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Could a progressive alliance remake UK politics?
Society, Politics & Law

Could a progressive alliance remake UK politics?

...central premise of this stuff, that these issues are vote losers, and then try to sell them in an election, then yes, you are doomed from the outset. However, if your starting point is that the positions above are fine positions for a mature, 21st century democracy, then there is so much more to sell to the electorate in each of them – so much to sell in membership of...
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What Human Rights Day means to me
Society, Politics & Law

What Human Rights Day means to me

...central to the work of The Open University’s Year of Mygration, launched in January this year. The beginning of human rights Seventy years ago, the United Nations launched its first human rights protocol, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 (General Assembly...
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Finding women in Greek literature
History & The Arts

Finding women in Greek literature

...central feature of Jason’s union with the King of Corinth’s daughter in Medea, for example. The idea of appropriate marriage is also explored in Book 6 of Homer’s Odyssey. Here, the fact that Nausicaa is ready for marriage is symbolised by her wandering from the house to wash the clothes with her fellow maidens. On meeting Odysseus at the beach, however, she is so...
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What is Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...central core of the European area), Europe as an idea, a sphere of governance, and a model for development, continues to be driven by contradictions and contrasting expectations. Two kinds of issues arise: the precise nature of the new forms of European organisation and governance that are being proposed, and how those already established actually function at the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The many guises of the emperor Augustus
History & The Arts

The many guises of the emperor Augustus

...central importance of dress in Augustus’ imagery. To illustrate this, the course will also look at Abdullah II, who became king of Jordan in 1999, who applies a similar principle to his portraiture...This free course focuses on Rome’s first emperor, Augustus, who lived from 63 BCE to 14 CE. The rule of Augustus marked a significant political change in Rome, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Exploring ancient Greek religion
History & The Arts

Exploring ancient Greek religion

...central book or text guiding the ancient Greeks how to go about their daily worship. This absence means that there is no direct ancient source which outlines what the ancient Greeks believed in. As you will learn in this course, though, there are other pieces of ancient evidence which shine light on this complex matter. [A photograph of the temple of the goddess Aphaia,...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Crime fiction in French: le polar français
Languages

Crime fiction in French: le polar français

...humaine de Balzac, est basé sur Vidocq, ancien criminel devenu chef de police au début du XIXe siècle. Et Les Misérables de Victor Hugo (1862) est l’histoire d’un malfaiteur repenti et transformé. Le roman de détection fait ses débuts Moitié roman d’aventures, moitié roman à sensation, les livres d’Émile Gaboriau sont les premiers romans centrés sur la...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Why there's still faith in the Spanish education system
Education & Development

Why there's still faith in the Spanish education system

...central position in the lives of many Spaniards. The latest new Law on Education, known as LOMCE, requires that students must obtain new editions of many school texts although there are few changes in the material, year on year. Publishers have jumped on the bandwagon by withdrawing earlier editions of a number of texts. On at least one course the subject matter has been...
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