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Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic
OpenLearn Ireland

Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic

...simple structure: The Brother’s Grimm, Little Red Riding Hood. At the start of the story, our protagonist introduces us to her normal life living with her family. The inciting incident, or hook, occurs when her mother asks her to deliver a basket of food to her Granny, who lives in the forest. The slow rise in tension occurs as she makes her way through the woods and we...
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Article 45 mins
The caring manager in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The caring manager in health and social care

...simple resilience test we have devised. Select the tick box next to any of the following statements that you feel apply to you. Completing the resilience test should give you a very rough estimate of how well you cope – being dependent, of course, on the honesty of your responses! Resilience test Discussion Part A and Part B are both based on surveys, and while it is...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Company law in context
Society, Politics & Law

Company law in context

...simple at this stage by not looking at a business run by a company, but at one which is simply run by an individual person. Activity 2: What is a business? Timing: 0 hours 20 minutes Imagine you had decided to open a newsagents. What are the different things you would need to do in order to set up in business and trade? Think of as many ways as you can in which the law...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Everyday maths 1 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Wales)

...simple answer is ‘any number that does not include a fraction or decimal part’. So for example, 3 is a whole number, but 3 one divided by two or 3.25 are NOT whole numbers. Numbers can be positive or negative. Positive numbers can be written with or without a plus (+) sign, so 3 and +3 are the same. Negative numbers always have a minus (–) sign in front of them,...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Moons of our Solar System Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Moons of our Solar System

...simple microbes living off chemical energy supplied by hot springs on the ocean floor, or snatching brief glimpses of sunlight as tidal cracks open and close in Europa’s icy shell. What do you think would be the significance of finding life on Europa? Should precautions be taken to prevent contaminating Europa with life from Earth? You’ll learn more about Europa...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...simple error resulting from the use of adult normal ranges (when using appropriate paediatric ranges, only one child had a low IgA level) (Richmond, Goldblatt 1998). After a day-long meeting the experts concluded that there was no current evidence linking MMR and autism. They thought that ‘it would be surprising if the link had not been noted in other countries with...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course

...coded to show Chinese-speaking areas.] (Adapted from ASDFGHJ, ‘A map of the Sinophone world’, 24 January 2009, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:New-Map-Sinophone_World.PNG, last accessed 29 May 2009) Figure 1 The Chinese-speaking world...Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course: 1.1 Varieties of Chinese - Apart from Mandarin, the other six major varieties of spoken Chinese are...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
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Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...simple percentages of amounts. Try this one yourself (Figure 4). Figure 4 Finding percentages of 60 Discussion There are many possible questions and answers that you could have posed in the diagram. Examples could be 50% of 60, 30% of 60, or 25% of 60. Extend learners’ understanding by posing questions such as: 15% of 60, how could you find that? What about 76% of 60?...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs