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Impossible Peace 2: Thrown to the political wolves
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Thrown to the political wolves

...working politics at Stormont, but more a first response to that formal ending of the IRA armed campaign; and “the starting pistol being fired on normalisation”. Those words were spoken to me in a face-to-face meeting with Mervyn Wynne Jones on that Saturday, July 30th 2005. At the time, he was the chief press officer at Army Headquarters in Northern Ireland. As I...
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Sea level rise in Bangladesh
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Bangladesh

...work while the water retreated. When he returned after 4 months the saltwater had left his field unsuitable for raising shrimp, effectively ending the basis of his family’s survival. 190 people are estimated to have died from the cyclone and 2 million are displaced across the south-west of Bangladesh (Shelter Projects, n.d.). The stories of death and devastation from...
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Eid al-Fitr
History & The Arts

Eid al-Fitr

...work out the dates of important Islamic festivals. The Eid al-Adha takes place during the twelfth month. According to the Hijri calendar, the months are 29 or 30 days long, and 354 days in all. This means that the lunar year is 11 days shorter than the 365 days of the solar year. As a result, each year Eid-al-Fitr and the other major Muslim festivals are 10 or 11 days...
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20 years in English as a medium of instruction: an unstoppable train?
Languages

20 years in English as a medium of instruction: an unstoppable train?

...working in Belgium. As my train pulled into Copenhagen Central Station, a poster caught my eye: the University of Copenhagen wanted to be among the fifty best universities in the world...In egalitarian, welfare-state Denmark, it felt oddly out of place, and in intellectual circles, it was met with a degree of ridicule and mockery. Around the same time, people in Denmark...
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Using film music in the classroom
Education & Development

Using film music in the classroom

...work completely emotionally. I cannot intellectualize about the role of music in film. I decide if it should be there purely by my emotions.’ Jerry Goldsmith, composer for Alien (1979), The Sum of All Fears (2002) and the Star Trek films (1979–2002), quoted in Thomas, T. (1991) Film Score: The Art and Craft of Movie Music, Burbank, CA, Riverwood Press, p. 293. ‘In...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Why study languages?
Languages

Why study languages?

...work through them in any order. Section 1: Careers in languages – some ways you can use the ability to speak other languages in a job or a career. Section 2: Languages and the work environment – an exercise in doing business in a foreign country and a foreign language. Section 3: Studying languages – what it would be like to continue to study languages after...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Financial statement analysis and interpretation
Money & Business

Financial statement analysis and interpretation

...worked examples throughout this course. It is important that you familiarise yourself with these financial statements so that you understand the workings in conducting various types of financial analysis. Example: The case of Remote Sensors Plc Remote Sensors Plc is a small single entity company that manufactures electrical equipment for commercial and household use. The...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic psychology

...works, and discover how the limitations of the human brain can lead to major miscarriages of justice. Despite advances in forensic science, eyewitness testimony remains a critical component of criminal investigations. Psychological research has revealed the dangers of relying on evidence gained from an eyewitness and also how careful the police need to be when questioning...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs