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Robert Burns: a man of his times for today
History & The Arts

Robert Burns: a man of his times for today

...everyday lives and raised the self-esteem of ordinary Scots at a time in Scotland’s history when this was at a low ebb. Burns was also not afraid to challenge rank, title and wealth, sometimes to the displeasure of his editors. For example, terrified by the prospect of revolution that might be inspired by songs such as ‘A Man’s a Man’, a hymn to democracy and for...
Introduction to number theory
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to number theory

...everyday life, in particular to applications, such as the prevention of errors in ID numbers and in cryptography. You should now be able to: find quotients and remainders from integer division apply Euclid’s algorithm and backwards substitution understand the definitions of congruences, residue classes and least residues add and subtract integers, modulo n, multiply...
Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list

...English speaking world. Once again the spirit of French critique ­– this time a darker, more troubled one – found itself connecting with a national, and global, audience. Read: Reading French literature in a time of terror Across the border in Germany, three violent events in seven days shook the country, especially in a week which also featured the unconnected...
Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America
OpenLearn Ireland

Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America

...English speaking. The development of a network of national primary schools across Ireland in the mid-19th century ensured that Irish immigrants had basic literacy skills in English to meet the demands of a modernizing American economy. By 1900 most emigrants who embarked from Queenstown, then the busiest emigration port in Ireland, could read and write (Meaney, O’Dowd...
Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi
Education & Development

Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi

...Englishes, rip slyme, and performativity. Journal of Sociolinguistics 7(4): 513-533. Pennycook, Alastair (2007a) Global Englishes and Transcultural Flows. London: Routledge. Pennycook, Alastair (2007b) Language, localization, and the real: Hip-hop and the global spread of authenticity. Journal of Language, Identity and Education 6(2): 101-115. Pennycook, Alastair and Tony...
Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing

...everyday language. However, research shows that wellbeing can mean different things to different people. For example, when we asked Open University students to sum up what wellbeing meant to them, some used words such as ‘contentment’, ‘calmness’ and ‘happiness’ that indicated they thought wellbeing was focused on aspects of mental health. However, other...
Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour
History & The Arts

Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour

...English Literature, Creative Writing and Classical Studies today...In the eighteenth century and into the early part of the nineteenth, considerable numbers of aristocratic men (and occasionally women) travelled across Europe in pursuit of education, social advancement and entertainment, on what was known as the Grand Tour. A central objective was to gain exposure to the...
Getting started with German 3
Languages

Getting started with German 3

...English and German. Vokabular die Farbe … colour rosa… pink gelb… yellow grün… green orange… orange schwarz… black rot… red grau… grey blau… blue Saying what you like Mir gefällt… and ich mag... are two ways of saying I like… Mir gefällt … am besten and Ich mag am liebsten... are two ways of saying I like best. To say what your favourite is, you...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs