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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

...world. While Irish literature is often associated with the Nobel Prize-winning poetry of Seamus Heaney or the famously difficult modernist prose of James Joyce, the Gothic tradition gives us a whole new lens through which to read the legacy of literature in Ireland. The Irish Gothic tradition is diverse, spanning time, space and literary genre. From around 1760 there is...
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A Europe of the Regions?
Society, Politics & Law

A Europe of the Regions?

...World War period. A succession of factors have come into play – uneven economic development, threats to regional cultures and languages, the decentralisation of some states, and more recently the impact of globalisation and European integration. The effects have been cumulative, with old factors continuing to operate while new ones were added, including, as we shall see...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Information technology: A new era?
Society, Politics & Law

Information technology: A new era?

...World Wide Web. The PC reached a 50 per cent household penetration rate in the USA only in 1999, while before 1990 the internet was used mainly by the US Defense Department, not for commercial purposes. However, as the two introductory quotations indicate, proclamations that we have entered a ‘new’ era are not new. In fact, the advent of electricity, the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Learning from major cyber security incidents
Digital & Computing

Learning from major cyber security incidents

...world, it is also inevitable that personal information is stored in large-scale government and commercial databases. Unfortunately, breaches of these large-scale databases happen fairly frequently and, when they do, personal information can be leaked which will make you, and millions of others affected, vulnerable to scams and other identity crimes. This course analyses...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The many guises of the emperor Augustus
History & The Arts

The many guises of the emperor Augustus

...world because textiles were hand-woven on looms, so they were time-consuming to produce and therefore expensive. For some people, their clothing will have been the most expensive thing they owned; therefore, it was one of the main ways in which a person could show identity and status. So, what kinds of clothing did an elite Roman man like Augustus have at his...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...world. These themes include engineering design, rules that govern engineers, manufacturing for products and electricity generation using solar energy...Engineering encompasses a broad range of disciplines from design to manufacturing. This free course, Introducing engineering, introduces a number of key themes that explore how engineering is undertaken in our modern...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Young people and religion: creative learning with history
History & The Arts

Young people and religion: creative learning with history

...World in Europe, a society where there is freedom of conscience. Roger Williams thought of this new society as a ship. On this ship, in theory, there could be people of different religions, different types of Christians, Muslims, atheists, Jews. They were all welcome. They shared the ship. It was a ship where there was justice and fairness. Everyone had a choice about...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...world,” and within a month they’d started. So I had this model of people who made decisions and started on them. There was no barrier.’ (Saner, 2013) [Photograph of Camila Batmanghelidjh.] Figure 2 Camila Batmanghelidjh This newspaper report, in common with many before and after the collapse of Kids Company, refers to Batmanghelidjh as possessing personality beyond...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs