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The Irish Gothic collection on OpenLearn
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic collection on OpenLearn

...work and even get a chance to have a go yourself at creating creepy characters and sinister settings. About the collection The Irish Gothic collection is made up of two parts. Each of them lets you study and explore different themes. Part 1: Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic This part will help you learn more about the history...
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Article 5 mins
Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’

...working in a band 6 role with potential to progress further. Many people do not wish to complete their registered nurse training and the NA role has a wealth of strengths and opportunities outside of the top-up option. Amy’s story [A photo of Amy ]Amy (pictured right) has been qualified as a NA working in paediatrics for over three years. She had been working as a...
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Article 5 mins
Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing

...working and project-based contracts, with many employees having portfolio careers with multiple employers. How do we prevent people becoming demotivated and disconnected, and heading towards lower wellbeing and perhaps even burnout? Employee Engagement [Tech start up office] Employee engagement may be a management approach that you are already familiar with, as it has...
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Article 10 mins
Young lives: is now a good time to be young?
Education & Development

Young lives: is now a good time to be young?

...working with, or intending to work with, children and young people and for those who have a more general interest in issues and debates related to children and young people...This free course, Young lives: is now a good time to be young?, looks at young lives in the UK today, asking the question is this a good time to be young? It focuses on some of the factors that...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Personal and career development in engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal and career development in engineering

...working as an engineer, and what career opportunities are available? On this album, 6 practicing engineers talk about the work they do and the career path they have followed. This material forms part of The Open University course T191 Personal and career development in engineering... Personal and career development in engineering A short introduction to this album. The...
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Audio 1 hr 6 mins
Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade
History & The Arts

Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade

...work that pushed boundaries. Literally synonymous with sexual and violent excess, his reputation as a writer is often clouded by the extreme nature of his work. In a series of lively and engaging discussions, Alex Barber, Angelica Goodden and Timo Airaksinen re-assess both the man and his writing in social, historical and literary contexts, providing an insight into an...
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Audio 48 mins
Understanding society: families
Education & Development

Understanding society: families

...work in the home should be divided. You will also investigate the diversity of families. We will see how any discussion of the division of labour has to recognise that families differ in terms of shape and size...In this free course, Understanding society: families, you will explore how different families have different ideas about how work in the home should be divided....
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
What does it take to mentor young offenders?
Education & Development

What does it take to mentor young offenders?

...work with children and young people. The programme had three key components: The provision of one-to-one mentoring An opportunity to shadow mentors in their business enterprises An opportunity to engage in a number of enterprise-related challenges One-to-one mentoring: Central to the mentoring programme was the development of a one-to-one relationship between the mentor...
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Video 10 mins