of the Orient. (pp. 79–80) As...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
EPQs: finding and using evidence
Education & Development

EPQs: finding and using evidence

...student with AstrobiologyOU, made a short video to show how she creates a mind map (Figure 5) to identify keywords before starting her literature search. Watch how Devyani creates a mind map Photo of mind map [Devyani's mindmap]Figure 5 Devyani's mind mapShow descriptionA photograph of Devyani's mind map. In the centre is her starting point ‘Tips for finding good...
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Article 5 mins
Getting started with Spanish 2
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 2

...answer for Question 1c here What does Verónica’s brother do? He is a teacher. He is a student. He works in IT. a. He is a teacher. b. He is a student. c. He works in IT. The correct answer is a...Week 2: Everyday activities: 6 Finding verbs in a dictionary - When you want to look up a verb in the dictionary, you will generally find only the infinitive form. So, if you are reading a text and come across a ......
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Influenza: A case study
Science, Maths & Technology

Influenza: A case study

...becomes infected. Here a distinction is made between the infectious disease caused by a particular agent and the disease symptoms. Unfortunately there is a lot of confusion in common parlance about different diseases. Often, people say that they have ‘a bit of flu’ when they have an infection with some other virus, or a bacterium that produces flu-like symptoms. Such...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Studying mammals: The insect hunters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The insect hunters

...becomes almost closed off at maturity. Members of the Insectivora have numerous (up to 44) small teeth. Look at Figure 2a, which shows the skull and lower jaw of the hedgehog. [Figure 2] Figure 2a: adapted from Reeve, N. (1994) Hedgehogs, illustrated by Ruth Lindsay, T. & A.D. Poyser Natural History Series; Figure 2b: adapted from Churchfield, S. (1986) Shrews, Anthony...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Young children, the outdoors and nature Badge icon
Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...become FLOTUS (the First Lady of the United States), revealed in her autobiography that she used one to let her baby get fresh air. [A black-and-white photograph of a baby in a cage next to a window, with the mother looking on.] Figure 1 A baby cage Can you imagine these being installed today? And if not – why would that be? You may have been really shocked to see this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...students, currently studying with The Open University – http://www.open.ac.uk/ choose/ ou/ open-content 2. Enjoyed this? Find out more about this topic or browse all our free course materials on OpenLearn – http://www.open.edu/ openlearn/ 3. Outside the UK? We have students in over a hundred countries studying online qualifications – http://www.openuniversity.edu/...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs