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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
Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...work of careless people. They occur naturally. The spark that regularly sets fire to these forests is lightning. In this part of the southern states, violent thunderstorms are common. And lightning often strikes the taller trees, scoring a deep groove down the length of the trunk as it flashes down to Earth. And this, at my feet, is the tinder which set it aflame. These...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 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
Researching Antarctic ice sheets
Nature & Environment

Researching Antarctic ice sheets

...work. I also recorded a video explaining our focus on Antarctica and the uncertainty surrounding the impact of global warming. Following the video is a slightly more in depth description of our recent research findings. Unstable ice sheets The idea that parts of the Antarctic ice sheet could become “unstable” goes back four decades. In the 1970s two US material...
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Video 10 mins
Fast Reactors and Thorium
Science, Maths & Technology

Fast Reactors and Thorium

...work has confirmed the importance of closing the nuclear fuel cycle in order for substantial benefits to be seen from a move to thorium. Nuttall et al. (2015) have concluded: ‘that thorium fuel offers little benefit over conventional uranium-fuelled approaches for open-cycle nuclear energy production limited to the Low-Enriched Uranium standard of 20% 235U. We suggest...
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Article 10 mins
‘Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves’: From fishing patriotism to pragmatism
Nature & Environment

‘Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves’: From fishing patriotism to pragmatism

...work The UK would be reckless to unilaterally replace the Common Fisheries Policy with domestic law and dictate terms of access to EU vessels of EU Member States. Instead, agreeing a bilateral agreement with the EU is the best way forward. Research for the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries (PECH) suggests a preferential regime with EU Member States which...
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Article 5 mins
Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care
Nature & Environment

Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care

...working out the carbon saving potential of anything (not just new windows)! References Asdrubali, F., Ballarini, I., Corrado, V., Evangelisti, L., Grazieschi, G. and Guattari, C. (2019) ‘Energy and environmental payback times for an NZEB retrofit’, Building and Environment, vol. 147, pp. 461–472 [Online]. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.10.047. Berg, F. and Fuglseth,...
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Article 10 mins
52 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

52 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...Work, or watch a minute-long video on 60 Second Adventures in Microgravity (see the animation below). Operating as a four nation university, OpenLearn has free resources representing all of our nations including an interactive on Welsh language and culture and a free course, Discovering Wales and Welsh: First Steps; a timeline on the history of Ireland taken from our...
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Article 5 mins