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• Writing ghosts: Gothic poetry from York

  Can a haunted location inspire Gothic writing? Poet Jennie E. Owen spends a night in one of York’s most notoriously haunted pubs, exploring the city’s ghostly history and discovering how a sense of place can bring the macabre to life on the page.

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• Free tech tools to help you study

  Explore our suite of resources on assistive technology, software and tools designed to help you set up your technology so it works for you and your studies. 

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• Using maths to understand record breaking speeds

  The current world land speed record is 763 mph. This interactive explores how maths can help you understand speeds and the records which have been achieved.

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• Could I study mathematics at university?

  Deciding what subject to study can be a big decision. This interactive feature will help you decide if maths is one of the options you're considering.

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• The Health and Social Care CPD hub

  Develop your knowledge, skills and practice with free CPD resources for health and social care professionals.

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• What does it mean to be Welsh?

  Take a look beyond familiar ideas of Wales and Welsh identity. 

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• Fantasy fiction: an introduction

  What happens to literature when it moves beyond the confines of the real? When it uses its power to create “other” worlds that no longer obey the rules of this one? Discover more about fantasy fiction, a genre that is as old as storytelling and yet constantly reinventing itself.

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• Music, sound and culture

  Exploring the different ways we can study music and sound, across a range of repertoires and contexts.

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• 20 years in… What’s changed?

  A lot can change in 20 years! From scientific discoveries and technological advances to shifts in society and culture, explore how different subjects have evolved since OpenLearn first launched in 2006.

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