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Courses - July/August 2025
Aug. 4th, 2025 04:36 pmFutureLearn
Imagining York (University of York)
Taking various time periods in York's history and looking at them from a sociological viewpoint. The details of the time were interesting, but while I accept that people's behaviour was affected by society etc, I think some of the suggestions were reading back more modern ideas. And using a wealthy woman in a particular social stratum as an example really isn't representative of the majority of the population.
Italian for Beginners - Part 5 (Open University)
Some things are making more sense and I'm working things out reasonably well, even though it's all very basic, so I'm pleased with my progress.
Myths of the Mongol Empire (Nat Tsing Hua University)
This was a very interesting introduction to the Mongol Empire and in particular its beginnings with Chinggis Khan. Although I had taken a previous course looking at the past nomads of the Mongolian steppes, I knew very little about the Mongol Empire. Well worth doing.
OpenLearn
Women Transforming Classical Music
Primarily aimed at musicians, it was worth taking to consider the wealth of musical contribution, mostly unacknowledged by women composers and seeing some of the problems in performing them for an audience.
Exploring Data: Graphs & Numerical Summaries
I was interested in this from the viewpoint of maybe sharing data to do with the charity I volunteer with. Although it really only touched on this, being more on interpreting graphs and also scientific use of data it was good for exercising my brain.
Imagining York (University of York)
Taking various time periods in York's history and looking at them from a sociological viewpoint. The details of the time were interesting, but while I accept that people's behaviour was affected by society etc, I think some of the suggestions were reading back more modern ideas. And using a wealthy woman in a particular social stratum as an example really isn't representative of the majority of the population.
Italian for Beginners - Part 5 (Open University)
Some things are making more sense and I'm working things out reasonably well, even though it's all very basic, so I'm pleased with my progress.
Myths of the Mongol Empire (Nat Tsing Hua University)
This was a very interesting introduction to the Mongol Empire and in particular its beginnings with Chinggis Khan. Although I had taken a previous course looking at the past nomads of the Mongolian steppes, I knew very little about the Mongol Empire. Well worth doing.
OpenLearn
Women Transforming Classical Music
Primarily aimed at musicians, it was worth taking to consider the wealth of musical contribution, mostly unacknowledged by women composers and seeing some of the problems in performing them for an audience.
Exploring Data: Graphs & Numerical Summaries
I was interested in this from the viewpoint of maybe sharing data to do with the charity I volunteer with. Although it really only touched on this, being more on interpreting graphs and also scientific use of data it was good for exercising my brain.
