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The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...communicating with a ghost in America. This generated a widespread movement across America and Europe. Interest in communicating with the dead became extremely popular over the course of the nineteenth century and then was reinforced at the beginning of the twentieth century with the universal grief of the Great War. In Ireland, the influence of Spiritualism was most...
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Article 45 mins
Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings

...communities. SPEAKER 2: But in these positions, there will be occasions when professionals fail to meet the standards expected of them. SPEAKER 1: In such cases, members of the public may raise concerns about them, which will lead to a fitness to practice investigation and hearing. SPEAKER 2: The Open University lead a team with four other universities who conducted...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The Labour Party purges
Society, Politics & Law

The Labour Party purges

...community struggle and afraid of taking on the big issues,” she says. “This is the first time my generation has seen Labour stand up and fight for ideals most of them are too afraid even to speak of anymore.” Bernard Goyder’s example looks even stranger. Now a financial journalist, Goyder was a student activist in 2010, and then involved in Occupy and a number of...
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Article 10 mins
Following Jareth through the Labyrinth: How Bowie influenced my research
Languages

Following Jareth through the Labyrinth: How Bowie influenced my research

...communication, you might well ask? As a long-standing fan, it is not an exaggeration to say that Bowie has greatly influenced the way I look at the world and respond to it. He has inspired a determined, multifarious and playful approach to the process of finding a voice, contemplating fantasy worlds, investigating modes of performance and wrestling with the concept of...
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Article 5 mins
Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins
Society, Politics & Law

Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins

...community for London, returned to find it still recovering from the General Strike and the Depression. Williams and Sciascia belonged to the left-wing anti-fascist generation of the 1930s and were members of their respective communist parties.In the same period, Sciascia followed Le Parrocchie di Regalpetra (1956), with Sicilian Uncles (1958), a collection of novellas...
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Article 10 mins
6 ways to make your voice heard in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

6 ways to make your voice heard in Wales

...community or county council elections – or nationally – for example, in Senedd elections. The next scheduled local elections will be in 2022, and the next Senedd elections will take place in 2026. More information about running as a candidate from the Electoral Commission. More information about the Women’s Equality Network public life mentoring programme. More...
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Article 5 mins
Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors
Science, Maths & Technology

Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors

...community groups. On our website we also host a range of free, downloadable resources for learners of all ages, prompting engagement with the outdoors. These range from games to crafts to ID activities. We are also excited to work with the public on citizen science projects, for example our May Hogwatch initiative where members of the public and volunteers help us to...
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Article 5 mins
The unique relationship between the fig and the fig wasp
Nature & Environment

The unique relationship between the fig and the fig wasp

...communities of other wasps have evolved to take advantage of them. There are parasites with improbably long ‘ovipositors’ – the syringe-like extension at the tip of their abdomen – sometimes many times longer than their body, that pierce through the outside of the fig and deposit eggs in the flowers. The larvae of some develop and eat the pollinator larvae, while...
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Article 15 mins