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Impossible Peace 2: An everyday kind of miracle
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: An everyday kind of miracle

...project archive by Declan Lawn - the screenwriter and director behind BBC's "Blue Lights"...[A photograph of Declan Lawn] I joined BBC Northern Ireland in 2002, and so became a reporter of the aftermath. Conflict journalists counted the bodies; I would spend my career counting the cost. In those early years after the agreement there were times when it seemed as if the...
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Design and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Design and Sustainability

...development Issues that a product designer should consider in order to make a product sustainable. Incorporating sustainability in product design The future challenges of sustainability that designers face and how these could be resolved. The five principles in design project work In support of how the five principles of sustainability can help in design project work....
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60 Second Adventures In Astronomy: Exoplanets
Science, Maths & Technology

60 Second Adventures In Astronomy: Exoplanets

How have scientists studied distant stars to learn more about exoplanets, the invisible planets that orbit them?...Find out about The Open University's Natural Sciences courses. Transcript Read Andrew Notron on what can be learnt from observing exoplanets The SuperWASP project Discover how you can study physics and astronomy with The Open University
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Introducing research in law and beyond
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing research in law and beyond

...project you will need to choose a reference management tool that works with OSCOLA (the Oxford University Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities). More information on OSCOLA can be found at https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/ research-subject-groups/ publications/ oscola. Summary This section has shown that one of the important features of the literature review is that it...
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Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?
History & The Arts

Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?

...Project‘. Essentially, the Japanese government endows a certain amount; in this case 214.5 million yen (about US$2.27 million), which is distributed among four studios. These studios in turn create projects such as Little Witch Academia with a staff of young animators who essentially learn on the job. The goal of the project is that training as Japan has seen an...
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How are Ethiopian coffee growers responding to climate change?
Science, Maths & Technology

How are Ethiopian coffee growers responding to climate change?

...projected this niche into the future using climate models and scenarios, which revealed that all the models were in general agreement. They then combined this with satellite imagery to come up with the present-day forest coffee area, and the area projected in the future. Higher altitudes are forecast to become more suitable for coffee while lower altitudes are projected...
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Impossible Peace 2: Where have all the leaders gone?
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Where have all the leaders gone?

...project took leadership - where are the leaders today?...[Senator George Mitchell, President Bill Clinton, Nancy Soderberg, Nelson Mandela]Senator George Mitchell, President Bill Clinton, Nancy Soderberg, Nelson Mandela For all its flaws, we have a peace to die for - something I have always thought is better appreciated from outside of us. It is a peace that depended on...
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Working for health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Working for health

...Projects established to improve the quality of health through the use of creative arts. Art and health Researchers evaluate the benefits of combining art with health. Opera and health Homeless people using performing art to help maintain a degree of health and spread the meaning of homelessness and it's implications to the wider community. Theatre and mental health The...
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