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Looking globally: the future of education Badge icon
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...English Oxford Living Dictionaries, n.d.) Activity 3 What is sustainability? Timing: Allow approximately 30 minutes. Listen to the short audio extract of an episode of the OU BBC Radio 4 programme Shared Planet (2013) entitled ‘What is Sustainability?’. As you listen, consider the differing views of what sustainability is. PRESENTER: Now this week we are looking at...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...English were ‘fantasy’ – or ‘fancy’ or ‘phantasy’ – and ‘imagination’. In this initial period of English usage, there seems to have been no established distinction between the two terms. In his Leviathan of 1651, for example, Hobbes claimed that what ‘the Latins call imagination … the Greeks call … fancy’ (I, ii). By the end of the eighteenth...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Myths in law
Society, Politics & Law

Myths in law

...English. They don't need to claim asylum in England. They tend to or probably going to be from other third-world countries coming to the UK. And so those experiences and being able to speak to them about their experiences or understanding their experiences are incredibly important in understanding their case and then being able to put it forward before the court or the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
What happens to you when you read?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to you when you read?

...English Literature BA (Honours) English Literature and Creative Writing Making the decision to study can be a big step and The Open University has over 40 years of experience supporting its students through their chosen learning paths. You can find out more about studying with us by visiting our online prospectus...What happens to you when you read?: Acknowledgements -...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...English? You might be working with someone whose first language is not English. If you are working in Wales you will also be working with the active offer which will also be central to written texts. Adapting to the specific needs of individual people you are working with will also extend to considering how writing is clear for people who have Dyslexia. Considering...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...ENGLISH SINGING] LAURA HAMER: Hello, everybody. I'm Dr. Laura Hamer. I'm a senior lecturer in music here at The Open University, and one of the authors of The MA in Music. I'm joined today, in the studio, by my friend and colleague, the soprano Gabriella Di Laccio, who is also the founder and curator of the Donne, Women in Music Foundation. And we're going to be talking...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...English Dictionary sees things in a more complex light than the legal definition of crime. The OED defines crime as: An act punishable by law, as being forbidden by statute or injurious to the public welfare … An evil or injurious act; an offence, sin; esp. of a grave character. But this definition begs a whole host of questions. Ones that come immediately to mind are:...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Developing anti-racist coaching practice in sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing anti-racist coaching practice in sport

...English Premier League. This project identified best practice among football coaches working with young players from diverse ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds. The ARC model is also informed by anti-racist education and pedagogy research, drawing on key concepts and approaches that have been utilised to enhance teacher training and educator practice over many...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs