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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
Budget 2017: Instant reactions
Money & Business

Budget 2017: Instant reactions

...open to talent from all countries. The rhetoric was strong and the jokes were feeble. What was required – and what was lacking – was a long-term plan on how to deal with the challenges ahead. Simon Wren-Lewis, Professor of Economic Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University What any macroeconomist should ask of this budget is: has the chancellor...
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Article 5 mins
Is science fiction a field in its own right?
History & The Arts

Is science fiction a field in its own right?

...opens in a manner that seems to reinforce this generalization by vehemently denying it. The main themes of his introduction are “Science fiction’s crises of legitimation, and how science fiction (and its criticism) remains a contested field” (Baker vii). However, in that same year, a more confident approach emerged in The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction. No...
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Article 10 mins
The Life of Saint Andrew
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint Andrew

...opens her affections to God, and receives the rays of his divine light in heavenly contemplation. The joy and comfort which St. Andrew felt in that conversation are not to be expressed by words. By it he clearly learned that Jesus was the Messias and the Redeemer of the world, and resolved from that moment to follow him: he was the first of his disciples, and therefore is...
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Article 5 mins
Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?

...open-ended survey with athletes, coaches and academics revealed insights which support many of the positive claims associated with AI but also raised questions about safety, ethical practices and the importance of human relationships in coaching. What can AI do? Despite 66 per cent of the research participants expressing reservations about using AI, many of them talked...
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The Seasons in Art
History & The Arts

The Seasons in Art

...Open University, and I’m ending my little series of films about the seasons in art by considering spring. And the only possible place to start is with Sandro Botticelli’s Primavera, painted in Florence around 1480, surely the most famous picture of spring in western art. Although there’s been a huge amount of debate about exactly what exactly it depicts, It clearly...
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Video 15 mins
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