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Irish Women’s Poetry
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry

...work of three leading poets – Eavan Boland, Sinéad Morrissey and Colette Bryce – and their impact on a new generation of women poets emerging over recent years. The changing fates of Irish women’s poetry It is remarkable to consider how far Irish women’s poetry has travelled in the past few decades. In the 1980s, there was little awareness of Irish women writers...
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Everyday maths 1
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1

...Working through the examples and interactive activities in this course will help you to, among other things, run a household or make progress in your career...Have you ever noticed how often you need maths skills in everyday life? This free course serves as good preparation for Level 1 Functional Skills in maths, and whilst it does not cover all aspects of the current...
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Free course 48 hrs
What is Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...social and economic community that had been constructed in the West, which seemed to offer hopes of a shared European future. There were also powerful, if more distant and abstract, conceptions of a common European heritage in terms of culture, religion and far-reaching historical links. It opened up perspectives on a broader Europe of a less well-defined character, but...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...social context. In the 1990s, organisations paid more attention to the effect that work culture and environment have on the potential for creativity on people in organisations. In the current millennium the focus has shifted towards understanding creativity as an emergent phenomenon that builds on what has gone before and arises from ongoing interactions, a perspective...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Jury Hub Conversation: Lee Curley and Kay Lynn Stevens
Society, Politics & Law

Jury Hub Conversation: Lee Curley and Kay Lynn Stevens

Lee Curley and Kay Lynn Stevens compare how juries, trials, and jury research studies work in the UK and in the United States...Find out about The Open University's Law courses. Podcast transcript
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Everyday maths 1 (Northern Ireland)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Northern Ireland)

...work, study and everyday life. The course has four sessions, which cover the following topics: numbers, measurement, shapes and space, and handling data. There will be plenty of examples to help you progress, together with opportunities to practise your understanding...Have you ever noticed how often you need maths skills in everyday life? This free course is an...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...work with animals every day. And you have happy animals, you have sad animals. It’s quite obvious that they do feel emotions. It’s just difficult sometimes to interpret the language that they’re showing you as those emotions. We look at emotions in terms of welfare. And we’re certainly looking in terms of whether animals are sad and in pain. And we have recognised...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...work is designed to take about three hours – but if you want to develop your skills as a writer you may well spend longer than this. Even just a short paragraph can take a while to get right – though sometimes, of course it can work more or less immediately. How long you spend on the writing exercises is up to you – but you will develop best as a writer if you...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs