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Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology
History & The Arts

Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology

...G.E. (eds) Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography, Berkeley: University of California Press. Tremlett, P.-F. (2020) Towards a New Theory of Religion and Social Change: Sovereignties and Disruptions, Bloomsbury: London. Williams, F. E. (1977) ‘The Vailala Madness’ and Other Essays. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii. More related free resources...
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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
Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...write that down? Yeah. I started off as a general TA in the mornings. And then after various courses, I've done the TA introduction course. I've done the NVQ level two, NVQ level 3, the maths literacy courses, and then on to HLTA. I also just recently finished my course on PSHE and got a certificate from the university for that. And I enjoy my job very much. I think the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Learning, thinking and doing
Science, Maths & Technology

Learning, thinking and doing

...writing or preparing for assignments. If you believe that you need to learn, or brush up on, these types of skills then you are strongly advised to get a copy of The Sciences Good Study Guide by Northedge, Thomas, Lane and Peasgood, 1997, Open University. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Engineering...Learning, thinking and doing: Learning...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 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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