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Golden Globe Ocean Race: Drifting continents and a stormy passage
Science, Maths & Technology

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Drifting continents and a stormy passage

...course of the evolution of life itself. Have a look at how continental drift was first described and justified by Alfred Wegener below: Transcript The remarkable notion that the continents have been constantly broken apart and reassembled throughout Earth's history is now widely accepted. The greatest revolution in 20th century understanding of how our planet works, known...
How might COVID-19 affect cancer patients at different stages of their disease?
Science, Maths & Technology

How might COVID-19 affect cancer patients at different stages of their disease?

...course of action. Healthcare teams are advised to: Balance a delay in cancer diagnosis or treatment against the risk for a potential SARS-CoV-2 exposure, Mitigate the risks for significant care disruptions associated with social distancing behaviours, Manage the appropriate allocation of limited health care resources in these unprecedented times. In general terms,...
How the Good Friday Agreement changed my life...
OpenLearn Ireland

How the Good Friday Agreement changed my life...

...course, there was a hope and confidence in a new dawn of peace, but so were there legitimate opponents and doubters – would the IRA really decommission their weapons? Would the prisoners who were to be released within two years, really resist a return to violence? Would the vague policing reforms, promised through what only later became the Patten Commission, disband or...
Rich pictures
Science, Maths & Technology

Rich pictures

...courses and qualifications What are rich pictures? How to draw rich pictures Using the Working for Water Programme (WWP) case study... Diagram guidelines Purpose Rich pictures were originally developed as part of Peter Checkland’s Soft Systems Methodology (Checkland, 1981; Checkland and Scholes, 1990; Checkland and Poulter, 2020). Their purpose is to gather in one...
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Book, comic and animation - What is the fear collection?
Science, Maths & Technology

Book, comic and animation - What is the fear collection?

...course you may do it the other way around. It’s up to you. At whatever point you decide to begin and end your journey I wish you insights on the way. The ancient Greeks understood that by making up stories – fictions, by the personification of forces which affect our lives we have a chance to gain control over these forces. Morpheus, Phobetor and Phantasos are as...
Approaching the break up of Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

Approaching the break up of Britain?

...we on the road to a united Ireland? And what are the implications of all this for Wales as a national formation? There are no simple answers to these questions. But it is important to ask them and to critically reflect on some of the tensions that were revealed by the vote. Professor Allan Cochrane is the author of the free course From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?...
Sofas, car seats and toilet seats: where are your tweets read?
Languages

Sofas, car seats and toilet seats: where are your tweets read?

...course - Twitter. In total I asked 13 questions as polls within a thread, and most respondents replied to all questions (the first question received 237 responses and the last one 222). All the questions asked whether users did a certain activity (watching TV, cooking, exercising) whilst they were on Twitter. For all questions there were three possible answers: yes,...
Desert Island Discs at 75: An OpenLearn listening list
History & The Arts

Desert Island Discs at 75: An OpenLearn listening list

...the archive. In it, he shares an experience many writers will recognise - of not being an overnight success: It had a very good critical reception. I don't think it had very many readers. I think that within two years, it had only sold a thousand copies or so. Castaway on: 9th July, 1962 Listen to Stephen Spender on Desert Island Discs Try our free course Writing Poetry...