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How emoji are changing the shape of everyday English
Languages

How emoji are changing the shape of everyday English

...writing. So how about emoji? Is the same thing likely to happen with them? At the moment the evidence is slight. But there are indications that it’s beginning, at least in certain contexts. Unlike alphabetic writing systems, which allow an infinite number of words to be written from finite means (the 26 letters of the English alphabet, for example), there are a limited...
Wholly Trinity: Abortion, Art and Activism in Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Wholly Trinity: Abortion, Art and Activism in Ireland

...creatives played in campaigning for abortion rights in Ireland...About the project Art has always been a powerful vehicle for social justice and the struggle for abortion rights throughout the island of Ireland was no exception. This beautiful short film depicts the commitment, creativity, colour and emotion that artists brought to the Irish abortion campaigns. Through...
What do literary agents do?
History & The Arts

What do literary agents do?

...creativity and commerce and how to identify it and promote writing talent in today’s rapidly changing world. Could you explain a little bit about your role and the various elements involved in the creation of a work of fiction? JONNY GELLER: Well, a literary agent primarily is there to discover new talent and exploit the rights derived from the copyright in that work....
Management in Chinese cultures
Money & Business

Management in Chinese cultures

...Creativity, innovation and change... Management in Chinese cultures An introduction to this album. Clan-based networking Exploring the relationship between Confucian values and the way companies do business in Asia. Guanxi How a form of business relationship that entails mutual obligation is a common way of starting up businesses in Asia. East-West management Asian...
Introduction to Arabic
Education & Development

Introduction to Arabic

...writing....Week 1: Introduction to the Arabic alphabet: Introduction - This is the first session of a two-part pre-course of the short course Introduction to Arabic Language and Culture by the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures. Completing this course will take you about four hours. This course focuses on the most basic steps in learning Arabic: you will learn the...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The importance of interpersonal skills
Money & Business

The importance of interpersonal skills

...writing clearly such that any message you (the sender) intend to send to someone else (the receiver) is exactly the one which they receive. This means that as well as the detailed content of the message, we have to give some thought to the language we use e.g. ask ourselves if the receiving person might misunderstand any words or phrases we use. We must also be aware of...
Imagery and metaphor
Money & Business

Imagery and metaphor

...creative ways to solve problems, other than relying on rational techniques such as brainstorming and lateral thinking. Employees at a small software company are shown how to access their unconscious minds using the power of imagery, associative thinking and metaphor, to find solutions and creative approaches to their work. Meanwhile at a Neuro-linguistic Programming...
The Life of Socrates
History & The Arts

The Life of Socrates

...writings would influence Zeno of Cithium, founder of the Stoic school) and, most famously, Plato (the main source of our information of Socrates in his Dialogues) among many others. Every major philosophical school mentioned by ancient writers following Socrates' death was founded by one of his followers. The diversity of these schools is testimony to Socrates' wide...