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Three Irish Poets – Ellen O'Leary
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Ellen O'Leary

...writing. The ‘Celtic Twilight’ referred to a later-nineteenth-century movement which was part of the Irish literary revival. It celebrated myth, folklore and what was seen as the other-worldly mystery of the Irish past. As well as defining the culture of Ireland’s past as attractive and powerful in its own right, the literary revival arguably offered its readers a...
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53 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Education & Development

53 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...Writing Fiction. Give it a whirl if you aspire to be the next Stephen King. We won an award for our digital badges and since their creation in 2015, more than 200,000 digital badges have been awarded to learners. Our most popular interactive over the years is our Photographic memory test. Hate maths? Conquer your fears with our most popular badged open course, Succeed...
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Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author
History & The Arts

Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author

...Writings of Gustavus Vassa (Olaudah Equiano, the African) Documenting Abolition of the Slave Trade. United States: Markus Wiener Publishers. Equiano, O. (2004) The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. United Kingdom: Random House Publishing Group. Edwards, P. (1989) ‘A Descriptive List of Manuscripts in the Cambridgeshire...
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Bus driver, social worker and university lecturer, a personal, professional and political journey
Society, Politics & Law

Bus driver, social worker and university lecturer, a personal, professional and political journey

...write about that day it fills me with pride. During this time, I was politically active as a student. I helped to lead the longest student occupation of any Scottish University, student sit-in set to continue I was an elected representative to the National Union of Students and represented my fellow students at conferences and demonstrations. Coming out Personally, I...
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Success in Interviews - How to Use Psychology to Gain that Job!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Success in Interviews - How to Use Psychology to Gain that Job!

...write out and practice using STAR for each one. Other help for success in interviews There is quite a lot to think about in this article, but in a nutshell: watch your thinking, does it need challenging? remember how important your non-verbal behaviour is, does this change under pressure? think about how to stand to give you confidence, and how to sit in the interview to...
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Scoring the Shoreline
History & The Arts

Scoring the Shoreline

...writing; landmark sounds of church and fog horn signify heroism and the perils of life at sea. These motifs return time and again, even amongst the complex and abstract work of contemporary composers. Peter Maxwell Davis, for instance, has found both formal and emotional reconciliation between materials depicting the lives of fishing and crofting communities in the Orkney...
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Article 15 mins
Basic science: understanding experiments
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding experiments

...Write these down, they might be useful later. Remember, this is an observational experiment – try taking photographs of your experiment. This will help you to remember the results later and allows you to share your results with your fellow learners. You will have the opportunity to discuss your results in the next section...Week 2: Unique properties of water: 2.1.2...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The range of work with young people
Education & Development

The range of work with young people

...write this course, the context for work with young people continues to change. A change of government can bring new priorities, but so too can other events. For example, funding for work with young people is being reduced at the time of writing due to austerity measures, and increasingly being concentrated on targeted work with young people. These three issues suggest...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs