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Review: Europe Reset
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Europe Reset

...become autonomous from governments in de facto terms, undercutting national accountability. The author dismisses the traditional measures suggested to address this problem. For instance, empowering the European Parliament will not work, he argues, because it is divided along simplistic pro- and anti-integration lines, and lacks legitimacy with citizens. Indeed, he...
Navigating Black Irish identity in the music of Phil Lynott
Health, Sports & Psychology

Navigating Black Irish identity in the music of Phil Lynott

...become a beloved national figure, and his status as both Black and Irish has come to be embraced as a harmonious part of his identity. This was consolidated by Gary Moore’s 1989 tribute song, ‘Blood of Emeralds’, where Lynott is described as ‘the darkest son of Ireland’, underscoring the compatibility of his dual heritage. [Phil Lynott statue on Harry St, Dublin...
How do musical instruments produce sound?
History & The Arts

How do musical instruments produce sound?

...become sound in the first place. The issue, then, is a matter of ‘technology’; that is, the ideas, the processes, and ultimately the materials which distinguish different musics and musical instruments. I might not be able to tell you how many instruments there are, but I can take a stab at the number of different types of instruments. And to this we turn to the field...
Starting with psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Starting with psychology

...students revising for exams where it has been found to improve recall. For example if you had to take a psychology exam you could make up mental images of some of the research you have read about and arrange these images in a logical sequence around your home. Using mental images to organise our thoughts can make our thinking and remembering much more efficient. However...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action

...become essential to children’s learning in primary schools across the UK and further afield. Whatever your learning support role in schools may be, you are part of this historic development. For convenience, we have adopted the generic term ‘teaching assistant’ throughout this free course, Teaching assistants: Support in action. We use these words in preference to...
Exploring depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring depression

...students, currently studying with The Open University – http://www.open.ac.uk/ choose/ ou/ open-content 2. Enjoyed this? Find out more about this topic or browse all our free course materials on OpenLearn – http://www.open.edu/ openlearn/ 3. Outside the UK? We have students in over a hundred countries studying online qualifications – http://www.openuniversity.edu/...
Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Exploring immortality
History & The Arts

Exploring immortality

...become like one of those long running soap operas on the TV that just goes on and on in repetitive circles without ever reaching any sort of conclusion. So, as a philosopher, I think I’m interested in much more general questions than you are as a religious studies scholar. Not questions about a particular practice relating to immortality, but questions about the concept...
The immune system
Science, Maths & Technology

The immune system

...become infected by viruses or by the few types of bacteria and protists that can ‘hide’ inside the cells of their host (Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that cause TB, can do this). Without the cytotoxic T cells, we would be particularly susceptible to infectious diseases caused by these pathogens. The other T cell type is called the helper T cells. They send...