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Exploring Ireland’s historic army barracks network
OpenLearn Ireland

Exploring Ireland’s historic army barracks network

...become a tool of arbitrary government. Of course, the compulsory billeting of soldiers on civilians also provoked intense opposition. In the wake of the War of the Grand Alliance, some argued in favour of maintaining the king’s large army in peacetime on the basis that Catholic France and the Jacobite court in exile remained a significant threat. Others argued in favour...
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Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...become involved in armed conflict. The course considers in detail the daily experiences of violence which can have negative impacts on the physical or emotional health of children and moves from ideas about children and violence in very localized contexts – within families and with peers at school – through to the broader community and on to the international...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
LGBTQ youth and homelessness: We can all make a difference
Society, Politics & Law

LGBTQ youth and homelessness: We can all make a difference

...becoming homeless. Dr Mathijs Lucassen explores this issue and how we can overcome it...We have experienced rapid social progress in terms of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/trans and queer (LGBTQ) people including, for example, marriage equality in the United Kingdom (UK) and in many other Western countries. It would therefore be logical to assume that...
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What effect is social media having on the way we mourn global tragedies?
Languages

What effect is social media having on the way we mourn global tragedies?

...become an integral part of the way we process and respond to global tragedies. But the reaction to the ‘faked’ tube sign that circulated after last the terrorist attack in London in March shows that opinions are still divided about the authenticity of the emotion that’s expressed online. Can the way in which a message is expressed really invalidate what it’s...
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Article 10 mins
The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Going Public
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Going Public

...become IPOs within their own national contexts. One of the fastest growing and most famous of these is the Chinese stockmarket – including its technology listing “Chinext”, the so-called “Chinese Nasdaq”. Nevertheless, these bourgeoning stockmarkets face difficult growing pains. This includes stiff global competition and the finding the appropriate level of...
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The emergence of breaking as an Olympic sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

The emergence of breaking as an Olympic sport

...becomes a sport. This is an approach that the sociologist Norbert Elias adopted in developing the term sportisation. Elias was interested in tracing the process through which sports developed, what they developed from, and why they continue to develop in a particular direction. Alongside Eric Dunning, Elias developed these ideas around football and rugby (Elias and...
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How can I cope with exam stress?
Education & Development

How can I cope with exam stress?

...become stressed, the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system gets switched on. Initially this is a good thing, because it is the activation of this system that releases the neurochemical adrenaline – and this stimulates you to get going and focus on your work. But the problem starts when periods of stress become prolonged. When this happens, the sympathetic...
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Space for reflection
Education & Development

Space for reflection

...students benefit from a little breathing space...[Yoga class at dawn] I believe that education is not about telling children what to do but about allowing them to find out what they should do. Hence the space for reflection and self discovery has to be made in a school. This space is combined with space to make mistakes and correct them. Better to stumble and fumble in...
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