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How to use a musical score
History & The Arts

How to use a musical score

...writing down how sounds relate to the time they occupy was a major breakthrough in the history of Western music notation. Professor Susan Rankin talks to Open University Professor David Rowland about how difficult it was to convey both pitch and rhythm in a way that was relatively easy to learn and easy for musicians to use. Pianist Alexander Panfilov performs Mozart's...
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Video 51 mins
True stories of the 1975 EEC Referendum
Society, Politics & Law

True stories of the 1975 EEC Referendum

...Writing for British Influence, Robert Saunders says that the use of celebs was in a bid to offset the sense that the In campaign was pretty fusty: To its critics, 'Britain in Europe' reeked of privilege. It held press conferences in the Waldorf Astoria, was run by a career diplomat - Sir Con O'Neill - and was almost embarrassingly well-financed. Opponents argued that...
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Video 2 hrs
The String Quartet
History & The Arts

The String Quartet

...write about the leak in the larder, and left my glove in the train; if the ties of blood require me, leaning forward, to accept cordially the hand which is perhaps offered hesitatingly— "Seven years since we met!" "The last time in Venice." "And where are you living now?" "Well, the late afternoon suits me the best, though, if it weren't asking too much——" "But I...
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Article 5 mins
An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945

...write prolifically. In addition to huge domestic sales, the Maigret series was widely translated throughout Europe. Agatha Christie continued producing novels featuring her two iconic detectives, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, and her nostalgic portrayal of an imagined lost past resonated both with a wide British middle-class readership and, simultaneously, in...
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Opening up history: anti-nuclear activism during the Cold War
History & The Arts

Opening up history: anti-nuclear activism during the Cold War

...writing a monograph on anti-nuclear activism in Canada in the 1980s, showing how this fits into the broader transatlantic and global contexts. 5. Why did you decide to pursue this project? This project came about because of my students. Before joining the OU, I was teaching the history of the Cold War at LSE, and I had a couple of very bright Canadian MA students who kept...
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Article 5 mins
Language in professional life
Languages

Language in professional life

...write down the names in the box below and what your interaction with them was. Do they have anything in common? Discussion Here is an example list: My list includes Google (general internet searches), Chat GPT (while talking to a student whose research draws on Gen AI), Hewlett Packard (my work laptop), The Open University (my employer), Aldi (they made the soup I had for...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Collaborative problem solving for community safety
Money & Business

Collaborative problem solving for community safety

...write down a list of stakeholders involved – people who can affect it or are affected by it. In your mind, try to step into each stakeholder’s shoes so that you get some feel for how that party sees your issue. Write a sentence or two about the problem from the point of view of each of these stakeholders. Perhaps make a few notes about some of the more marked...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept

...writing. The pleasure of inner work: e.g., using reading to learn about oneself, to imagine oneself in different situations and consider options. However, this study of the young people’s perceptions, indicates that only their intellectual pleasure was directly fostered in school. Wilhelm (2016) urges educators to recognize the central role of pleasure and its linked...
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Article 5 mins