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Impossible Peace 2: Introduction
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Introduction

...history. Foreword - John D'Arcy [Photo of John D’Arcy, Director of The Open University in Ireland]John D’Arcy - Director of The Open University in Ireland Two decades have passed since the momentous events described in this book and its accompanying OpenLearn website. Our collective memories of those times will have been made with press and media reports back then....
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Impossible Peace 2: Thrown to the political wolves
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Thrown to the political wolves

...history - words and actions that point towards a better peace than the one we have had so far. But there is another question: Are the loyalist paramilitaries watching and listening? Because in the here and now of Northern Ireland, it is their guns that are loudest. [Handwritten statement by Mervyn Wynne Jones. See details below for full transcript.]Mervyn Wynne Jones...
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Supporting Mental Health Through Online Music Fandoms
OpenLearn Ireland

Supporting Mental Health Through Online Music Fandoms

...History of Irish Popular Music. Related articles by Lauren O'Hagan: Music for Mental Health: An Autoethnography of the Rory Gallagher Instagram Fan Community. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (Early access).DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/08912416231162077 'Rory played the greens, not the blues': expressions of Irishness on the Rory Gallagher YouTube channel, Irish...
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‘Bread of Heaven’ – Canu o’r un llyfr emynau?
History & The Arts

‘Bread of Heaven’ – Canu o’r un llyfr emynau?

...History of Welsh Music. Tuedd diddorol a mwy diweddar oedd gosod geiriau Cymraeg a Saesneg i ‘Cwm Rhondda’ yn yr un perfformiad, fel y clywir ar We’ll Keep A Welcome: The Welsh Album (1999) gan Bryn Terfel. Yma, gosodir penillion Cymraeg o waith Ann Griffiths a William Williams rhwng dau bennill o’r cyfieithiad Saesneg cyfarwydd. Er na fyddai hyn yn gwneud fawr o...
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The Commonwealth Games: Where does it go after Glasgow 2026?
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Commonwealth Games: Where does it go after Glasgow 2026?

...history of the CWG is difficult to ignore, with all competing nations at one time being under the rule of the British Empire. Many are still unable to reconcile the values of inclusion or friendliness with the often violent and exploitative experiences of British colonialism. The CWG also has an uneasy association with the South African apartheid regime, which led to...
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Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...histories. Abuse, rejection and separation played a part in creating her experiences of mental distress. She also highlights how her experiences of mental health systems had a negative impact on their lives, compounding her original difficulties. She has a voice now, as a survivor and writer, but the systems of the time sought to silence her. Her accounts also point to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...history’. I think the financial sector brings together those two, very different, understandings in an effort to help people make investment decisions. In terms of what people understand, I think what the research showed, quite clearly, is that there are two different components in terms of people’s understanding of risk. There is a general understanding about the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introduction to child psychology
Education & Development

Introduction to child psychology

...families of children with special educational needs and disabilities. Silvana Mengoni is a research fellow in the Child and Youth Studies Group in the Faculty for Education and Language Studies at The Open University. She’s been working on a project called Early Support, which collects together psychology research that sets out when certain developmental milestones are...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs