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John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
History & The Arts

John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi

...works. The title page of this edition (shown in Figure 1) tells us that the play ‘was presented privatly, at the Blackfriers and publicly at the Globe’; that is, the play opened at the Blackfriars, the company’s indoor theatre, and then played at the open-air Globe. The title page also informs potential readers that the text of the play is the ‘perfect and exact...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...work within Ford’s factories was structured and carried out. In came the production line, with workers carrying out the same tasks, at a set speed, over and over for the duration of their shift. [Described image] Figure 2 Ford production line from 1928. The benefits (and costs) arising from Ford’s process innovation, obviously had a significant and lasting impact on...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Studying mammals: Return to the water
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Return to the water

...work through the course. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Environment & Development...Studying mammals: Return to the water: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: contrast the physical properties of air and water and describe implications of such differences for aquatic mammals give examples of the adaptations...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Surfaces
Science, Maths & Technology

Surfaces

...worked problem we present an object that looks as though it might be a surface, but fails to be so because it has a point with no such neighbourhood. Worked problem 1 [Figure 9] Figure 9 Explain why the double cone, open at both ends, is not a surface. Solution Although most points on the double cone have disc-like or half-disc-like neighbourhoods, the point z in the...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Water for life
Nature & Environment

Water for life

...work together, starting with a chemical compound we are all very familiar with water...Atoms, elements and molecules are the building blocks of everything that makes up our world, including ourselves. In this free course, Water for life, you will learn the basic chemistry of how these components work together, starting with a chemical compound we are all very familiar...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
What is politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is politics?

...work or take public transport might be influenced by a whole host of political decisions, including: the cost of fuel (often influenced by the political situation in oil-producing regions such as the Persian Gulf) the amount of tax the government imposes on fuel (making driving more or less affordable) the amount of public money invested in public transport, making it...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?
Society, Politics & Law

What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?

...work in raising awareness of joint enterprise and engaging the media has ensured that the issue is now on the political agenda. “When I first met JENGBA nobody had heard of them and I don’t think that they could possibly have hoped to get the amount of exposure that they got. I don’t think they could have hoped for the Justice Select Committee to take the issue on,...
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Article 10 mins
EU Referendum - Sovereignty
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Sovereignty

...work better with individual countries. Others say the EU is being too weak when it comes to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which critics attack for potentially forcing the privatisation of public goods and services which member governments want to keep public, and for the secrecy surrounding its negotiation. It has been largely powerless to...
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Article 5 mins