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Murals in Belfast
OpenLearn Ireland

Murals in Belfast

...history that are key to understanding the various communities present in the city...State renewal and repair in Northern Ireland [Map graphic of Ireland and Northern Ireland showing the county boundaries. The parts that are Ireland are dark green and the parts that are Northern Ireland are shown in light green. Lakes and water on the landscape is shown as icy blue.] The...
Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment
Society, Politics & Law

Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment

...families of lower socio-economic backgrounds were encouraged to take out increasingly unsustainable loans to get on the ‘housing ladder’ (Dymski, 2012). However, when many of these households were no longer able to repay their mortgage rates, the ‘housing market bubble’ burst and plunged the US economy, and then the world economy, into crisis. Shaken by the...
Leadership: external context and culture
Education & Development

Leadership: external context and culture

...families and related services. The group of educational leaders might decide to collaborate and join up services despite the lack of a new building because of their vision for the children of the area, or there may be increased polarisation and competition between schools...Leadership: external context and culture: 4 Policy and context - Throughout this course you may...
Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury

...family and friends became really worried about me. (Travis, exercise participant) Have you ever had a sport injury? If so, you are not alone. Injury is a relatively common occurrence among sport and exercise participants (Peterson and Renstrom, 2016). It is difficult to obtain accurate information about the exact rates of injury occurrence but an NHS report suggested that...
Learning how to learn
Education & Development

Learning how to learn

...history as a learner, both in a formal setting (such as at school or on another course) and informally, through unstructured or unexpected learning experiences. Pause for a moment and consider each of these two points in turn...Learning how to learn: 2.2 Your motivation - Activity 2 Why did you decide to become a student and what do you hope to gain from your studies?...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...history of the wearer. He is best known for Locard’s Exchange Principle which can be summarised as ‘every contact leaves a trace’ Locard’s Exchange Principle states: ‘Wherever two surfaces come into contact, a transfer of minutiae, however slight, occurs.’ Kirk described this as follows: Wherever he steps, whatever he touches, whatever he leaves – even...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Critical criminology and the social sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Critical criminology and the social sciences

...history, to understand the behaviour of organisations and individuals within organisations. This behaviour needs to be understood in multiple contexts, including culture, social, economic and political institutions, markets, government regulation and other regulation, and the habits, routines, and systems that we construct to make organisations function. Often, we...
Scottish courts and the law Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish courts and the law

...history. WOMAN: Thank you. Thank you. NARRATOR: For in her Stevenson manufactured bottle of ginger beer, May Donoghue didn't just get ginger beer. She discovered something else as well. JOHN CAIRNS: It's got, you know, Paisley, a cafe, a friend, ice cream, ginger beer, and this decomposed snail. It's just kind of perfect. NARRATOR: The decisions of courts in cases such as...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs