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53 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Education & Development

53 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...Latin free course. We’ve tapped into the sofa psychologist trend and have a range of interactives to help you become the next Luther from Are you a Super Recogniser?, for those of you who think you can spot a criminal offender, to Detecting Deception (our most popular interactive on Facebook) where you’re asked to sniff out the liar. Transcript ABOUT THE TEAM Some of...
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Article 20 mins
DIY: Experiments with Natural Dyes
Science, Maths & Technology

DIY: Experiments with Natural Dyes

...Latin mordere meaning to bite). Mordants and modifiers Mordants are usually more effective if applied to the fibres before dyeing, but post-mordanting (applying the mordant after dyeing) can also produce good results. For the same fabric and dye, different mordants will often produce different shades, and in some cases startlingly different colours. The colour of dyed...
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Article 15 mins
History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee

...Latin, and in Barrett Browning’s case, Hebrew as well. A letter from Elizabeth Barrett to her then fiancée Robert Browning in January 1846 also suggests the ways in which her father tried (and failed) to control her teenage reading (and raiding) of his library for radical literature: ‘Papa used to say “Don’t read Gibbon’s history – it’s not a proper book...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Art and the Mexican Revolution
History & The Arts

Art and the Mexican Revolution

...Latin America in his vision of pan-Americanism...Art and the Mexican Revolution: 6 Rivera in Gringolandia - As you have already seen, Rivera’s artistic status in the early 1930s was unparalleled in Mexico, and rivalled only by Pablo Picasso and Matisse in Europe. This was apparent in the fact that he was fêted by leading figures within the corporate class of the United...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Social psychology and politics
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social psychology and politics

...Latin America and aimed to empower oppressed and marginalised communities. MARK BURTON Liberation psychology developed in Latin America really in a number of centres but it's particularly associated with the work of Ignacio Martin-Baro, who was both a social psychologist and a Jesuit priest, one of the six Jesuits who was assassinated in 1989 by the El Salvadorian army....
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Judicial decision making
Society, Politics & Law

Judicial decision making

...Latin names. Edward Marshall Hall, perhaps one of the most famous barristers ever, was once asked by a judge: ‘Surely Mr Marshall Hall, your client is familiar with the concept of res ipsa loquitur?’ ‘Of course’, said Mr Marshall Hall, ‘where my client comes from, they speak of little else’. We’re going to explore what happens when the law is uncertain....
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change
Education & Development

Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change

...Latin ‘universitas’ meaning ‘the whole’ – must foster inclusive environments where diverse perspectives are valued, and all academics receive equal support regardless of gender, background or identity. Despite institutional efforts to address inequity as populations have become increasingly diverse over the years (GOV.UK, 2022), systemic biases persist, often...
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Article 5 mins
Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...Latin in Rome around the end of the first century BCE, which has proved to be a treasure house of Greek and Roman myths throughout the centuries. Metamorphoses continues to function as a ‘myth-kitty’ – a notion coined and dismissed by the poet Philip Larkin (1982, p. 69) – but Ovid was not producing this magnum opus to be a mere catalogue for future cultures....
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs