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Impossible Peace 2: The murders at Massereene
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: The murders at Massereene

...source, is “their best so far”. It sounds so cold and callous, but it is not meant that way. He means “best so far” in terms of how they want and would like to portray themselves - as an army fighting an army. When you write on conflict, speak on it, offer context, there are some who read and hear that as excusing or dismissing actions. This is not what I was...
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Article 5 mins
Five pillars of ageing well
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five pillars of ageing well

...Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. As part of the Ageing Well series of Public Talks, I am exploring how important it is, over our lifespan, to maintain a well-balanced nutrition and hydration as well as regular physical and social activity in the older age. As we know we start ageing the moment we are born, it demonstrates more...
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Understanding dyslexia Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding dyslexia

...Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they're a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and commitment to your career, and to provide evidence of continuing professional development. Once you are signed in, you can manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Egyptian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Egyptian mathematics

...source of wisdom and knowledge, about mathematics as well as other things. There was a long classical Greek tradition to this effect, and in later centuries the indecipherability of the hieroglyphs did nothing to dispel this belief. But since the early nineteenth century, when the deciphering of the Rosetta Stone by Young and Champollion enabled rapid progress to be made...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Section 4: Enduring Controversies around Glasgow 1919: (Mis)representing Red Clydeside?
Society, Politics & Law

Section 4: Enduring Controversies around Glasgow 1919: (Mis)representing Red Clydeside?

...Source: Christopher Harvie, 1998, No Gods and Precious Few Heroes, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p.17) ‘We Were Carrying on a Strike When We Ought to Have Been Making a Revolution' (Willie Gallacher, Revolt on the Clyde (1936), London, Lawrence and Wishart, (1978 ed), p.221) Perhaps not surprisingly, such a momentous period as that of the Red Clyde has given...
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Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...Open University course A233 Telling stories – the novel and beyond...Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the possibilities of third-person narration recognise the role of dialogue in creating character understand how literary techniques combine to create a
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion
Money & Business

Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion

...sources of support, whether that’s support measures that have been put in place within an organisation, but the wider mental health provision and support that’s available outside of work as well. I think it’s important that leaders are empowered to safeguard staff wellbeing. And that as organisations, we are engaging with the specialist organisations who can offer...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Global perspectives on primary education
Education & Development

Global perspectives on primary education

...Open University course E309 Comparative and international studies in primary education, a compulsory Level 3 course in the BA Hons Education Studies (Primary) qualification...Global perspectives on primary education: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: know the basics about the field of comparative and international education studies...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs