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Growing the popularity of women’s football: an update
Health, Sports & Psychology

Growing the popularity of women’s football: an update

...work in progress. With ambitious and well-funded teams operating both in WSL2 and the regional national leagues below this, the challenge to get promoted when often there is only one promotion place available is intense. The challenge for the women’s game is similar to the challenges in the men’s National League System (NLS) that operates below the Premier League and...
Vitality Netball World Cup 2023 – what’s it all about and who is going to win?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Vitality Netball World Cup 2023 – what’s it all about and who is going to win?

...work? The format is quite complex as there are two preliminary group stages where the 16 teams are divided into four groups of four. In the first preliminary stage the four teams in each group play each other to determine which group they go into for the second stage. After the second stage the team are ranked from 1 to 16 with the top four ranked teams playing in...
Twin Town a sinema Gymreig ar ddiwedd y nawdegau
History & The Arts

Twin Town a sinema Gymreig ar ddiwedd y nawdegau

...Rhagfyr–Ionawr. Perrins, D. (2000) ‘This town ain’t big enough for the both of us’ in Blandford, S. (ed.) Wales on Screen, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, Seren. Evans, M (2002) 'Looking Forward, Looking Back' in Thomas, E. Selected Work, ’95 – ’98, Aberteifi, Parthian. French, P. (1999) ‘Something for the weekend’, The Observer, 6 Mehefin. Dysgwch fwy ar OpenLearn...
A difficult conversation to have about racism
Education & Development

A difficult conversation to have about racism

...working against it. Saying nothing is the equivalent of accepting what is going on. The people with the mentality of, “What is posting a black box on my Insta and a link in my bio going to do?” are the same people contributing towards the issue. If we all come together to utilise our resources and use our voices, maybe the next generation will be more fortunate than...
The ocean of Jupiter’s moon Europa
Science, Maths & Technology

The ocean of Jupiter’s moon Europa

...working on the spacecraft. Galileo’s evidence A scientific instrument onboard Galileo – the magnetometer – recorded the magnetic field in the vicinity of Europa as it performed its multiple flybys of the ice-covered moon. By reconstructing this data, scientists found that Jupiter’s magnetic field lines were disturbed around Europa, suggesting Europa itself was...
The ethics of cultural heritage
History & The Arts

The ethics of cultural heritage

...works of art or architecture – can be very important to society. They can be valued for their beauty, their historic significance, and their religious or cultural associations. We try to protect important heritage, if we can. However, what if we had to choose between protecting heritage and saving human lives? When these goals compete, how should we proceed? In the...
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Newry: Frontier town or border city?
Society, Politics & Law

Newry: Frontier town or border city?

...work permits issued to A8 nationals shows a peak of 865 issued for the Newry and Mourne district council area in 2006, but this number had fallen to just 280 by 2010. Modern day Newry is perhaps best well known for its role as a major centre of trade in the north east of Ireland. Through history, its strategic location on routes from the coast inland and from Dublin to...
10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...works. For dogs, interesting and useful features are identified and, because they are determined genetically, they can be bred by selective breeding (i.e. choosing animals with features you want and breeding them to create new offspring with those features). We have bred dogs with regard to developing better functional capabilities (running, hunting, digging, burrowing,...