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A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast
OpenLearn Ireland

A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast

...worked for BBC Northern Ireland for four years before moving to London and joining Newsbeat in 2022. During the Covid-19 pandemic he presented Coronavirus Catch-up on BBC iPlayer. He’s been heard across Radio 4, 5Live and the BBC World Service, and is a regular reporter for The Catch-Up on BBC Three. [Photograph of our guest, Leesa Harker.]Guest: Leesa Harker, writer...
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Article 5 mins
My career goal: Environment
Nature & Environment

My career goal: Environment

...work, or more industrial work like food farming and sustainable energy? Find out how you can gather skills and carry out work that will have a real impact on our relationship with the environment...This video explores the conflicts of interest between local people, visitors, quarrying and farming in the Peak District National Park. Park Rangers often try to resolve...
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Article 20 mins
Make it Digital
Digital & Computing

Make it Digital

...work already taking place across the UK through initiatives with partners. The Open University has co-produced three programmes in the season and the first two will be aired shortly. To celebrate the season, we have pulled together content from OpenLearn to get you delving into the Digital World! Order your FREE information pack - 'Digital Technology Past and Present'...
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Activity 5 mins
The Arts Past and Present: Diva
History & The Arts

The Arts Past and Present: Diva

...work to do. This album gives us an insight into the immense effort it requires to become a musical performer. As well as singing, acting, language, and stage skills all need to be honed. Catherine tackles the tragic aria of the Countess in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro and is praised by her tutors. In the audio track Elaine Moohan from the Music Department at The Open...
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Audio 23 mins
Reducing your ecological footprint
Nature & Environment

Reducing your ecological footprint

...work at the Eden Project and Mount Pleasant Eco Park in Cornwall. This material forms part of The Open University course U116, Environment: journeys through a changing world... Reducing your ecological footprint A short introduction to this album Eco-Renovations Reducing your carbon footprint at home. A couple from Oxford talk about the work they've done to their home in...
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Audio 24 mins
Learning, thinking and doing
Science, Maths & Technology

Learning, thinking and doing

...working. This course deals with the strategies for coping with the demands of learning, but does not cover the tactics required for successful learning. It does not cover specific study skills such as note taking, effective writing or preparing for assignments. If you believe that you need to learn, or brush up on, these types of skills then you are strongly advised to...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing

...work within them. This includes nurses who make up the largest occupational group in the health sector. But what does it mean to be a nurse? How do people become Registered Nurses in the UK and what does their education programme look like? What types of roles are nurses in the UK working in and how do you decide if nursing is for you? [A nurse holding a clipboard...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Teaching Languages for long-term memory
Languages

Teaching Languages for long-term memory

...Working memory’ refers to the very limited number of thoughts we can hold in our minds at once. Working memory is easily overloaded so instead we tend to rely on our memories. For example, drivers don’t have to think in detail about the process of driving; they learnt it and now they simply do it from memory. If you had to think in detail about everything involved in...
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