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Irish Women’s Poetry: Colette Bryce
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Irish Women’s Poetry: Colette Bryce

...article is part of a collection on Irish women’s poetry, discussing the life and work of Colette Bryce...Colette Bryce was born in 1970 in Derry, Northern Ireland. The Troubles were part of everyday life for her, as a child and a teenager. She emigrated to Britain in 1988 and has since lived mainly in London and the north of England. Bryce describes emigration as a key...
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Could President Trump do what Candidate Trump promises in the struggle against Islamic State?
Society, Politics & Law

Could President Trump do what Candidate Trump promises in the struggle against Islamic State?

...Article 51, forbids reprisals against civilians. The U.S., however, is not a party to Protocol I and does not consider this portion to be binding customary international law. The U.S. finds the provisions restricting reprisals to be “counterproductive [because] they remove a significant deterrent that protects civilians and war victims on all sides of a conflict,“...
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How is a University obsession with teenagers hurting part-time students?
Education & Development

How is a University obsession with teenagers hurting part-time students?

...a flourishing education culture, universities and colleges need to listen more to part-timers. They should offer them the flexibility they need, recognise their learning priorities will be different, and celebrate their contribution to a more diverse student body.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Talking about weight in therapy – Top tips for size affirmative practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Talking about weight in therapy – Top tips for size affirmative practice

...article. Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon and Body Respect by Linda Bacon and Lucy Aphramor are excellent introductions to alternative approaches to wellbeing which challenge the taken for granted, causal links between size and ill health. You can learn more about Lucy Aphramor’s ‘Well Now’ approach (offering workshops for both clients and wellbeing...
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The Somme: The German perspective
History & The Arts

The Somme: The German perspective

...article explores reactions to the most famous battle of the First World War. ...Find out more about The Open University's History courses and qualifications [Character of German General] Shortly after daybreak on 1 July 1916, around 100,000 troops of Sir Henry Rawlinson’s 5th Army left their trenches and advanced on the German trenches across no-man’s-land. Many, if...
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The debate on the origins of the First World War
History & The Arts

The debate on the origins of the First World War

...article explores the origins of the Great War...Find out more about The Open University's History courses and qualifications How could the death of one man, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was assassinated on 28 June 1914, lead to the deaths of millions in a war of unprecedented scale and ferocity? This is the question at the heart of the debate on the origins of the First...
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Coming to America: The Making of the Irish-American Diaspora
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Coming to America: The Making of the Irish-American Diaspora

...articles, Michael Doorley tells the fascinating story of migration from Ireland to America, a story that begins long before the Irish Famine of the 1840s and continues to be written well into the 21st century. [Unknown title] Podcast transcript Articles in this collection When the New World beckoned to the Irish in the eighteenth century, who answered the call? Find out...
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What happens to our brains when we're afraid - and can that help us overcome fear?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to our brains when we're afraid - and can that help us overcome fear?

...also avoid the stress associated with exposure therapies, and any side-effects resulting from those drugs. The original research is online at Nature Human Behaviour: Fear reduction without fear through reinforcement of neural activity that bypasses conscious exposure This article was originally published by Research at the University of Cambridge under a CC-BY licence...
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