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A reader's guide to Holes
History & The Arts

A reader's guide to Holes

...writing with the image of Camp Green Lake in mind, envisaging the arid landscape, the relentless scorching heat, and the frightening creatures – especially the venomous yellow-spotted lizards. The characters and plot followed gradually. The central figure, Stanley Yelnats, is an unlikely hero: an overweight boy who is subjected to bullying. His family has a history of...
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Opening the Boundaries of Citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Opening the Boundaries of Citizenship

...Writing Citizenship Dr Alessandra Marino examines how ‘acts of writing’ can support indigenous movements for civil and environmental rights, using the example of Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy and her activism against dams in India. Democrats, citizens, fools Dr Deena Dajani considers the idea that the right to question authority wasn’t solely rooted in the...
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Rich pictures
Science, Maths & Technology

Rich pictures

...creative-thinking methods (including therapy). Drawings can both evoke and record insight into a situation. Draw a rich picture before you have a clear understanding of the situation you are interested in and use it as a jumping off point for developing understanding. Rich pictures are situation summaries. They are an attempt to encapsulate the real situation through a no...
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Methods in Motion: Research Modes, Moves, Methods
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Research Modes, Moves, Methods

...creative and deeply reflexive of our learning journeys of producing knowledge. There’s tremendous intellectual energy in the 33 blogs posted. The areas of concern focus on our current work. Politics feature strongly – in international matters, migration research, citizenship engagements with change, Brexit, Trump, the growth of the far-right in Europe, devolution,...
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What the 2024 Paris Olympics can tell us about French language policy today
Education & Development

What the 2024 Paris Olympics can tell us about French language policy today

...writing in French to stretch and develop the national language. Over the years, this ideology, backed by political and military power, went a long way to help cement French cultural power in the world. Centuries later, it would seem that French language policy has not changed all that much. Recent coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics highlights that France doesn't just...
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Three Irish Poets – Katherine Tynan
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Katherine Tynan

...writing, work which also emphasises devotional Catholic themes. ‘Any Woman’ (1911) The poem was originally published in the1911 collection New Poems under the title ‘The Mother’ and was frequently anthologised afterwards, later as ‘Any Woman’. What similarities can you find between this poem and 'A Legend of Tyrone' (which can be found in our previous article...
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Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...Write your answer below...Children’s experiences with digital technologies: 5 Effects on health and wellbeing - [This is a photograph of a man and two children using a tablet and laptop.] Figure 5 In this section, you will learn about the effects of digital technologies on children’s health and wellbeing. A core question often raised is whether screen time is good or...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeed in the workplace

...write strong CVs and application forms, and to handle different types of interviews. By the end of the course you will have made a start on your own realistic and strong action plan to enable you to find a job that will fulfil your aspirations and suit your lifestyle...Do you want to change jobs? Are you just starting in the job market? Are you returning to work after a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs