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Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic
OpenLearn Ireland

Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic

...public preoccupied with death and the afterlife. Irish Famine Monument. Source: Wikimedia Commons Even in times of plenty and free of disease, the macabre was never far away in nineteenth century Ireland. The design of Glasnevin cemetery, built in Dublin in the 1830s, featured high walls and watchtowers so that armed guards might deter and detect the practice of...
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Article 45 mins
History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

...publication of the most widely-read book in the English language: the translation of the Bible published in 1611 that has come to be known as the ‘Authorised Version’ or the ‘King James Bible’. [Figure 1 Title-page of the first edition of the Authorised Version of the Bible, 1611] Figure 1 Title-page of the first edition of the Authorised Version of the Bible,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...publications to those more commonly used in scientific publications, you need to be able to convert 'barrels' into standard SI units of mass and volume. Converting quantities of oil quoted in barrels to litres is relatively straightforward, since one barrel of oil contains a volume of 159 litres. To convert from barrels to tonnes is slightly trickier as it depends on...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Why study languages?
Languages

Why study languages?

...health shopping school transport holidays. Imagine that you need to put together some information for a presentation on useful vocabulary in the topic you've chosen. Use language books, dictionaries or online information to gather your information. Put your ideas together for your chosen topic in a mind map. This will help you to learn how to structure the information you...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
IT: Information
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: Information

...publication, its primary distribution was to delegates who attended the colloquium (it would have been given to them when they arrived on the day). It would be used as a reminder of the talk and to fill in some of the factual details that the audience might have missed. It was not produced as a stand-alone document in the form you would find in a journal. There are no...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Start writing fiction
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction

...publication, The Fiction Writer's Workshop by Josip Novakovich (1995). Novakovich is an award-winning writer (of short stories mainly), who teaches fiction writing at the University of Cincinnati. His chapters on ‘Character’ and ‘Setting’ are included within this course. I’ll indicate when you should read these extracts and I’ll also outline the listening and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Can renewable energy sources power the world? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Can renewable energy sources power the world?

...health hazards or social injustices. In practice, few energy sources come close to these ideals, but renewable energy sources are generally more sustainable than fossil or nuclear fuels: they are essentially inexhaustible, and their use usually involves fewer health hazards and much lower emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants. So, where do renewable energies...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...health issues. In fact, in their study of nearly 30,000 employees from the Finnish public sector, Clark et al (2021), found a direct association between workplace discrimination and an elevated risk of long-term sickness absence due to mental disorders. You’ll explore personal fear as a result of discrimination in more detail in Week 4. Activity 4 Diversity and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs