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Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...du Gard, a beautiful Roman bridge in the south of France; a disposable ballpoint pen; muskets; and the plant for making the chemical ammonia. This set will enlighten us concerning varied aspects of engineers' practice. Apart from their intrinsic interest, the four case studies demonstrate the distinction between one-off engineering solutions and mass-produced...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around

...les: beginners' Spanish, an Open University language course that concentrates on Spanish as a tool for communication, but also provides some insights into Hispanic societies and cultures through authentic printed and audio materials. It will be of interest to all those who want to improve their language skills in order to communicate more easily and effectively in...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour
History & The Arts

Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour

...Du Mont, c.1920, advertising poster, 106 × 76 cm. The Roman Forum was another important site for Grand Tourists, and remains so today. In what follows, you’ll consider what writers actually do (their creative practices or processes, if you will), and observe one example of how a writer might engage with the ideas that lay behind the Grand Tour by connecting their own...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
What can philosophy tell us about race?
History & The Arts

What can philosophy tell us about race?

...Du Bois’s “The Conservation of Races”’ by Chike Jeffers. Read it through slowly and carefully. You may need to read it through again as you answer the questions below. What it means to be a black person, for many of us, including myself, can never be exhausted through reference to problems of stigmatization, discrimination, marginalization, and disadvantage, as...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...du temps passé. Paris: Claude Barbin. Shyamalan, Ishana Night (Director). (2024) The Watchers [Film]. Blinding Edge Pictures; Inimitable Pictures Shine, A.M (n.d) ‘About A.M Shine’. A.M. Shine, Writer. Available: About — A.M. Shine (Accessed 29 September 2025) Shine, A. M (2023) The Creeper. London: Bloomsbury Press. Shine, A. M (2025) Stay in the Light. London:...
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Article 45 mins
Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...le gazon It is forbidden to walk on the turf Attention / Glissant Attention / Slippery Frisch gestrichen! Recently painted! Hombres trabajando Men working Al salir tengan cuidado de no introducir el pie entre coche y andén When you leave, take care not to put your foot in between the train and the platform 一箭双雕 One arrow for two birds 软硬兼施 Soft and hard me...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
EPQs: writing up your dissertation
Education & Development

EPQs: writing up your dissertation

...He once wrote: ‘Je n’ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n’ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte_’._ –Blaise Pascal, Provincial Letters, Letter XVI, December 1656. Translation: ‘I wrote this very long [letter] because I didn’t have the time to make it shorter’. What do you think Pascal meant by this? [Photo of Claire]Figure 8 ClaireShow descriptionA photograph of Claire. Claire, whose research looks for ......
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Article 5 mins
Talk the talk
Education & Development

Talk the talk

...sang the praises of "a lover with a slow hand." Now, we all laughed at Sting a few years ago when he went Tantric, but you fast-forward a few years, and now you find couples of all ages flocking to workshops, or maybe just on their own in their own bedrooms, finding ways to put on the brakes and have better sex. And of course, in Italy where -- I mean, Italians always...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs