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The ‘New World’ Beckons: Irish Migration to Britain’s American Colonies
OpenLearn Ireland

The ‘New World’ Beckons: Irish Migration to Britain’s American Colonies

...English settlers who had migrated to the north of Ireland during the previous century as a result of the Plantation of Ulster and other English settlements in Ireland. What was the Plantation of Ulster? [Map showing plantation of Ulster, with areas established under James I and privately planted areas.] The Plantation of Ulster. The so-called ‘Plantation of Ulster’...
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Simple Coding - Summary
Digital & Computing

Simple Coding - Summary

...English and other natural languages. Any spelling mistake, like writing flat instead of float or forgetting punctuation like commas and colons, or using the wrong data type, leads to an error. You have also seen that programming involves writing clear and understandable code (e.g. by using comments and plain English names for variables and functions) to make it easier to...
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How can statistics bring dead languages back to life?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can statistics bring dead languages back to life?

...English or Urdu, Waloon or Waziri, Portuguese or Persian, the roots of your language are the same. Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the mother tongue – shared by several hundred contemporary languages, as well as many now extinct, and spoken by people who lived from about 6,000 to 3,500 BC on the steppes to the north of the Caspian Sea. They left no written texts and...
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Stefan Szymanski on the business of football
Money & Business

Stefan Szymanski on the business of football

...English divisions over a decade to their average wage spending, expressed in proportion to the average wage spending of all clubs. The figure shows that wage spending is highly correlated with league position over time. The ‘R2’ is a statistic which measures the percentage of variation in league position that is captured by wage spending, so a value of 90% is a very...
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Egyptian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Egyptian mathematics

...everyday life and the technology they used. An understanding of this area has only been possible following the translation of the Rosetta Stone...The Egyptians are known for being ahead of their time in comparison to some civilisations that came after them. This free course, Egyptian mathematics, looks at how the Egyptians solved mathematical problems in everyday life and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Management and the unconscious mind
Money & Business

Management and the unconscious mind

...everyday life, but this would require a shift in culture away from traditional management styles... Why are managers in the East happier to work with a greater level of ambiguity? Western culture has a history of emphasising rational thought and individuals identifying with their conscious mind. Tacit knowledge and changing the management culture Tacit knowledge is...
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What is a literary festival?
History & The Arts

What is a literary festival?

...Hay Festival of Literature & Arts’. ...Popular with intellectuals and authors, as well as fans of prose, poetry, spoken word, flash fiction and metafiction – literary festivals have lots to offer and can be hugely enriching. Dr Shafquat Towheed, Senior Lecturer in English, explores the nature of literary festivals, and what makes them so popular today....
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FREE courses and content for school study
Education & Development

FREE courses and content for school study

...and videos to help you continue your studies at home...If you're wanting to learn more during the school holidays, evenings or weekends, you've come to the right place! We've pulled together some of our top courses and content across a range of subjects, including Maths, English, Literature, Science, Languages and Finance to help you continue learning at home....
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