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Discovering music: the blues
History & The Arts

Discovering music: the blues

...studying this course, you should be able to: describe the historical context of the blues explain the nature of typical blues lyrics recognise a blues scale understand the concept of primary chords understand the 12-bar blues structure...Discovering music: the blues: 1 ‘Feeling blue’ - The phrase ‘feeling blue’ is one we have probably all heard, even if we don’t...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Climate change
Nature & Environment

Climate change

...study in Science...Climate change: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the physical basis of the natural greenhouse effect, including the meaning of the term radiative forcing know something of the way various human activities are increasing emmissions of the natural greenhouse gases, and are also contributing to sulphate...
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Level 2: Intermediate 18 hrs
People, automobiles and statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

People, automobiles and statistics

...study of the measurement of size and proportions of the human body. Measuring people is far from simple. Measure the length of your forearm. This is the distance between your elbow and your wrist. This is far from simple. You’d maybe like to measure the length between the axis around which your elbow hinges then a similar axis for your wrist, or simply from the back of...
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Article 10 mins
Investigating a murder with forensic psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating a murder with forensic psychology

...skills that can help police in an investigation. You’ll learn about detecting deception, how to establish rapport, the impact of cognitive bias, and how to develop and assess an interview plan. This interactive course has been created by the experts at The Open University’s Centre for Policing Research and Learning, and Forensic Cognition Research Group....Week 1:...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Intermediate French: Holiday plans
Languages

Intermediate French: Holiday plans

...skills in order to communicate more easily and effectively in French. Intermediate French: Holiday plans focuses on the French on holiday...This free course, Intermediate French: Holiday plans, is taken from Ouverture, a language course that concentrates on French as a tool for communication, but it also provides some insights into French society and culture through...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Should the Americans consider the lessons of Brexit before voting this November?
Society, Politics & Law

Should the Americans consider the lessons of Brexit before voting this November?

...study puts the estimated opportunity cost of Trump’s policies at as high as 4 million lost jobs. Moving forward The danger now is that Brexit’s consequences will be ignored. Observers have drawn comparisons to other eras in which populism shaped economic policy. Most prominently, the Smoot-Hawley tariffs of the 1930s illustrate the potential downside of widespread...
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Article 5 mins
Disraeli on Munich
History & The Arts

Disraeli on Munich

...study with his stirring characters and his vigorous incidents. Groups from ‘Wallenstein’ and ‘Wilhelm Tell’ form the rich and unrivalled ceiling: while the fight of the dragon and the founding of the bell, the innocent Fridolin, the inspired maiden of Orleans, breathe in the compartments of the walls. When I beheld these refined creations, and recalled the scenes...
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Article 5 mins
Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity
History & The Arts

Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity

...studies have been conducted in England, Germany, Ireland, Scotland and Sweden and use innovative dialogical techniques within interviews and focus groups. The research uses policy statements, images, news articles and videos which work as stimulus materials to bring citizens into dialogue with the latest policy and discursive governance. These materials relate to the...
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Article 15 mins