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Synthesis as a way of understanding the changing uniqueness of rural Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Synthesis as a way of understanding the changing uniqueness of rural Ireland

...migration, a change in farming practices, a tourism initiative - is affected by and impacts on a particular place differently. New layers merge with, and build upon, the area’s existing characteristics, producing changes which will in turn affect the impact of the next happening. Each new layer starts as the combination of economic, political and cultural factors which...
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The future of rural Ireland - nuances, scale and fighting back
OpenLearn Ireland

The future of rural Ireland - nuances, scale and fighting back

...migration, to decisions taken by national government, European institutions or in the boardrooms of MNCs. The geographical method of synthesis, presented in the initial course presentation and in the 2015 update, helps to explain how places in rural Ireland retain their uniqueness within the evolving systems of interdependence. It also reveals the ongoing challenges of...
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The Olympic torch: the truth
History & The Arts

The Olympic torch: the truth

...migrated into Greece from the north was of German origin and Goebbels referred to the Acropolis as the cradle of Germanic culture). Germany was keen to use the Olympics as a tool to lend credence to these phony historical theories. The 1936 Games, and in particular all the fanfare that surrounded them, had been planned with immense care by the Nazi leadership to project...
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COP26 Glasgow and questions of environmental and social justice
Society, Politics & Law

COP26 Glasgow and questions of environmental and social justice

...migrated, particularly from the Scottish Highlands and Ireland, thereby contributing to urban growth and development, and the consequent overcrowding and slum housing conditions for which the city became notorious. It was not until the latter half of the 20th century that the city began to be changed by the introduction of 29 ‘Comprehensive Development Areas’ with an...
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Climate change – How awareness is prevented through media sanitation
Nature & Environment

Climate change – How awareness is prevented through media sanitation

...migration, and civil wars that will put excessive strain on human societies. Instead of sounding the alert, our advertising and media standards support a system that preaches consumption, pretends the world is not dying and that gives us the daily diet of celebrity news and entertainment, distracting us from our dependency on earth and the looming climate emergency. The...
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Article 10 mins
Sustainable Scotland
Nature & Environment

Sustainable Scotland

...migration (that is, moving to another place to find work) is now fairly common. For example, the expansion of the European Union (EU) to include Eastern European countries in 2004 led to a rise in economic migration within Europe. Many places in Scotland now have well-established and dynamic Eastern European — in particular Polish — communities. Prior to EU expansion,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?
Nature & Environment

What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?

...migration psychologist John Berry calls ‘acculturation’ to a host culture. In another exchange, Di (a 20-year old Undergraduate in Southampton) talked about the “Blackout,” an annual event at Southampton Uni where students and staff are encouraged to turn off all electrical appliances and lights for one night, to promote the idea of energy-saving. Her...
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What does Marine LePen plan for France?
Society, Politics & Law

What does Marine LePen plan for France?

...migration from 140,000 people per year to just 10,000. A whole raft of measures will make it more difficult for immigrants to be naturalised or to bring their families to France (Le Pen underplays how difficult it already is) and asylum seekers will have to make their applications at French embassies and consuls outside France. The fight against Islamic fundamentalism and...
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