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Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin
History & The Arts

Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin

...writing literature (which is not true of every language). This pushed them in novel and interesting directions, allowing them to express new ideas with freshly minted words or with existing words endowed with new meanings. We catch sight of this process in the development of Latin as a philosophical language. The responsibility for this lies primarily with Cicero, who has...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Developing a research question in International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Developing a research question in International Relations

...writing a good one is not easy. A well-designed question enables you to clearly define and communicate a focused area of research in a way that is manageable within the scope of a research project. Through this course, you will learn how to recognise and produce a good research question...This free course, taken from the MA in International Relations (Part 2), explores...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Exploring innovative assessment methods
Education & Development

Exploring innovative assessment methods

...write an essay at A-level is acquiring an important skill. Whilst essay writing may not be required for employment it will more than likely be required for assessments at university, should they move onto a university course. Further, the ability to communicate ideas and thoughts in writing is an important skill in employment, such as writing an email...Week 1: What is...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Beginners’ German: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ German: food and drink

...writing and speaking skills. The content focuses on food, restaurants and eating habits. The course also gives examples of how grammar, vocabulary, cultural aspects and study skills are taught by the OU in the Beginners' German module...This free course, Beginners' German: food and drink, provides materials that support the development of listening, reading, writing and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Professor Andrew Watson - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Professor Andrew Watson - Stories of Change

...writing reports back in 1991. It remains around 3 degrees centigrade for a doubling of carbon dioxide. That’s the best estimate but with a wide range. It could be conceivably as low as 1.5 degrees, it could be as high as, well in the fourth report they were quoting up to nearly 6 degrees centigrade, so somewhere in those levels. Now it’s quite interesting that the...
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Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?
Languages

Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?

...write a sentence of grammar and hardly could spell his own name”. To which Jackson pithily remarked that “it is a damn poor mind indeed which can’t think of at least two ways to spell any word”. Trump has, of course, received a barrage of derision for his assorted mistakes – as another tweeter remarked, “how does a man who wants to limit immigration to only...
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The World Cup has already been won... by Karpatalja
Society, Politics & Law

The World Cup has already been won... by Karpatalja

...writing on the CONIFA tournament is in press, but a documentary I made The other World Cup: Football Across Borders was released last year and shown at the inaugural Football Collective conference. The film culminates in the 2016 World Football Cup, hosted and won by Abkhazia, a self-declared independent territory, considered by the UN to be a part of Georgia. It examines...
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Oil majors told to adapt or die
Nature & Environment

Oil majors told to adapt or die

...writes: “These efforts were relatively short-lived, and many IOCs have subsequently pulled out of such ventures.” Limiting emissions There are doubts over whether the oil companies have the necessary technical and managerial skills to operate successfully in what is rapidly becoming a decentralised energy system. The IOCs also find themselves burdened with “stranded...
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