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Veiling
History & The Arts

Veiling

...change within different historical periods and between different generations. The great popularity of denim jeans across the world is, for example, a relatively recent phenomenon. Wider and intense examination of decisions made in response to the daily dilemma of what to wear ‘can reveal much about society, history, politics, culture and, above all, the way in which...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
What is poetry?
History & The Arts

What is poetry?

...change the application of these elements with each new horizon. Good writers constantly renew language and conventions by renegotiating the relationship between the form and content of every new poem. In trying to define poetry, we often end up thinking archaically. We think of the work of writers such as Keats or Shakespeare, for instance, as in some way defining what...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...change and fashion. The concerns, methods and culture of music scholarship have undergone an important expansion and transformation since the nineteenth century, and debates have taken place about the nature, methods and scope of musicology. Some of these changes have been influenced by shifts in other areas of scholarship; from the mid-twentieth century, for example, the...
Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Astronomy: images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy: images of the Universe

...change from one observation to another. Figure 19 shows two images of a galaxy taken 41 days apart. Can you spot the difference? It shouldn’t be difficult to spot the presence of a very bright ‘star’ in the second image, which has been further highlighted by a position indicator (a vertical and a horizontal bar). This is a supernova: the light comes from the...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
A Europe of the Regions?
Society, Politics & Law

A Europe of the Regions?

...changing in recent decades? What roles are regions playing and likely to play in the emerging governance structures of the European Union (EU)? These structures, still in the process of formation, raise strongly contested normative as well as empirical questions, and regions occupy a central position in debates about past trends and possible futures. Three main political...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
An introduction to social work law
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to social work law

...changes in people’s lives, and that with that power comes great responsibility. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K271 Social work law...An introduction to social work law: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise what social work is and what a social worker does in their role reflect...
Who are Europeans?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are Europeans?

...changed slightly. Although Luxembourg residents are at 13% still by far the most likely to feel European only, the number of people who now feel Luxembourgisch only has increased significantly (+8), so that Italians (67%) are now most likely to feel to some extent European. In Portugal (62%), the UK (60%) and Sweden (59%), people are still most likely to see themselves as...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Understanding children: babies being heard
Education & Development

Understanding children: babies being heard

...changing her nappy. I was amazed how much of the world she was aware of. She really listens when Daisy is singing – she keeps really still and turns her head to the music. She seems to respond even when Ryan plays his fiddle! It would be lovely if all three of them turn out to be musical. Rosalind: Mia is a very alert baby. She seemed to like the print on my dress and...