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A brief history of evolution
History & The Arts

A brief history of evolution

...work of Anaximander and Empedocles. Anaximander proposed that animals could be transformed from one kind to another, and Empedocles speculated that they could be made up of various combinations of pre-existing parts. However, evolutionary theories were subsequently prevented from developing and challenging the belief of special creation for some fifteen centuries, due to...
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Article 30 mins
Systems thinking and practice
Digital & Computing

Systems thinking and practice

...working with a situation and you realise that you don't quite understand it, or you can't quite see what to do, or you don't know if what you did before has helped – in other words, times when you are puzzled, intrigued or worried. These times are, for you, the equivalent of a field trip for a geologist, a visit to a gallery for an art historian, or gathering vital...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Internet of everything
Digital & Computing

Internet of everything

...work out if this connectedness is a good thing or a bad thing. Or, should we be indifferent about the internet of everything? What is clear from media coverage is that the internet of everything has already been associated with global security scares, while for many it is the cool technological must-have. So, what it is and why should I care? You may not yet have a smart...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
The UK deal with the EU explained: what it says and what it means
Society, Politics & Law

The UK deal with the EU explained: what it says and what it means

...work benefits for EU workers for a period of up to four years after they start working in the UK. However, the mechanism can only remain in place for seven years. The UK would have to make a request to the EU and that request would have to be approved by other member states in the EU Council. Other parts of the deal allow the UK to place more restrictions on non-EU family...
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How does Coronation Street bring politics home?
Society, Politics & Law

How does Coronation Street bring politics home?

...work of Richard Hoggart—a major influence on the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies—and his analysis of working-class life in the North. The show adopts many of the themes that Hoggart identifies in working-class culture, including the emphasis on the strength of women and the ambivalent class position of pub landlords and others hovering at the...
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One refugee's story: A long, risky journey
Society, Politics & Law

One refugee's story: A long, risky journey

...works for the United Nations, met Orfahli on a trip to Syria in 2009. “We spent almost every day together,” she says, “We traveled all over the country. We became like brothers and sisters.” Bergamaschi says not long after Orfahli moved to Egypt, he began looking for work. There was just one problem: he needed a work permit. “According to Egyptian law you need...
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The realities of rural life in the 1950s-1980s
OpenLearn Ireland

The realities of rural life in the 1950s-1980s

...work of Father James McDyer who was appointed curate to Glencolmcille in 1952. He lived and worked in the parish until shortly before his death in 1987. His pioneering work in rural community development is legendary and is a clear example of the importance of local initiative in shaping the character of an area. You can learn more about Father McDyer on the Glencolmcille...
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Latitude and Longitude
History & The Arts

Latitude and Longitude

...worked well locally, but different methods were needed for travelling further afield across featureless terrain such as sea or desert. Travellers now required a frame of reference, or co-ordinates, to fix their position. Latitude Both the Phoenicians (600 BC) and the Polynesians (400 AD) used the heavens to calculate latitude. Over the centuries, increasingly...
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