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Heritage in war
History & The Arts

Heritage in war

...course of action an alternative if it would prevent damage to cultural property, but increase the risk of casualties? [The image was taken during the war in 1992 in Sarajevo in the partially destroyed National Library. The cello player is local musician Vedran Smailović. ] The partially destroyed National Library in Sarajevo, 1992 Finally, there is the issue of what to...
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The monster has wings: Should we be worried about youth consumption of energy drinks?
Health, Sports & Psychology

The monster has wings: Should we be worried about youth consumption of energy drinks?

...course, legislation to prevent the sales of energy drinks to under 16’s would be helpful. But the marketing of these drinks to young people through computer games and their association with sports is also a much wider issue. Far reaching discussions are needed about the direct and indirect marketing of these drinks (and other food and drinks) through multiple platforms...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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What is Double Jeopardy?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Double Jeopardy?

...convicted, and to prosecutors being too willing to use the new law for a ‘second bite of the cherry’. However, these stringent safeguards seem to have prevented that from happening. And importantly, the new rules allow guilty people to be brought to justice, providing closure to victims or their families. Take your learning further Like law? Check out these courses......
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Jurors who believe rape myths contribute to dismal conviction rates – but judge-only trials won’t solve the problem
Society, Politics & Law

Jurors who believe rape myths contribute to dismal conviction rates – but judge-only trials won’t solve the problem

...courses. After years of consultations and reports, the Scottish government is proposing to conduct a pilot to test out running rape trials with just a judge – and no jury. The conviction rate in Scotland for rape and attempted rate is woefully low. Only 51% of trials lead to a conviction, which is simply not acceptable in a modern justice system. Reform is clearly...
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