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Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...Introduction - Trade took Venetian merchants all over the Mediterranean and as far as China, a fact that affected not only the city’s economic prosperity but its cultural identity, making fifteenth-century Venice one of the most culturally diverse cities in Europe, a fact clearly depicted in many Venetian paintings. This course reviews some aspects of the social and...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Social media and networks in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social media and networks in health and social care

...Introduction - The focus of this course, Social media and networks in health and social care, will be on the concept of internet safety and the possible advantages and disadvantages the internet offers you in terms of health and social care. You will reflect on your own use of online social networks, along with the ethical and professional issues associated with these...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act
Education & Development

Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act

...management) Student-parents with Disabilities Student-parents with additional caring responsibilities Finance and funding Budgeting tips Being a student-parent is not easy but when graduation day comes you can look back on what you have achieved. It can often feel like the experience is only just starting to unravel your potential! Helen's article is based on her book...
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Article 10 mins
Saving capitalists from themselves?
Society, Politics & Law

Saving capitalists from themselves?

...Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was found guilty as French finance minister in 2007 of “negligence with public money” in approving a €400 million payout of taxpayers’ money to controversial French businessman Bernard Tapie, acting against the advice of experts. Within hours of the court’s decision, the IMF executive board convened a...
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Article 5 mins
How did a natural disaster take us closer to Brexit?
Languages

How did a natural disaster take us closer to Brexit?

...managers accept that BP must pay compensation for the oil spill and the damage it is doing to parts of America’s coastline, they argue that the cost to the company’s market value from the president’s criticism is far outweighing the clean-up costs. In sum, the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill was told in some UK media as a national-economic problem for Britain...
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Article 5 mins
Could volunteering be bad for our health?
Society, Politics & Law

Could volunteering be bad for our health?

...managers to account are discussed in the same breath as the work of citizens who offer information, advice and support to current patients? Research repeatedly shows that some members of the public want to contribute to organisations in a range of ways, and many (even most) may not want to contribute at all. Emphasising the activist end of the involvement spectrum might...
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Article 10 mins
Bird ringing in Bog Meadows
OpenLearn Ireland

Bird ringing in Bog Meadows

...activism saved the area for wildlife. Volunteers plant trees and maintain the habitats. Flax, the mainstay of Ireland’s traditional linen industry, also grows up in the reserve. Many environmental organisations rely on volunteers to manage areas for biodiversity. (For example Ulster Wildlife and BTCV ). Why not get involved and learn more about your local environment?...
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Video 5 mins
Convoy to Calais
Society, Politics & Law

Convoy to Calais

...managed to gather a huge protest as they want to do. We’re now in the heart of Whitehall, the centre of the government. And we can see behind me the Cenotaph and the war memorials. And we can see the cars beginning to pile up. The plan today is to assemble a large collection of different kinds of vehicles, a convoy to Calais, that will show solidarity with the refugees...
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Video 10 mins