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Three Irish Poets – Katherine Tynan
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Three Irish Poets – Katherine Tynan

...universal and unchanging about the role of women-- an idea implicit in the title itself, ‘Any Woman’. Do you find the woman’s viewpoint in the poem limited and confining? Or do you read the poem as a positive statement about female power and endurance? Find a few points to support either interpretation. Show The six stanzas organise the argument of the poem into...
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The selective breeding of dogs
Science, Maths & Technology

The selective breeding of dogs

...University's Biology qualification. [Small puppy laying in the grass in a park] When an interesting or useful trait is identified in a dog, owners would breed from that dog in the hope of the trait being passed on. Over many rounds of such breeding attempts, especially where two dogs with the same trait are bred with each other, traits became fixed. If you understand the...
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Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?
Society, Politics & Law

Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?

...backgrounds go on to grammar schools, and those from less privileged backgrounds, go to non-grammars. Here class trumps religion, as parents from both Catholic and Protestant middle classes are equally determined to preserve this situation given the excellent results grammar schools on both sides have at GCSE and A level providing successful entry into University....
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Shifting notions of trauma-informed practice: from the individual to the organisation
Society, Politics & Law

Shifting notions of trauma-informed practice: from the individual to the organisation

...University’s Centre for Policing Research and Learning, this relates to victims of rape and serious sexual offences (RASSO). The impact of trauma in the workplace Trauma can present in several ways in the workplace. Employees with trauma may struggle with anxiety, depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). While this can impact on their general welfare it can...
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A Clockwork Orange: ultraviolence, Russian spies and fake news
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A Clockwork Orange: ultraviolence, Russian spies and fake news

...Nixonian, “with no shred of optimism in it”. He concluded: “America prefers the other, more violent, ending. Who am I to say America is wrong? It’s all a matter of choice.” [The Conversation] Philip Seargeant, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, The Open University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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How to read the news
Society, Politics & Law

How to read the news

...University on the topic, we’ve written some top tips, questions to ask yourself and suggestions to consider you can use when you navigate the media landscape. These tips will help you think critically, come to your own conclusions about the news you are consuming and help you to distinguish dependable information from disinformation. 1. Is the article meant to be a...
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57 genders (and none for me?) - Part two
Society, Politics & Law

57 genders (and none for me?) - Part two

...University's Open degree qualification. In the first part of her post Meg Barker welcomed Facebook's change which allows users to pick from more gender options than 'male' and 'female'. In this concluding part she points to some of the problems. [A cartoon pigeon contemplates a collection of gender filing pigeonholes] So what are the problems with Facebook's new ways of...
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What do volcanoes tell us about the possibility of life on Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

What do volcanoes tell us about the possibility of life on Mars?

...University of Arizona Now a study by a Czech-German-American team led by Petr Brož presents convincing new evidence convincing new evidence that at least some of these are genuine volcanoes. Brož and his team studied cones in Coprates Chasma, the deepest part of Mars’s Valles Marineris canyon system. This is far removed from any of Mars’s main volcanic provinces,...
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