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Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid
History & The Arts

Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid

...Open University course A276 Classical Latin: the language of ancient Rome...Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid: Learning outcomes - After studying this course you should have: gained a deeper understanding of ‘epic poetry’ in the ancient world explored the Aeneid’s central themes, in particular Roman values read in detail some passages of the Aeneid and investigated how...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Financial statement analysis and interpretation
Money & Business

Financial statement analysis and interpretation

...Open University course BXI250 Intermediate financial accounting...Financial statement analysis and interpretation: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain why is it important to analyse and interpret financial statements explain how different stakeholder groups might be interested in different ratios carry out financial statement...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Understanding ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding ADHD

...Open University course SK298 Brain, mind and mental health...Understanding ADHD: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define key terms in the field of ADHD describe the characteristics of ADHD and how they are used in diagnosis describe the patterns of prevalence of ADHD, including the reasons for disparities worldwide describe risk...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Ada Lovelace Day
Science, Maths & Technology

Ada Lovelace Day

...Open University's Computing and IT courses. [Ada Lovelace] Who was Ada Lovelace? I would have bought and sent a card if only Clintons carried them. Ada Lovelace Day has been set up to commemorate the important role of women in technology. It wouldn’t be surprising if you haven’t heard of Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, who must be considered the World’s...
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Article 15 mins
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...source result from artificial rather than natural sources cause hidden and irreversible damage pose particular danger to small children or pregnant women, or to future generations threaten a form of death or illness arousing particular dread damage identifiable rather than anonymous victims be poorly understood by science be subject to contradictory statements from...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Social science and participation
Society, Politics & Law

Social science and participation

...open or paying taxes to subsidise public transport systems...Social science and participation: Differences in participation - Social scientific research on participation is often concerned with differential patterns of participation – with describing who does and who doesn’t participate, and why, and suggesting appropriate measures to enhance participation in general,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...opening new avenues for exploring human motivation, desire, and the hidden dimensions of psychological experience. Evidence of this movement can be found in both twentieth and twenty first century Irish Gothic fiction and is particularly highlighted in the work of Irish novelist and short story writer Elizabeth Bowen. [Photograph of Sigmund Freud]Photograph of Sigmund...
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Article 45 mins
Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution
History & The Arts

Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution

...Open University course A113 Revolutions63and is part of a set of four OpenLearn courses, covering Revolutions of the Sixties64. Transcript...Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution: Introduction - Are we always free to choose one course of action over another, regardless of the situation that we are facing? Many of us would answer ‘no’ to this question. Yet,...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs