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Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid
History & The Arts

Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid

...human passions (e.g. anger is like a storm), he uses imagery from political life to describe a natural phenomenon (a storm is like political discord). This is the passage that first sets up the idea that pietas can overcome furor, and so it’s significant that Virgil chooses the sphere of politics and civil discord as a frame. This will be relevant throughout the Aeneid,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Three principles of a coaching approach
Money & Business

Three principles of a coaching approach

...human nature and it is hard-wired. Think about job interviews – it is well known that decisions tend to get made very early on in the interview process – often within seconds, based on very subjective ‘gut feeling’. In our coaching role it is our job to create a first impression for our coachees that allows them to feel comfortable and reassured right from the...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Mathematics for science and technology

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 2: Measurements: Introduction - In the UK, two systems of units are in use. Imperial measures for some things: milk is sold in pints and signposts indicate distances in miles. But for many other everyday measurements metric units have been adopted: petrol in...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design
Science, Maths & Technology

Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design

...resource efficient. The metrics are not as clear. It is important to remember, in collaboration on code Alice and Bob have a third collaborator, one that cannot be reasoned with – the computer. This collaborator will simply not execute anything that doesn’t fit its way of work. On the other hand, as long as it is syntactically correct and satisfies the inflexible...
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Article 10 mins
Dance skills
Education & Development

Dance skills

...inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss 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...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
'Keeping it Real': The Experiences of Black Youth beyond Criminal (In)Justice Statistics
Society, Politics & Law

'Keeping it Real': The Experiences of Black Youth beyond Criminal (In)Justice Statistics

...resources. However, the fundamental questions that arise from all of this are firstly who gets to define who is at-risk, and what are the defining criteria? This model of multi-agency working requires that representatives and ‘professionals’ from housing, probation, children and youth services, youth offending teams, education, social services and the police hold...
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Video 20 mins
Mark Twain on whether Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare
History & The Arts

Mark Twain on whether Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare

...human race. There was never a Claimant that couldn't get a hearing, nor one that couldn't accumulate a rapturous following, no matter how flimsy and apparently unauthentic his claim might be. Arthur Orton's claim that he was the lost Tichborne baronet come to life again was as flimsy as Mrs. Eddy's that she wrote SCIENCE AND HEALTH from the direct dictation of the Deity;...
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Article 5 mins
Amanda Theunissen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Amanda Theunissen - Earth in Vision

...human being in sight for a start and there isn’t an animal in trouble, it’s just utterly, utterly beautiful and that’s all there is to it, and I can’t make any more sense of it than that it is received wisdom that audiences don’t want to be troubled, they don’t want to be troubled with stories about the environment, they don’t want to be troubled. And it’s...
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Video 20 mins