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From the classroom to the Commonwealth games: Dr Julie McElroy’s story
Education & Development

From the classroom to the Commonwealth games: Dr Julie McElroy’s story

...world is far richer when I am given the opportunity to contribute, supported by the right allies. [Finnie, the Glasgow 2026 mascot, tandem cycling] My life has been shaped by resilience, curiosity and the unwavering belief that disability should never limit ambition. I have been fortunate to meet people who saw my potential, but I have also worked relentlessly to turn...
10 things that ended in 2006 (when OpenLearn was born)
History & The Arts

10 things that ended in 2006 (when OpenLearn was born)

...World was said to be part of the reason why he left his role. Could you be the next Sven? Find out more about management in football with this free course: The Business of Football 2: The Western black rhino species [Black rhinos in crater] The western black rhino (a sub-species of the black rhino) emerged about 8 million years ago. While its population was once the...
Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking
Health, Sports & Psychology

Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking

...world...Find out more about The Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses Accessing face-to-face counselling can be difficult.However, many people have been found a different kind of therapy very valuable: Walking Therapy. You may also like to listen to our podcast here. Two things come to mind when we think of walking and outdoors: both are immensely beneficial for...
Is science fiction a field in its own right?
History & The Arts

Is science fiction a field in its own right?

...world. It has been fostered in part by the SF world, who have insisted that its kind of reading is Different” (Aldiss and Wingrove 15). Even in the twenty-first century, both science fiction critics and authors continue to reinforce this generalization. A famous example is Margaret Atwood’s claim that her novels The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) and Oryx and Crake (2003)...
The Life of Saint Andrew
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint Andrew

...world, and resolved from that moment to follow him: he was the first of his disciples, and therefore is styled by the Greeks the Protoclet, or First Called. Andrew, who loved affectionately his brother Simon, called afterwards Peter, could not rest till he had imparted to him the infinite treasure which he had discovered, and brought him to Christ, that he might also know...
Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...world, as focused by the campaign against slavery...Wilberforce: 1.2 Upbringing; MP for Yorkshire - William Wilberforce (Figure 1) was born in Hull, the son and grandson of substantial merchants who had made their fortune in trade between Yorkshire and the Baltic. His father died in 1768 and he subsequently went to live for a period with his uncle and aunt. Through them...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...world around us to meet some recognised need’ (Rogers, 1983). Rogers was not a software developer, but an engineer specialising in thermodynamics and jet-engine development. Yet his definition captures the essence of engineering and has a wide applicability which extends to software. Much of our endeavour in software development is the design and construction of...
Introducing Homer's Iliad
History & The Arts

Introducing Homer's Iliad

...World...Introducing Homer's Iliad: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the plot of the Iliad and the wider cycle of myths of which it was a part identify characteristic features that show how the Iliad was composed orally use these features to think about and interpret the poem...Introducing Homer's Iliad: 1 The Troy story -...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs