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Why would you want your own web domain?
Digital & Computing

Why would you want your own web domain?

...university (originally), staff and students alike, with a web domain and web hosting of their own? One answer is that they provide a place on the web for you to call your own. With a domain name registered (and nothing else – not server requirements, no applications to install) you can set up an email address that you and you alone own and use it to forward mail sent to...
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How Elvish has had greater impact than Esperanto
Languages

How Elvish has had greater impact than Esperanto

...universal language?...[J R R Tolkien] J R R Tolkien JRR Tolkien began writing The Fall of Gondolin while on medical leave from the first world war, 100 years ago this month. It is the first story in what would become his legendarium – the mythology that underpins The Lord of the Rings. But behind the fiction was his interest in another epic act of creation: the...
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The legacy of the Victorian prison treadmill
History & The Arts

The legacy of the Victorian prison treadmill

...University. Discover more about her work. References, credits and acknowledgments This video was written and presented by Professor Rosalind Crone and produced by The Open University in Wales. With thanks to Beaumaris Town Council for permission to film at Beaumaris Goal. Images Several illustrations taken from The criminal prisons of London, and scenes of prison life...
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Video 8 mins
The first 25 years: OU Renewable Energy Education
Nature & Environment

The first 25 years: OU Renewable Energy Education

...University T521 Renewable Energy Pack for Tertiary Education. This was a revolutionary development for the OU...[Photo of wind turbines in an Offshore wind farm in the United Kingdom.] Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, United Kingdom The Energy & Environment Research Unit (EERU) at the OU was formed in 1985 by a merger of ATG (Alternative Technology Group) and ERG (Energy...
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The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...universally valid answers to the questions asked by an enquiring mind; that for every effect there was an identifiable cause, for every natural phenomenon an explanation, a category and a definition, if only we try hard enough to find it. This confidence in reason or intellect lies at the heart of the Enlightenment...The Enlightenment: 2.2 The Encyclopédie - The text...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Department for Work & Pensions
Education & Development

Department for Work & Pensions

...University to offer free training tools designed to help people find a job, advance their career or grow their business...[Logo for the UK department for work and pensions] Through partnerships with leading providers of online education, the DWP are promoting resources that will benefit learners everywhere. They have selected these OpenLearn courses to enhance your...
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Ideas about living sustainably
Nature & Environment

Ideas about living sustainably

...University held its first online Sustainability event for staff in 2020 and we looked at breaking this issue down into easier 'manageable challenges' in our lives, so we can all do our bit to create positive change. We invited a range of external speakers to share their ideas with colleagues and recorded these sessions to share wider with those looking to make sustainable...
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Activity 10 mins
Welsh Programming Resources
Education & Development

Welsh Programming Resources

...website which includes resources for developing research software and computer science research methods. [Adnoddau Rhaglennu] View this resource on the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol website. [Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol logo] This resource was provided by Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and is part of the University Ready hub. Find more resources like this on the hub homepage....
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Article 5 mins