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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
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
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
National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840
History & The Arts

National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840

...Open University course A225 The British Isles and the modern world, 1789–1914...National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand how the concepts of ‘nation’ and ‘nationalism’ emerged during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries understand the processes that led...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 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
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
Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...Open University's much larger course, K832 Developing social work practice. K832 is the first of two courses leading to the Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work, a professional qualifying award. In this free short course you will find four main sections: What is social work? What makes a good social worker? The impact of social divisions and diversity The influence of...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 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