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Can the Economy be Irish?
Money & Business

Can the Economy be Irish?

...de-globalising project. ...[Scrabble words spelling out the word 'Brexit'] Image credit: Speedpropertybuyers The Irish are great storytellers, illuminated through the centuries by Beckett, Yeats, O’Brien, Shaw, Wilde, Binchy, Enright and Joyce to name a few. The great English lexicographer, Samuel Johnson, said that narrative is the superior form of knowledge, whilst...
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Why mental fitness is as important as physical fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why mental fitness is as important as physical fitness

...de-de-de-de. You know, mentally you need to be able to cope with all that pressure and to kind of execute what you’ve done that makes you so good and do it in the most intense situations. Caroline: Pressure is a big part of being involved in a sport so the pressure of, for example, preparing for an Olympic Games in terms of being selected for Olympic Games is a big...
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Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts

...maths skills. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DD126 Economics in context...Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define a supply chain and understand how different stages of the t-shirt production chain can be organised differently engage with...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Reflecting on Race at The Open University
Education & Development

Reflecting on Race at The Open University

...Maths. Mariame Kaba, a US-based organiser, educator and curator, was put forward by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences for her work on ending violence, dismantling the prison industrial complex and transformative justice and supporting youth leadership development. Transcript Race Equality Charter: Lessons Learned The next session involved a presentation by Professor...
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Working on your own mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Working on your own mathematics

...Math Horizons, April, pp.11-15 and p.31. See also http://www.maa.org. Phillips, E. and Crespo, S. (1996) 'Devopling written communication in mathematics through math penpal letters', For the Learning of Mathematics, vol.16, no.1, pp. 15-22...Working on your own mathematics: Acknowledgements - All materials included in this course are derived from content originated at The...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
A linguistic toolkit for health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

A linguistic toolkit for health and social care

...De Felice and her colleague Dr Nele Pöldvere (Lund University, Sweden). They analysed 450,000 words of authentic British English conversations from a wide variety of contexts – chats between family and friends, informal workplace exchanges, formal meetings, university settings – to understand all the different ways people give and respond to advice. They found over...
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Contemporary Issues in Finance
Money & Business

Contemporary Issues in Finance

...De La Rue and ABN Amro offer insights into the various issues surrounding risk – what kinds of risk their companies are concerned with; how those risks are managed; their companies' differing attitudes to those risks. The album also explores developments in single currency, pension scheme deficits and corporate governance and explains what’s meant Forward Rate...
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How are tiny air pollutants causing massive storms in the Amazon?
Nature & Environment

How are tiny air pollutants causing massive storms in the Amazon?

...de Oliveira Andrade...[Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest, near Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Brazil.] Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest, near Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas Ultrafine aerosol particles found in polluted urban air can contribute to more intense storms in the Amazon rainforest, with potential knock-on...
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