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Art and the Mexican Revolution
History & The Arts

Art and the Mexican Revolution

...Open University course A344 Art and its global histories...Art and the Mexican Revolution: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: situate a key example of Mexican muralism within the post-revolutionary context in which it was made explore recent debates around the interpretation of Mexican muralism examine the concepts of ‘realism’ and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...Open University course E304 Exploring English Grammar. Brief definitions of words in bold can be found in the Glossary at the end of this course...Grammar matters: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand that grammar can be seen as a flexible and useful tool for meaning making understand how grammar and vocabulary choices together...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...Open University course T319 Environmental management 2...Organisations, environmental management and innovation: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the connections between innovation and environmental management orientated organisations explain ideas about innovation and how it shapes organisational approaches to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Hajj 2015: Balancing pilgrimage with consumerism
History & The Arts

Hajj 2015: Balancing pilgrimage with consumerism

...opening, in 1866, of a railway connecting Lourdes to Paris that made the once-remote town accessible to the general populace. The Shikoku pilgrimage, a 900-mile journey around Japan’s fourth island to 88 Buddhist temples, was initially an ascetic journey embarked on mainly by young men. By the late 1940s, it had almost died out, but it was revived and transformed in the...
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Article 5 mins
Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?

...the joker and it begs the question if we create heroes will we also create villains? Explore superheroes in more detail Want to find out more about contemporary sport? The Open University has produced a new module 'Exploring contemporary issues in sport and exercise' which has it's first presentation in October 2016. Visit our course page to find out more and sign up....
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Article 15 mins
The outgoing Prime Minister and his replacement: Gladstone makes way for Rosebery
History & The Arts

The outgoing Prime Minister and his replacement: Gladstone makes way for Rosebery

...open. The reorganised Ministry will then appear for the first time before their supporter. The prorogation speech by Her Majesty, which was signed with the ordinary prorogation papers at the Council on Saturday, and which will be read at tomorrow's meeting of the two Houses of Parliament, is not a message of great length or significance. It is the last official document...
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Article 10 mins
Does the US have a legal obligation to accept refugees?
Society, Politics & Law

Does the US have a legal obligation to accept refugees?

...open to people who already have refugee status (or would be likely to qualify), who are outside the US, but may wish the US to consider them for entry as a resettled refugee. The US had been due to take in 110,000 refugees under USRAP in 2017, but in the executive order Trump indicates he wants this number to be more than halved to an intake of 50,000 refugees. The...
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Article 5 mins
Is Obama's Iran legacy under threat?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Obama's Iran legacy under threat?

...open up to the possibility of a diplomatic resolution. After 20 months of negotiations, framework agreements, extensions and the most intensive diplomatic engagement between the US and Iran since the establishment of the Islamic Republic, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was agreed in July 2015. As has been highlighted before, when the deal was struck, the...
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Article 5 mins