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‘Lydios logos’: the story of Croesus
History & The Arts

‘Lydios logos’: the story of Croesus

...source for Greek chronology is the Parian Marble (Parian Chronicle or Marmor Parium), held at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford since the 17th century AD. View scans of the marble and translations here (NB: Chrome, Safari or IE browsers only). Herodotus' narratives vs. known chronology: what was possible? There are three main events in the first book of ‘The Histories’:...
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Interdisciplinary Learning – getting the most out of multi-subject degrees
Education & Development

Interdisciplinary Learning – getting the most out of multi-subject degrees

...Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1996. Kuhn, T. The structure of scientific revolutions, Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 1996 Max-Neef, Manfred A. Foundations of transdisciplinarity, Ecological Economics, 53 (2005) 5-16 Figure 1. Terminology associated with studying more than one subject (Source: Helen Cooke, Open University)...
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Stargazing on a budget
Science, Maths & Technology

Stargazing on a budget

...Open University makes the following recommendations: "4" to 5" reflector telescopes: many imported Russian ones are available for under £300. Pros: They are cheap, sturdy and have good optics (i.e. give very sharp images). Cons: They are heavy and not very portable, difficult to upgrade, and rather basic. Celestron and Meade have a variety of 5" and below reflectors...
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Do boys need male role models?
Education & Development

Do boys need male role models?

...source of the problems faced by young men today? And does involving more men in boys’ care and welfare make a difference? ...This content is associated with The Open University's Early Childhood qualification. [A father and son are on the river in separate canoes, and the father is making the son laugh.] For many years, anxiety has been growing about the position of...
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Doctor Who and human history
History & The Arts

Doctor Who and human history

...Open University's History courses and qualifications. [Matt Smith the Doctor] Doctor Who, which celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year, is best known as a science fiction series. Think of the show, and you think of sci-fi concepts such as the TARDIS, and alien creatures like the Daleks or Cybermen. But, as the Doctor says to Rose of the TARDIS at the end of the...
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Direct metal deposition (DMD)
Science, Maths & Technology

Direct metal deposition (DMD)

...source of various kinds, sufficient to melt the surface of the substrate and form a small melt pool. Material is added to the melt pool using a focused powder stream or a wire feed system to form a raised portion of material. To create the desired geometry, the substrate is manipulated using a computer-controlled positioning system. Gas and material are fed into the path...
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Building confidence in using online forums
Education & Development

Building confidence in using online forums

...Open University students have said about them. You will also begin to consider some of the benefits of getting involved on online learning forums for you as a learner. By the end of this session, you should be able to: understand where you are starting from when using online learning forums describe the likely purpose(s) of online learning forums describe some ways in...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Section 5: Legacies: Does Red Clydeside still matter today?
Society, Politics & Law

Section 5: Legacies: Does Red Clydeside still matter today?

...source of political debate. The Red Clyde has also become an important historical symbol of working-class protest, which is called upon or referred to in struggles that have taken place in Glasgow and across Scotland in the late twentieth century and in the early decades of the current centuryActivists and trade unionists have often portrayed the struggles and conflicts...
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