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A new layer: Culture, the Irish language and identity in 2015
OpenLearn Ireland

A new layer: Culture, the Irish language and identity in 2015

...divisions in the Gaeltacht, only 21 are communities where Irish is spoken on a daily basis by 67% or more of the population. Combining the numbers claiming to speak Irish daily both inside and outside of education, just 40% of the population of Southwest Donegal fulfil this requirement (2011 census data: 703 of 1758 people - Central Statistics Office, 2011). The...
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What do sports authorities have to do to take account of transgender competitors?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do sports authorities have to do to take account of transgender competitors?

...division and discrimination, it looks like things could be about to get a whole lot more complicated for female athletes, after the International Olympic Committee) announced changes to its transgender policy. Transgender athletes will now be allowed to compete in the Olympics without having to undergo sex reassignment surgery. Which is possibly set to impact women’s...
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How India reacted to Sundar Pichai's new role at Google - and what will he do?
Science, Maths & Technology

How India reacted to Sundar Pichai's new role at Google - and what will he do?

...divisions within Google that are doing crazy stuff”, Pichai responds: We do them, because we believe that software is increasingly playing a critical role in solving things, which it didn't before. So to me when I look at cars, people spend an inordinate amount of time in cars, these are resources which are very poorly utilized[…]They get used less than 10 percent. We...
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Irish Women’s Poetry: Sinéad Morrissey
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Irish Women’s Poetry: Sinéad Morrissey

...division and reflection, for example the use of windows, mirrors and glass frames; windows, in particular, can be used as a way of addressing internal struggles more objectively and creatively (2014). The poetry of Sinéad Morrissey is about the seeing of things aslant, with poems that make frequent use of camera imagery, or explore ways of seeing things new through a...
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Hip Hop and the Institution
History & The Arts

Hip Hop and the Institution

...divisions within the Hip Hop community, for example, when certain people and groups receive institutional funding but others are excluded. It has also exposed larger questions relating to Hip Hop’s participation in colonialism and capitalism. [Dr Richard Bramwell] To explore such dynamics between Hip Hop and the Institution, around 80 scholars and practitioners have...
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Europe’s Borders in Question
Society, Politics & Law

Europe’s Borders in Question

...division, where borders move in and out in concertina-fashion to the tune of geopolitics - with asylum seekers stranded when the music stops. Want to listen to this article? John Allen talks through these ideas in the following audio: Transcript of audio Hello, I’m John Allen. I’m an economic geographer and I’m interested in borders because of what flows across them...
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The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it
Society, Politics & Law

The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it

...divisions in the North of Ireland could not be healed overnight, nor could they be cured by force of arms, by violence, or by shortsighted neglect. Said Hart in his statement: “Admittedly, the search for a solution often appears hopeless, but this is only because the wrong questions are being asked. The debate should no longer center over who is responsible for this or...
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A tour of the cell
Science, Maths & Technology

A tour of the cell

...division, protection, and there are many more! Below, a 'tour' through the eukaryotic cell describes the different subcellular components and their functions, with an emphasis on a typical higher (mammalian) animal cell, but also describing some of the cell components in other eukaryotic organisms. It should become clear, as you work through this section, that eukaryotic...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs