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Should we read John Locke today?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we read John Locke today?

...Health, Liberty or Possessions’. For Locke then, people thrive when they come together as citizens through a social contract, consenting to be governed in return for the guaranteed protection of their rights. Which all sounds rather promising. You can hear the voice of Locke when you listen to the words of the United States Declaration of Independence (1776): ‘We hold...
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Article 10 mins
Ramadan: What do you need to know?
Education & Development

Ramadan: What do you need to know?

...health problems (e.g. diabetes), those travelling long distances, women during their monthly cycle, pregnant women and breastfeeding women. Fasting during Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam. The overall purpose of the fast is to gain Taqwa (which means to gain piety or God consciousness). This is achieved through an increase in prayers, reading the Qur’an,...
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Article 10 mins
Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)
Science, Maths & Technology

Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)

...health, as it could mean the heart does not fill up with enough blood before contracting. The normal heart rhythm is controlled by an electrical signal, triggered by a small set of cells called the sinoatrial node; which set in motion the signal that passes through the heart via the atrioventricular node. This signal is responsible for triggering events in the cell, such...
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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’

...health care assistant in paediatrics and was interested in progression and wanted to take on more responsibility when her Trust launched a pilot programme for the NA apprenticeship. Initially it was only for those working in adult nursing. However, as the NA programme is not a specific field, she applied and was accepted on the programme in 2019. Amy was the first NA to...
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Article 5 mins
Crime fiction in French: le polar français
Languages

Crime fiction in French: le polar français

...public français pour le mélodrame. Gaboriau inspire énormément l’écrivain britannique Wilkie Collins surtout par l’emploi d’analepses narratives (flashbacks) pour élucider les circonstances du crime, technique empruntée par Arthur Conan Doyle dans ses deux premiers romans avec Sherlock Holmes en vedette (Une Étude en rouge et Le Signe des quatre). Le...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems
History & The Arts

Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems

...publications of his works. The Vienna in which Schubert lived in the early nineteenth century was full of domestic music-making. But the centre of musical activity had shifted somewhat since the late eighteenth century. Then it was the aristocracy who had supported Mozart and, at the turn of the century, the young Beethoven. By the time Schubert was active as a composer,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration

...public vs private. While these might seem simple questions, they help you to start thinking about your digital persona and how you use social media and networking. In your personal life, you choose what platforms/apps you engage with, what you share and whom you connect with. You’ll have an awareness of whether you are sharing to a private group or publicly to the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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