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Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...attention, even if some crop up in unexpected places and only feature by brief allusion. Sampling Ovid in this OpenLearn course will involve the exciting activity of probing deeper into his influence on both the matter and the method of myth-telling in the literary and visual arts for centuries after his death. This ‘taster’ of a myth from Ovid’s Metamorphoses will...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Human resources: recruitment and selection
Money & Business

Human resources: recruitment and selection

...attention to their recruitment materials, to provide realistic job descriptions and to be aware of how candidates are treated. Recruitment processes vary between sectors and between organisations. They are also constantly changing ( Box 4 ). Box 4: Internet recruitment There has been a significant increase in the use of the Internet for recruitment purposes. One way of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Difference and challenge in teams
Money & Business

Difference and challenge in teams

...attention to a related ‘revolution’ within teams. In his book Leading and Coaching Teams to Success, Phil Hayes (2011, p. 84) offers an insightful guide to how teams might shift from a context of ‘adversarial debate’ to one of more ‘constructive dialogue’. We’ll now consider one of his suggestions for making this transition. Activity 3 Timing: (1 hour) Find...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Beginners’ French: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ French: food and drink

...attention to the questions and the prompts in the three dialogues. Play the role of the customer. Speak in the pauses following the prompts. To check your answers, look at the transcript. Dialogue 1 À la Brioche Dorée (Ask how much it is, please.) Le client Ça fait combien, s’il vous plaît ? La vendeuse Ça fait quatre euros cinquante, s’il vous plaît. (Repeat...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Writing what you know
History & The Arts

Writing what you know

...attention to detail and a highly realistic range of characters and events. I met up with Andrew at the BBC studios in Norwich where we talked about his novels Pig, Common Ground and Crustaceans. I was intrigued about the evolution of his stories, how he plans or structures time and how he achieves his particular brand of realism. An inroduction to Andrew Cowan Click below...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...attention to the context more than to the plan, at least initially. What if the context that you're planning to inhabit with your initiative fails to show up? What if you're planning to do something for a long war in Ukraine and suddenly peace breaks out? So, what we do is we look at the assumptions about the context that a certain plan or initiative has and then...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...attention, even though it is known to be important. That is a crucial absence, for the recognition of visual traditions – both in terms of history and current activity – is fundamental to the international perception and everyday wellbeing of any culture. Divorcing a culture from the significance of its visual art traditions can be used to imply cultural inadequacy17....
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...attention is also paid to the suitability of the surrounding environment, particularly the geology in terms of stability and rock composition, and the way water can move through it. Several processes combine to cycle water globally, and these in Figure 20. [Described image] Figure 20 The global water cycle: showing the distribution of the world’s water. ‘Lakes’...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs