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The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it
Society, Politics & Law

The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it

...resources exploring what the Good Friday Agreement brought to our lives in the 25 years since its signing. The evolution of the American Irish influence The Irish of America have agitated on behalf of Ireland since before the creation of the United States of America. But it is only in recent years that the United States has responded in a manner that has soothed Irish...
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The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1
Nature & Environment

The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1

...Open University and I am joined here by Andrew Blowers OBE. Andrew is Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences who has spent most of his academic career at the Open University. And he has always had a strong interest in political geography, but he has also been actively involved in the field of environmental politics and policy making as a politician, government advisor and...
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Digital & Computing

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...National Statistics website: Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Personality: A user guide
Health, Sports & Psychology

Personality: A user guide

...Openness (with high scorers interested in art and abstract ideas, low scorers practical and down to earth), Conscientiousness (with high scorers methodical and dutiful, low scorers more distractible), and Agreeableness (with high scorers cooperative and trusting, and low scorers more aggressive and hostile). Together these make up the ‘big five’, or OCEAN (Openness,...
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Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters
Health, Sports & Psychology

Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters

...opens up the opportunity for some more honest discussion about veganism. These lively debates in exchanges illustrate many of the issues that we've discussed but they also see many of the old stereotypes and assumptions challenged. Like many progressive social movements, veganism still seems to stimulate a lot of defensive responses. -End of opinion piece- As veganism is...
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Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...educational resources. These often rely on volunteers contributing their time, with money being provided by advertising, sponsorship or donations...Introducing computing and IT: Work - Technology has changed the way in which other businesses operate too. Greater quantities of information are exchanged between numerous locations over public and private networks. Vast...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
What happens to you when you read?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to you when you read?

...open and are reading to two children, who are stood either side of the chair.] Remember the story of ‘Hansel and Gretel’? This German fairy tale was collected and published in Grimms’ first collection of tales in 1812. It is a story many of us may remember having read to us as children or finding on book-shelves at school. In this activity you will try to identify...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs