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History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

...human and divine’. It would only be natural that an author reading such reviews of their work would feel disheartened, and Charlotte Brontë wrote to her publisher on 17 November 1847, ‘The Spectator seemed to have found more harm than good in Jane Eyre, and I acknowledge that distressed me a little’ (UK RED: 28479). But for the most part, Brontë accepted the...
English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...resources university students need to read when studying. These resources provide the information, data, theories and evidence necessary to explore and write about your subject. For this reason, they are commonly referred to as ‘sources’. These may include written or audio-visual materials, but in this section you will focus specifically on written sources. In order...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Assessment in secondary music
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary music

...resources that you will draw on and the activities that will take place...Assessment in secondary music: 3.3 Sharing criteria - We identified the importance of shared criteria in one of key principles for music assessment that were discussed in the previous section. It is important that the teacher and young people have a shared understanding of what the criteria for...
Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 2: Sounds: Introduction - In this session, you will discover more about how ancient Greek was spoken and what it might have sounded like. You will receive plenty of opportunities to develop and practise your own pronunciation. You will also learn about how the...
Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Studying mammals: Plant predators
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Plant predators

...human diet, cellulose is mostly considered to be 'fibre' or 'roughage', which passes straight through the digestive system, where it is important for the system's correct functioning, but provides no nourishment. Clearly, for a herbivorous mammal that eats only plant material, there must be a way to digest cellulose - and that is the topic of the next section...Studying...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Fatih Birol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Fatih Birol - Stories of Change

...resources worldwide and they are cheap. But they are, at the same time, a cause of our climate change problem. We will see whether or not this CCS will prove technologically sound and safe, if we can build the regulatory framework and if we can make it cost-effective when compared to other energy sources. If all these conditions are maintained, then CCS can have a future....
Stakeholders in marketing and finance
Money & Business

Stakeholders in marketing and finance

...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...
Getting started with SPSS
Society, Politics & Law

Getting started with SPSS

...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....
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs