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Classical studies: it's more than the words
History & The Arts

Classical studies: it's more than the words

...OU A219 Course team. Bookmark this article and come back to review the questions, once you have spent some time looking at the other resources and exploring the map. [Fragment from Herodotus' Histories, Book VIII on Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 2099, dated to early 2nd century AD] Fragment from Herodotus' 'The Histories', Bk 8 on papyrus, early 2nd century AD How to read...
Past and present: A 50-year celebration of British Sportswomen
Health, Sports & Psychology

Past and present: A 50-year celebration of British Sportswomen

...become World champion in 1993 and set a new World record (which remains the British 400m hurdle record to this day). Since Gunnell “no other woman has held Commonwealth, European, World and Olympic track titles concurrently”. But what other British sportswomen achieved success before and after her? If we turn the clock back 50 years to 1969, at the forefront of...
Understanding research with children and young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding research with children and young people

...OU website entitled ‘Our Voices’ to accompany and complement this course. You will find occasional references to this website as you go along, and in the final Session you are offered links to specific areas on the website that may be helpful as you start planning your project. The course covers why it is important to include children and young people in research...
Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...students to recite the days of the week and the months of the year in reverse order while listening to themselves through headphones. First they heard themselves with no delay. They then repeated the exercise with delayed feedback of 150, 200 and 250 milliseconds. Even a slight delay subverts speech, forcing listeners to slow down, stutter, slur and even come to a halt....
Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics

...students in this school, have they performed as you would expect? A good analysis can look beyond absolute terms. It can show where schools have performed well in absolute terms, but also not well given their cohort of students and the converse can also be found. Once you have this information you can begin to ask what is this school doing right that can be replicated? It...
How does a Bill move through Parliament?
Society, Politics & Law

How does a Bill move through Parliament?

...become a law? In order to become an Act of Parliament a Bill will have to be passed by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Do all Bills start in the House of Commons? A Bill may start in either the House of Commons or the House of Lords, with the exception of Finance Bills which always start in the House of Commons. A Finance Bill is introduced by the...
Race and place
History & The Arts

Race and place

...OU honorary graduate Jackie Kay. Jackie was born in Glasgow in 1961. Her mother was a white Scottish woman and her father was a black Nigerian student. She has written extensively about the subject of identity in the context of her own experience – for example, of being an adopted child, brought up in Glasgow. So you think I'm a mule? ‘Where do you come from?’...
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Understanding Classical terms
History & The Arts

Understanding Classical terms

...OU 219 Course Team...Who, where and when: getting to know Classical terms This first introductory article provides a brief overview to help people who may not be familiar with studying the Classical world feel more ‘at home’ with references to dates, names, places and terms. If you’re familiar with these aspects, use the menu below to take a look at the intermediate...