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Matt Ridley - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Matt Ridley - Stories of Change

...working for The Economist, and I was alarmed. I looked at the numbers people were saying, I looked at the increasing carbon dioxide levels, looked at the Jani equation for how much warming this was likely to produce, and reported it straight, as it were, as a very alarming prospect. I became a little more sceptical in the nineties when I began to look into the science a...
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Approaching plays
History & The Arts

Approaching plays

...work to create tension and conflict? Discussion I think it does. We are told that the girls are aged 16 and 12, but there is no clear sense of the older girl taking charge of the younger one. Questions are asked and not answered immediately, actions are proposed and are met by objections. The prevailing tone is set by Angie's first speech: ‘Wish she was dead’....
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Getting started with French 3
Languages

Getting started with French 3

...work in one go. You then get the opportunity to revise vocabulary and language structures, to review quickly what you did last time and above all to practise and consolidate. For example, by listening several times to the same recording, you will learn vocabulary and perfect your accent for the speaking activities. After completing this course, you will be able to: ask...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Judicial decision making
Society, Politics & Law

Judicial decision making

...working out from the evidence where the truth lies is generally known as fact-finding. There are some instances when the opposing parties are agreed on the facts, but these are quite rare. Generally, one side makes claims that the other side disagrees with, so the court has first to decide where it thinks the truth lies. A legal dispute often comes to court some time...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The psychology of cybercrime
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of cybercrime

...work purposes. But I think, yeah, constantly, it's the first thing you check when you get up to see what's been going on the night before or, so that sort of stuff. So I think, yeah definitely, I'm quite a heavy Facebook user, if you like. NOEL I look things up. I occasionally order things on the internet. I am on Facebook. I'm not on Twitter. When I was working with...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
An introduction to music theory
History & The Arts

An introduction to music theory

...Working through the course - If you are starting this course completely from scratch with no knowledge of music theory, tackle each section one by one, and spend as long as you need working on each. Be prepared to undertake a little study each day or alternate day – ‘a little often’ is a good guideline. This will prove much more beneficial than studying large chunks...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Developing a research question in International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Developing a research question in International Relations

...work often utilises more qualitative data, exploring how meanings are produced and shared through discourses and practices. [Photograph of a person writing on a notepad at their desk with an open laptop.] This OpenLearn course will guide through the different types of research questions in international relations (IR), and it will help you develop the skills necessary to...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
The First World War: trauma and memory
History & The Arts

The First World War: trauma and memory

...works of German artists, Otto Dix, and Käthe Kollwitz, who addressed grief and trauma in their works. Finally, you will explore how attitudes to trauma have developed over the twentieth century, and how psychological casualties have been treated in more recent conflicts, right up to the present day by exploring the connection between shell shock and our modern...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs