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Exploring the classical world
History & The Arts

Exploring the classical world

...introduction to this album. Interpreting Homer Reading' classical texts and the differing philosophies of translation, with a dramatised example from the Lattimore translation of Homer's Odyssey. Homer's people Metaphor, imagery, characterisation and the portrayal of strong emotion in Homer's Odyssey, with dramatised excerpts from book iv. Homer's world The power of the...
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Audio 2 hrs 54 mins
Shakespeare: A critical analysis
History & The Arts

Shakespeare: A critical analysis

...audience experience Audience interaction and expectation of Shakespeare's plays. Evaluating Shakespeare's work Concluding opinions assessing Shakespeare and his reputation. Shakespeare: Original pronunciation An introduction by David and Ben Crystal to the 'Original Pronunciation' production of Shakespeare and what they reveal about the history of the English language....
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Audio 56 mins
Environment: LA River
Nature & Environment

Environment: LA River

...introduction to this album. Who Killed the LA River? The worst floods in the history of Los Angeles. How the river was contained and its flood plain became part of the city. Rediscovering the LA River The forgotten part of Los Angeles. A journey through the unused public land that lines the river today. LA: Chinatown Yard Claiming the last vast space in Los Angeles....
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Audio 30 mins
Structural Integrity: Silver Bridge
Science, Maths & Technology

Structural Integrity: Silver Bridge

...introduction to this album. The Silver Bridge Disaster How the Silver Bridge and the Hi-Carpenter Bridge differed from other suspension bridges in one crucial aspect. The Three Sisters Bridges Why it's safer to incorporate more eyebars than are actually needed, to bear the weight of the bridge. A New Wonder Material - or Not? How the use of a new high-strength steel led...
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Audio 25 mins
Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing
Money & Business

Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing

...manage your OpenLearn statement of participation online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print them. Now watch the video where Bernie Hickman from Legal & General, introduces the course and explains the ways it can help you. Transcript...Session 1: wealth: where you’re at right now: 1 Introducing your wealth check-up - Welcome to the wealth check-up...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Take the next step with an Open University short course
Education & Development

Take the next step with an Open University short course

...management and computing to creative arts and languages. Created by our leading OU academics, and with many courses endorsed by leading industry partners, you can be confident in getting world-class learning and practical skills that you can immediately apply in the real world. Julia Pennacchia, who studied a short course with the OU, said: From the very start of the...
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Article 5 mins
Has London always attracted young Europeans to do its low-paid work?
History & The Arts

Has London always attracted young Europeans to do its low-paid work?

...manager told me this yesterday. These "clodhoppers", he says, are natural waiters. After a very few weeks experience they are perfectly capable of acting as assistants to older waiters and even, in a rush, of attending upon casual customers themselves. Their only fault is they are clumsy. They smash a lot of crockery, but then, as they hardly get any wages, and work for...
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Article 5 mins
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...Introduction - During this week you will be introduced to the idea of leadership as embodied in the figure of the individual leader. This is the dominant approach to leadership in academic studies, despite the fact that such research is fraught with conceptual weaknesses. Traditional trait views of leadership are also problematic in the sense that they tend to promote a...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs