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Discovering music: the blues
History & The Arts

Discovering music: the blues

...Introduction - This free course, Discovering music: the blues, will introduce you to a musical tradition with roots in the nineteenth century but is still relevant to making music today. You will learn about how the lyrics of blues songs reflect the social environment in which they were created, and about the musical techniques that underpin the structures of blues songs....
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course

...introduction to the Chinese language, its scripts and sounds, and how words are formed. You will hear short conversations where people greet each other and introduce themselves, and learn how to count from one to ten. You’ll learn different ways of saying your name and greeting people, as well as give your telephone number. This OpenLearn course is introductory material...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...Project Wildscreen, 20th – 23rd October 2014 I’m Krishan Arora, I’m a consultant for SBS Television, which is Australia’s public channel, second public channel, and I’ve previously been a BBC commissioner in the specialist factual area and also a documentary producer. Environmental programmes: A limited audience? I think the issue with environmental programmes...
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Video 30 mins
Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...Project Wildscreen, 20th – 23rd October 2014 I’m Krishan Arora, I’m a consultant for SBS Television, which is Australia’s public channel, second public channel, and I’ve previously been a BBC commissioner in the specialist factual area and also a documentary producer. Environmental programmes: A limited audience? I think the issue with environmental programmes...
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Video 10 mins
Water for life
Nature & Environment

Water for life

...Introduction - This course is an introduction to chemistry concepts, using water as the main illustration. Much of the course is devoted to exploring the smallest water particle - a water molecule - what it is and how it gives rise to the particular properties of water. The course also explains powers of ten and scientific notation, which are a convenient way of...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
How did Facebook likes help Labour at the ballot box?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Facebook likes help Labour at the ballot box?

...managed to target undecided voters in marginal constituencies, energise voters who had drifted away from the party, and mobilise the young...[Political party Facebook montage] Ever since last summer’s General Election journalists and academics have grappled with two key questions – why did Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party do so well; and why didn’t we see it coming?...
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Article 5 mins
Sleep: A doctor's advice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sleep: A doctor's advice

...management of the snoring. If you think you have a sleep disorder I would suggest discussing it with your GP who may want to arrange some tests to exclude physical causes, or you may be referred to have a sleep study, when you are monitored overnight to assess your breathing, heart rate and sometimes your brainwave patterns to identify the possible cause of your sleep...
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Article 10 mins
Does the rural idyll really exist?
Nature & Environment

Does the rural idyll really exist?

...manage to move to the countryside as you did, find what they’re looking for there is something that you’ll have to look into. Terry: So I left Coventry and moved to the countryside And this is where I came. Hayfield. And this environment is a lot different to Coventry. Hills instead of tower blocks, real trees, neighbours who said hello and looked out for me, I...
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Article 15 mins