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Getting started with Italian 3
Languages

Getting started with Italian 3

...out about the Italian rail network and learn vocabulary for talking about different types of train. You will also learn how to ask about the availability of trains to certain destinations and to use c’è (‘there is’) and ci sono (‘there are’)...Week 2: Enquiring about train times: 1 The Italian rail network - [Described image] Linee dei Treni ad Alta Velocità...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers Badge icon
Education & Development

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 2: Being a reader: Introduction - Reading involves making meaning from marks and images on a page or screen. It...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...out of, if you feel you need to improve your skills in a particular area...This free course, Developing good academic practice, is intended to help you develop good academic practices in your studies and when producing assignments and completing assessments. Although designed as a course to work through, the content can also be used to dip in and out of, if you feel you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Groups and teamwork
Science, Maths & Technology

Groups and teamwork

...out one or, at most, two of the ideas presented. Choose the idea that seems to you most attractive, for whatever reason, and decide upon some specific occasions when you are going to put it into effect. Whenever possible, try to enlist the help of someone else to give you feedback on how you performed. The pay-off you get from this limited experiment will probably...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Tory Trades Unionism: 19th Century Style
History & The Arts

Tory Trades Unionism: 19th Century Style

...out the chief features of social questions, so far as they were helpful, promised help, or otherwise." The defeat of Sir William by a Tory trades unionist and co-operator gives a new and perplexing turn to a problem which, in the North at any rates, has done much to strain old relations between middle-class and labour Liberalism. Co-operators will be justified in claiming...
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Article 5 mins
Throwing light on research by South & Central American scientists
Science, Maths & Technology

Throwing light on research by South & Central American scientists

...out the new observations made by Chilean astronomers, or the study in Yucatán, Mexico, that is bringing us closer to the causes of the dinosaurs’ disappearance. Under the hashtag #CienciaLatina, there's an initiative to spread scientific news on networks created by scientists of the region. Its objective is to create and expand a network of scientific blogs and to...
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Article 5 mins
Remembering Ali: How do The Philippines remember The Thrilla In Manila?
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering Ali: How do The Philippines remember The Thrilla In Manila?

...out in the street protesting against the martial law regime of Marcos. In honor of Ali, a shopping mall was named after him. Ali Mall, the Philippines’ first shopping mall, was built near the venue of ‘Thrilla in Manila’ in 1976. Thrilla in Manila happened when I was a college sophomore October 1975. Then Ali Mall was named shortly after https://t.co/00h41ZvGtF —...
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Article 5 mins
Remembering Gary Slapper
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering Gary Slapper

...recent incarnation as OpenLearn. Although, as I recall, he wasn't keen on being filmed out of doors. His kindness, willingness to suggest ideas and share contacts, and interest in helping spread knowledge as widely as possible was inspiring. As an academic, he had the rare knack of being able to take his subject lightly when appropriate and seriously when it was required....
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Article 5 mins