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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
Social care in the community
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social care in the community

...inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. 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 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Introduction to polymers
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to polymers

...Open University was recorded in 1983/4 at Flymo-Electrolux Ltd., Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham, and includes an interview with Peter Ginger, Plastics Division Manager of Electrolux. The video shows the range of polymer processes used by a major manufacturer of consumer goods, and it indicates the way in which advanced technology can be applied both to primary shaping...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
How to compare income across countries
Science, Maths & Technology

How to compare income across countries

...resources. Data are in current international dollars based on the 2011 ICP round. One thing you might notice about the web address for this dataset http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD/ - is that it contains an identifier for the dataset: NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Many statistics publishers associate a unique identifier with each data publication so that they...
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Video 45 mins
Matt Ridley - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Matt Ridley - Stories of Change

...Open University Transcript Stories of Change Project Matt Ridley Interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin, interviewer MR: = Matt Ridley, journalist, participant RH: Matt Ridley, thank you very much for agreeing to be interviewed for a combination of the Open University and BBC. It’s a great pleasure to talk to you. We’re asking everybody, for the first question, when their...
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Never trust a pirate: Christiaan Huygens’s Longitude Clocks
History & The Arts

Never trust a pirate: Christiaan Huygens’s Longitude Clocks

...open seas. There is indeed a full sequence of entries relating to Holmes and his fellow captains getting lost and running short of water, which does, uniquely in the entire journal, mention ‘pendula’ (this fair copy of the journal was prepared for James, Duke of York, the future James II). It was with great reluctance that Holmes’s companions agreed to turn...
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Article 10 mins
Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity

...evolution of diversity: the Cape flora. Trends in Plant Science, 10, 537–542. MacArthur, R.H. and Wilson, E.O. 1967. The Theory of Island Biogeography. Princeton University Press, 203 pp. Mander L., Dekker S.C., Li M., Mio W., Punyasena S.W. & Lenton T.M. 2017. A morphometric analysis of vegetation patterns in dryland ecosystems. Royal Society Open Science, 4, 160443....
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Article 20 mins
Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts

...Actividad 20: Hulton Getty Actividad 21: Ernesto Moneavaro by Jim Kavanagh Adapted from Massimo Borchi/ Atlantique 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 12 hrs