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Women Writers: Voices in Transition
History & The Arts

Women Writers: Voices in Transition

...Open University course A300 20th century literature: texts and debates... Katherine Mansfield Delia da Sousa re-examines the life and works of short story writer Katherine Mansfield, author of short stories including ‘The Garden Party’ and ‘The Voyage’. Taken from a four part series examining the lives, work and influence of women writers: Virginia Woolf, Jean...
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Video 17 mins
Crime, Order and Social Control
Society, Politics & Law

Crime, Order and Social Control

...Open University course D315 Crime, order and social control... Crime, order and social control A short introduction to this album. The killing of Stephen Lawrence How the brutal murder of a teenager in 1993 uncovered institutional racism, and became the driving force to improve race relations and criminal justice law in Britain. Taking racial abuse seriously How a new...
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Audio 2 hrs 32 mins
Philosophy and the Human Situation
History & The Arts

Philosophy and the Human Situation

...Open University course A211 Philosophy and the human situation... Philosophy and the human situation An introduction to this album Liberty and Offence Philosophy professor Jonathan Wolff discusses 19th century classical liberal thinker John Stuart Mill’s famous ‘harm’ principle Rousseau and Positive Freedom Philosophy lecturer Derek Matravers explains 18th century...
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Audio 4 hrs 19 mins
Astronomy
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy

...opened a new window into the Milky Way. The Scale of Our Galaxy A route map to the stars. The Hipparcos satellite measured the position of stars with better precision than ever before. Radio Telescopes and Stellar Jets The advent of radio astronomy. How radio telescopes like the Maxwell telescope in Hawaii work and what they can tell us about cosmic jets. Detecting...
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Audio 1 hr 21 mins
Science Communication and Public Engagement
Science, Maths & Technology

Science Communication and Public Engagement

...Open University course SH804 Communicating science in the information age... Communicating science A short introduction to this album. Science and society Dr. Richard Holliman interviews Prof. Alan Irwin on the changing relationship between science and society. Communicating science Dr Richard Holliman interviews Dr Victoria Pearson on how she communicates science as a...
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Audio 1 hr 14 mins
Liquidity management
Money & Business

Liquidity management

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Could we control our climate? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Could we control our climate?

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 3: We are causing change: Introduction - If the planet is changing, how do scientists know how much of the change is down to us? This session, you will examine IPCC assessments of the human contribution to climate change. You will continue to consider why...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Harper Lee's life was as surprising as any work of fiction
History & The Arts

Harper Lee's life was as surprising as any work of fiction

...open to debate. Less open to debate is the strange, compelling character of the story of its origins. An ageing author, with just one novel to her credit, the surprise discovery of a manuscript that she thought had been lost, the mystery surrounding the condition of the author… all this is the stuff of fiction. A belief of Emily Dickinson comes particularly to mind:...
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