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How jazz came to Wales
History & The Arts

How jazz came to Wales

...article was adapted from Jen Wilson’s book Freedom Music: Wales, Emancipation and Jazz 1850-1950, University of Wales Press, 2019. [Jazz Heritage Wales logo] To learn more about the history of jazz in Wales, visit Jazz Heritage Wales at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. About the author Jen Wilson (1944 - 2023) left school aged sixteen having failed her 'O'...
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The Peace Dividend: why Good Friday Agreement matters to us and Earth
Society, Politics & Law

The Peace Dividend: why Good Friday Agreement matters to us and Earth

...et al, 2015 This is not merely a story about carbon emissions (the driver of the greenhouse effect, and therefore global heating), but about all the ways in which our economy interacts with the earth, it extracts and transforms energy and matter to produce the things we need (and, more unsustainably, want). The earth can only sustainably reproduce about 7 tonnes of...
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The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary
OpenLearn Ireland

The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary

...article about the campaign for a ‘yes’ vote in favour of the Good Friday Agreement: About the video: We are grateful to the following individuals who gave their time to contribute to the video (click on the individual to find out more about them): Mr Bertie Ahern Bertie Ahern was first elected to the Dáil (Parliament) in 1977 he was Minister for Labour from March...
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NI Electoral Dynamics, and what Good Friday Agreement did to change it
Society, Politics & Law

NI Electoral Dynamics, and what Good Friday Agreement did to change it

...article will look at the rise of the DUP and Sinn Fein alongside the recent rise of the Alliance Party. Furthermore, it will look at the changes in voter turnout since 1998. Turnout Northern Ireland has always been able to boast of an incredibly engaged electorate during its regional campaigns. In all but one election, Northern Ireland has led Scotland and Wales in...
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How to quickly sharpen up your study skills
Education & Development

How to quickly sharpen up your study skills

...has a host of short content to help you improve your study skills and learn useful knowledge and information. Take a look at our selected animations, interactives, videos and articles to take your learning further..._Find out more about The Open University's Open degree. _ Learn in one minute Learn in under five minutes Learn in five to ten minutes Learn in ten to 15...
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Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers
Education & Development

Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers

...et al., 2022). However, even for Reading Teachers, motivating disengaged readers is not easy. Some of these young people will have been demonstrating their disinterest for years, separating themselves from the keen readers – those they may perceive as ‘boffins’ – and adopting an indifferent or negative attitude to reading. Many actively claim and sustain the...
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Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept

...et al., 2012; Troyer et al., 2019). The latter refers to reading for recognition, for reward or to please teachers/parents. Research also indicates that the relationship between intrinsic motivation and reading skills develops at the early age of 6 years (McGeown et al., 2015) and that children can be both intrinsically and extrinsically motivated at the same time...
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Can computers be therapists?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can computers be therapists?

...et al., 2015). The rapid advancement and acceptance of computer technology in everyday life, together with a gap in clinical services, has led to “the rise of e-therapies” (Stasiak et al., 2015, p. 2), such that computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (a type of computerised/e-therapy) has been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical...
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