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Impossible Peace 2: The murders at Massereene
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: The murders at Massereene

...think about - both what to do and what not to do. What happened at the weekend and last night needs a thought-through response. That is what is happening. In the worlds of politics and policing they know what the dissidents want. They are not going to give it to them. [Photograph and handwritten statement of Dawn Purvis. See details below for text transcript.]Dawn Purvis...
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Article 5 mins
Should we read John Locke today?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we read John Locke today?

...thinking about equality and human rights. And Locke argued that these natural rights were shared equally. But some were more equal than others. For Locke, it was men and in particular men who owned private property who he envisioned sharing in these rights. Women were seen as living in the private sphere of family life and the home and were not assumed to require the same...
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Article 10 mins
Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’

...think she would have tried, as she was comfortable where she was. Julie is glad she did though. Julie is now a band 4 NA, with a District Nursing team. Having got the ’studying bug’, she went straight onto doing her transfer to nursing programme and hopes to qualify as a registered nurse soon. Julie loves working as a NA in the community and said: “I think a...
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Article 5 mins
Exploring equality and equity in education
Education & Development

Exploring equality and equity in education

...thinks of ‘equality’ in education What do you see as the dimensions of equality which you consider important? Now think about an educational context with which you are familiar. This might be the institution in which you practise or an institution you attended, or one which a member of your family attends. What does achieving equity for learners need to look like in...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft
History & The Arts

Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft

...think I see plainly the cropping out of the original rock on which his own finer stratum was laid. The first play was written by a superior, thoughtful man, with a vicious ear. I can mark his lines, and know well their cadence. See Wolsey's soliloquy, and the following scene with Cromwell, where,--instead of the metre of Shakespeare, whose secret is, that the thought...
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Article 15 mins
Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course

...system is. It will download it. And you can see how the colour is starting to show when the file is being downloaded. If you can see at the bottom of the screen also, you will see English, but once you click on that-- that has been installed now, so I can just close that window. And at the bottom of my screen, I have a Word document open. I see English, if I click on...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Science and society: A career and professional development course
Education & Development

Science and society: A career and professional development course

...system in the UK often requires scientists to focus on core science subjects at the expense of learning about the social and ethical implications of their work. How then does a modern scientist begin to engage with these important issues? One solution is to provide opportunities for practising scientists to recognise social and ethical aspects of their work, and to...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...system at all the depots of a supermarket chain. Answer a.This involves a set of routine tasks that the organisation must be equipped to perform; hence it would be carried out by an operational team. b.This is likely to involve a project team structure. Inputs to formulating the strategy would be needed from various areas, plus professional and technical inputs. c.Inputs...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs