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Impossible Peace 2: The bunker in the peace
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: The bunker in the peace

...change. Flanagan delivered the RUC into the new beginning, and Orde’s task was implementing the many reforms of the 1999 Patten Report. At one point, mischievously, I guess, he had offered to address the Sinn Féin Special Ard Fheis on policing. It was too soon for that and, at times, new policing, like the new politics and the new peace still struggles. So, there is an...
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Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin
History & The Arts

Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin

...change in the shape of a word. English itself was originally more inflected than it is today, and still retains some examples, as we shall see later. Word order Where English says ‘Brutus murdered Caesar’, Greek and Latin prefer the word order ‘Brutus Caesar murdered’. Indeed they have the option of placing the words in any order without altering the meaning of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...changes to the way we operate, and we need to explain why we’re making those changes and why it’s good for everyone. And so if we’re making a tweak to a process, we need to bring people on board with why we’re making the tweak, test it, make sure that it works within our organisation, then roll it out, and we re-affirming why we’re doing it, and then be...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts

...changes as we switch from considering production data to trade data. The production figures rank India as producing the most cotton, followed by China and the US. When using the trade figures China exports the most cotton, USA second and India third. Why might the production and trade figures vary? Answer Countries that produce cotton do not necessarily export all their...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas

...change formulas round...Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas: 1 Exploring patterns and processes - Suppose you are tiling a bathroom or kitchen and the last row of square tiles is to be a frieze made up of blank tiles and patterned tiles as shown below. [Figure 1] Figure 1 A friend has offered to help. How would you describe the pattern and how to arrange the tiles?...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Extending and developing your thinking skills
Education & Development

Extending and developing your thinking skills

...change in thinking that you will experience as you progress in your studies can also be difficult, but are worth the effort. We particularly hope that you will find ideas that will be of practical benefit. This course has been designed to lead you on a journey of understanding. It begins with seeing why thinking skills are important in education, and what kinds of skills...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...change within an educational institution...Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through: 1 Competing views of school - [Speech bubble with the text: ‘Where did you learn that?’] This course is premised on a belief that we can all take actions within our everyday working lives which contribute to the overall development of equality, participation and inclusion....
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis
Money & Business

Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis

...changes, an increase in staffing (a strength) or lack of good training (a weakness). These can be controlled by the business itself. External factors are things outside a business which affect it, such as rising oil prices due to war, a new product from a competitor in the market or new tax laws. These are out of the control of the business and the business needs to...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs