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Hero and villain: Robert Clive of the East India Company
History & The Arts

Hero and villain: Robert Clive of the East India Company

...Open University's BA (Honours) History and Politics qualification. In 2020, there were petitions to remove Clive of India’s statue from outside the Foreign Office in London. Leading historians view Robert Clive as unworthy of celebration since his reputation falls far short of the values demanded of public office and because his administrative failures led to the...
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Advanced German: Language, culture and history
Languages

Advanced German: Language, culture and history

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Landschaft, Region und Heimat: Introduction - This unit is aimed at advanced learners of German, and is therefore taught in German. We do, however, offer other German units on OpenLearn: Beginners’ German - Food and and drink, Städte und Menschen and Lebenszyklen....
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...available under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Licence. Extracts are taken from AA302 © 2006 The Open University. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America

...Open University course L226 Spanish Studies 2: language and culture of the Spanish-speaking world...Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the language of rights and obligations express opinions and concerns distinguish between some of the uses of the indicative and subjunctive...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Cefnogi datblygiad plant
Education & Development

Cefnogi datblygiad plant

...Educational Supplement) ar-lein ynghylch y 'bwlch darllen' mewn ysgolion cynradd ac yna atebwch y cwestiynau sy'n dilyn. Ymgyrch i ddod â'r bwlch darllen 'gwarthus' mewn ysgolion cynradd i ben Ffigur 2 Plentyn yn darllen llyfr Bydd tua 1.5 miliwn o blant yn y DU yn gadael yr ysgol gynradd yn cael trafferth darllen erbyn 2025 oni chymerir camau gweithredu brys, yn ôl...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Cyflwyniad i greu newid gwleidyddol a chymdeithasol
Society, Politics & Law

Cyflwyniad i greu newid gwleidyddol a chymdeithasol

...Education for action: Preparing youth for participatory democracy’, in R. Hayduk, & K. Mattson (Eds.), Democracy’s moment: Reforming the American political system for the 21st Century. Efrog Newydd, NY: Rowman a Littlefield Publishers: tt. 91–107. Westheimer, J., & Kahne, J. (2004) ‘What kind of citizen?: the politics of educating for democracy’, American...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster
Nature & Environment

The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster

...open part there was an oval freshwater pond (12' X 8' X 20" deep) fed by tapwater. Artificial cliffs were constructed of blocks, covered in soft-board and polythene sheeting to reduce leg and wing abrasion. Diet Initially the birds were fed sliced coley fish but after two weeks they were given thawed deep-frozen sprats, in a 3.5% weight to volume solution of sea-salt....
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What is a virus?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a virus?

...opens and releases its RNA genome, which is then used as a template to make more viral RNA and proteins. It has been found that cells involved in both the innate and adaptive immune systems can become rapidly depleted following SARS-CoV-2 infection, thereby severely compromising antiviral immunity. [Diagram of coronavirus structure] Figure 2. Diagram of coronavirus...
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