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The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...Open University's Sport and fitness courses and qualifications....Introduction and guidance: Introduction and guidance - If you are a sports participant or fan and interested in how politics plays a role in one of sport’s biggest global events, the FIFA World Cups (men and women), then this thought-provoking course will be ideal for you. You will explore what makes the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga
History & The Arts

Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga

...open to influences from the wider Mediterranean world. There was also a developed culture which had been exposed to Hellenistic influences. A good example of this is the Punic royal funerary monument at Thugga, which combines Punic and Hellenistic features (see Figures 1 and 2). When Numidia became a part of the Roman empire, we might assume that Roman cultural influence...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Speak in colours!
Languages

Speak in colours!

...source of discussion for language learners who want to extend their knowledge of idiomatic expressions in the target language. Indeed, there are many descriptions and metaphorical expressions containing words that indicate colour (e.g. in English we can say ‘I’m feeling blue’ or ‘I saw red’). Evoking a colour can be a striking way of conveying a vivid impression...
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Article 10 mins
Introduction to Planetary Protection
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to Planetary Protection

...Open University’s AstrobiologyOU research group (who have authored this course) organised an international event in London in 2024 – the International COSPAR Planetary Protection Week (ICPPW) – which brought together researchers, policy makers, and representatives from national space agencies and industry representatives. At the event we asked the participants...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...Open University course U116 Environment: journeys through a changing world...Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: appreciate how chemical processes in the rest of the world affect the Arctic environment and the species inhabiting it recognise the physical processes that determine...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introduction to Spanish
Languages

Introduction to Spanish

...open so that you can give your own information. (You can always make it up if you wish.) Listen and respond following the prompts. Listen and respond, following the prompts. —¿Estudias o trabajas? (Say that you are a student.) —Soy estudiante. —¿Cuál es tu profesión? (Say you are a teacher.) —Soy profesora. —¿En qué trabajas? (Say you are retired.)...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
What happens to you when you read?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to you when you read?

...open and are reading to two children, who are stood either side of the chair.] Remember the story of ‘Hansel and Gretel’? This German fairy tale was collected and published in Grimms’ first collection of tales in 1812. It is a story many of us may remember having read to us as children or finding on book-shelves at school. In this activity you will try to identify...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
History & The Arts

Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners

...Open University course A230 : Reading and studying literature. It can also be found in the publication Sara Haslam and Sue Asbee (eds) (2012) The Twentieth Century, published by The Open University and Bloomsbury Academic...Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand representations of the themes of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs