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Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’
History & The Arts

Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’

...history writing...Accounts of Caravaggio's life are filled with suggestions of murder and intrigue. But does knowing more about this dark artist's experiences help us to interpret his art? Or does understanding his motivations cloud their true meaning? This free course, Helen Langdon's 'Caravaggio', explores the biographical monograph, one of the most common forms of art...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Scotland and The Battle for Britain: Key places
Society, Politics & Law

Scotland and The Battle for Britain: Key places

...large cities to uninhabited islands. Below we map some of the locations from the programme and from our timeline of key moments in Scottish political history. Select a map marker to reveal the name and some information. If you'd like to explore in more detail, you can open the map in a new tab. Place information taken from Wikipedia under a Creative Commons licence....
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Activity 10 mins
Happy Saint Andrew's Day
Society, Politics & Law

Happy Saint Andrew's Day

...when we celebrate the patron saint of Scotland, so why not learn more about Scotland's riveting political and natural landscapes with our broad range of learning resources? Take a look at the FREE courses, articles and interactives below. You can even visit OpenLearn Scotland, our decidated hub on Scotland's scoiety, culture and history... Find out more about St Andrew...
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Article 30 mins
PodMag October 2016
Society, Politics & Law

PodMag October 2016

...2 History module on the birth of modern Britain, Helen Kaye talks about the new 3rd level Psychology module where students can undertake their own research, and Catriona Havard tells us about the exciting 3rd level interdisciplinary counselling and forensic psychology module first being presented in October 2017. Select here for a copy of the transcript of this audio...
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Audio 20 mins
Dr Anthony Gunter on representing modern Britain, the silent majority and change
Education & Development

Dr Anthony Gunter on representing modern Britain, the silent majority and change

...video Anthony reflects on a Black History Month event, which was well attended, noting that the majority of colleagues were not present – the silent majority. Transcript Time for Change: In this video Anthony outlines how he felt when he came back to work at the OU, after working elsewhere for many years and makes suggestions for changes that could be made. Transcript...
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Video 10 mins
Being a boy
Health, Sports & Psychology

Being a boy

...contemporary boyhood, drawing on research conducted at The Open University and elsewhere...[The family are dining together at a table] Click on the image above, to start your interactive experience... Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....
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Activity 10 mins
A 19th century autopsy unmasks a poisoner
History & The Arts

A 19th century autopsy unmasks a poisoner

...family into his house, and take care of his children. Shortly after, Mr Perry was taken very ill with the cholera morbus, as stated by Watkins, by whom his life was despaired of, and Dr Chauncey L Sheldon, of Warsaw, was sent for, who attended him through the day, and till nine o'clock at night, and left him apparently much better. Watkins attended him the remainder of...
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Article 5 mins
Rastafari in Israel
History & The Arts

Rastafari in Israel

...family living in Ashdod. [Home with Rastafari symbols] Upon my arrival, I was surprised to see that their house was completely covered with Rastafari symbols and colours (see picture above). My senses were also submerged in the sounds of Reggae and Dub music playing in the background 24 hours a day. It is important to note that Rastafarianism appeared in Israel through...
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Article 10 mins