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Irish Women’s Poetry: the Next Generation
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: the Next Generation

...world. Explore how this has impacted Irish women poets writing today...Introduction It would be impossible to provide an exhaustive account of the younger generation of Irish women’s poets, or to encapsulate the huge range and variety of styles, forms and themes in which they are working. This article will focus on three representative figures whose work shares similar...
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Systems thinking: a select glossary
Money & Business

Systems thinking: a select glossary

...world. Transformation Changes, modelled as an interconnected set of activities which convert an input to an output which may leave the system (a 'product') or become an input to another transformation. Trap A way of thinking which is inappropriate for the context or issue being explored. Worldview That view of the world which enables each observer to attribute meaning to...
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Why the UK can't take business support for the EU for granted
Society, Politics & Law

Why the UK can't take business support for the EU for granted

...world’s third-largest construction equipment manufacturer, is clearly not one of those plucky soldiers. Lord Bamford, who is also a Conservative Party donor, believes the UK has nothing to fear from a Brexit, that it can exist on its own in the world and does not necessarily need to negotiate as part of a 28-member block. In fact, JCB is not the only business that views...
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Putting algae and seaweed on the menu could help save our seafood
Science, Maths & Technology

Putting algae and seaweed on the menu could help save our seafood

...world grows richer will require 60% more food by the middle of the century. But around 90% of the world’s fish stocks are already seriously depleted. Pollution and increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere, which is making the oceans warmer and more acidic, are also a significant threat to marine life. There is potential to increase ocean food...
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Transitioning from home education to employment
Education & Development

Transitioning from home education to employment

...world” (Hal) through home education having enabled them to develop a unique set of experiences that sets them apart from their schooled peers. Several of the participants expressed how being immersed in the adult world since an early age allowed them to develop relationships with a range of different adults of varying ages and backgrounds. [B]eing able to meet an...
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Is there life on Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

Is there life on Mars?

...world, but is this true? Mario Toubes-Rodrigo, a PhD student at The Open University, explores...Mars is usually depicted as a dry, cold, and inhospitable world… but plenty of evidence tells the story of a more benign planet: a Mars spotted with lakes and rivers. Nevertheless, at some point in the past, around 3.5 billion years ago, the martian atmosphere started...
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How time and place matter for migrants’ social mobility
Society, Politics & Law

How time and place matter for migrants’ social mobility

...world, social mobility is not limited to people living solely within one nation's borders any more. To better comprehend how social mobility works in a transnational world, we need a more dynamic way of understanding how migrants are enabled to – or hindered from – using their cultural, social and economic resources for social mobility. By using a multi-level,...
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Climate change: the kale smoothie of TV
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change: the kale smoothie of TV

...world, and receive and respond to new knowledge. Yet climate change is an issue that seems designed to be ignored. It lacks the human angles and clear storylines that are so central to the majority of broadcast storytelling. Broadcasters also think that TV audiences are allergic to anything that could be construed as ‘preachy.’ But the last year or so does throw up of...
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