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Neighbourhood nature
Nature & Environment

Neighbourhood nature

...interaction between humans and nature that can be revealed by careful observation. Oak woodland is the most species-rich habitat in the UK, so woods are good places to see wildlife – even in well used woods within and near cities. Activity 1 Timing: Allow 40 minutes for this activity Watch the following video clip and then answer the following question. Sherwood Forest...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Getting started with French 1
Languages

Getting started with French 1

...interactive activities, explanations, exercises and tips about language-learning. It’s a good idea to keep notes either on paper in a notebook or on your preferred digital device; in any case each week you’ll be encouraged to add to your own personal phrase book and decide how best you can go about memorising and practising key phrases and vocabulary, and there is a...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Start writing fiction
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction

...interact. It also works on the effect of genre and how genre can be used. The main teaching material in this course is taken from an existing publication, The Fiction Writer's Workshop by Josip Novakovich (1995). Novakovich is an award-winning writer (of short stories mainly), who teaches fiction writing at the University of Cincinnati. His chapters on ‘Character’ and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Delacroix
History & The Arts

Delacroix

...social ideas opened up by the Enlightenment’s consideration of such places gave way to the application of those ideas to a process of artistic self-exploration and self-expression. And yet, as we shall see, Delacroix was not always so clearly on the side of Romanticism. His 1832 journey to Morocco would be a crucial, transforming influence on his career. First, it is...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...social issues appropriate to the development of alternatives to oil products demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the impact of the use of oil on the future of our planet express and rewrite concepts in an objective and factually correct way make sense of information presented in different ways, including textual, numerical or graphical material...Living without...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The poetry of Sorley MacLean
History & The Arts

The poetry of Sorley MacLean

...socialism, he defends it against Lowlanders and others who sneer at its strict practices, which include a complete prohibition of social and private pleasures on Sunday. Unaccompanied Gaelic psalm singing, fiercely passionate, is a feature of Free Presbyterian worship and MacLean has paid tribute to the powerful tradition of Gaelic preaching. Scholars have shown that much...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Hadrian's Rome
History & The Arts

Hadrian's Rome

...social position, as a member of the Senate, who had experienced life under some terrible rulers. To Dio Cassius, ‘mild’ Hadrian was not as bad as some other emperors. Neither source would be regarded as completely reliable if judged by the standards expected of modern historians, that is to be objective, impartial and balanced. However, ancient authors did not adhere...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Everyday English 2
Languages

Everyday English 2

...interactive activities in this course will help you to understand the different ways in which we communicate and how to use simple techniques to improve your self-confidence in taking part in discussions or writing letters or emails. Enrolling on this course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. The badge is a great way to demonstrate...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs