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Goya
History & The Arts

Goya

...opened as a museum in 1819, to display the court's art collection The astronomical observatory opened in 1790, one of only four of its kind in Europe. Goya was not an intellectual, but his portraiture of the 1790's, often shows the props and facial expressions, of what has been termed ‘The Light of Reason’. Was he sympathetic to these people ? His portrait of Antonio...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change

...Open University, is interviewed by Roger Harrabin for 'Stories of Change'...[Tamsin Edwards] Tamsin Edwards is a Lecturer in Environmental Sciences at the Open University. She uses computer models to study climate change and its impacts, particularly how confident we can be in model predictions. She blogs for PLOS at All Models are Wrong and on Twitter she is @flimsin. ©...
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Audio 5 mins
Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Introducing Ethics in Information and Computer Sciences: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: discuss what ethics is and what constitutes an ethical issue identify and discuss ethical issues that arise in the media, in routine conversations and, in particular, in personal everyday...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...Open University course, T229 Mechanical engineering: heat and flow....Engineering: environmental fluids: Introduction - We all have constant daily experience of fluids, from breathing air to taking showers and checking weather forecasts, which means that we all have a great deal of intuitive knowledge about how they behave; this course will build on that knowledge. The...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Partnerships and networks in work with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Partnerships and networks in work with young people

...Source: adapted from Himmelman, 1996) Networking is the most informal level of partnership working and involves exchanging information for mutual benefit. There needs to be a minimal level of trust and willingness to share information, and the contacts are usually made informally, person to person rather than organisation to organisation. Himmelman highlights the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Can comedy change your life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can comedy change your life?

...Open University's Psychology courses Maeve Higgins once set herself a task. The Irish-born comedian wanted to see what life would be like if she stopped laughing at things that weren’t funny. Turns out it wasn’t as easy as she thought. “It was so effing hard,” she says. “Laughter is a lubricant and is expected, and it’s really hard not to do it.” It’s...
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Article 10 mins
Tim Lenton - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tim Lenton - Stories of Change

...Open University Transcript Interview Edit Transcript Tim Lenton interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin, interviewer TL: = Tim Lenton, Professor of Climate Change and Earth System Science, participant. RH: So this is Tim Lenton. Tim let’s start with the science. Where do you think, just thinking of macro terms, not just your stuff, but including your stuff, what have we...
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Learning, thinking and doing
Science, Maths & Technology

Learning, thinking and doing

...open to new ideas...How do we learn? Understanding how is the key to learning more effectively. This free course, Learning, thinking and doing, looks at the three main categories of theories: the acquisitive, constructivist and experiential models of learning. There is no right way to learn but developing an active approach will ensure that you are open to new...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs