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The Arts Past and Present: Ireland
History & The Arts

The Arts Past and Present: Ireland

...history. St Mary's Church is now appreciated as a bar as well as a work of art. Ireland has moved on, and now embraces all of its heritage. In the audio track, Anne Laurence, a History Professor at The Open University, elaborates on the issues addressed in the album. This material is drawn from The Open University course AA100 The arts past and present... The Arts Past...
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Audio 43 mins
Exploring criminology: problem-solving courts
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring criminology: problem-solving courts

...family and friends, neighbours, wider communities and those people have with social institutions such as governments, schools or universities. But what happens when things go wrong in social relationships – how do societies deal with that? When social relationships rupture, the forms of formal repair that many Western societies rely on tend to be facilitated through...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision

...history filmmaking because you capture your image with an optical device, a pair of binoculars, you arrange the image with an editing device or tweezers and then you display your image in a jam jar or perhaps through a television screen. And that early experience of seeing those wild animals when I was a boy of eight or nine, I think, pretty much set my course. What films...
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Video 30 mins
Impossible Peace 2: Much more than an archive
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Much more than an archive

...history and learning and the different perspectives...The peace process is not just about us, but about what we can share and do for others; about how we help those who visit this peace of ours and look for the compass points that lead away from conflict. We can help with some things, but not everything. As we reflect on our journey in Northern Ireland, so we look out at...
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Article 5 mins
Identity In Question
Health, Sports & Psychology

Identity In Question

...to wider cultural forms. Individual, Person and Self The distinctions between the concepts of Individual, Person and Self Legal Personality Exploring the question of why all human beings don't have legal personality. A History of Persons Undertaking a history of persons and exploring what theoretical instruments are needed for guidance, and who can supply them....
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Audio 54 mins
Life in Law
Society, Politics & Law

Life in Law

...family lawyers or immigration law advisers? What if you have credit card debt or are faced with an eviction notice and can't afford a lawyer? This collection gives us an insight into the daily lives of those in the legal profession. (NB The legislative process audio podcast contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v1.0.)... The...
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Audio 1 hr 6 mins
The stories behind our streets
Society, Politics & Law

The stories behind our streets

...History of Our Streets: London first broadcast on BBC Two, 6th June 2012 and The Secret History of Our Streets: Scotland first broadcast on BBC Two, 25th July 2014. To coincide with the final programme of the first series, Arnold Circus, London, we published some stories behind the streets in Dublin, Ireland alongside Manchester and Sheffield in England, Cardiff in Wales...
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Activity 5 mins
The Wizard of Oz: From Fractions to Formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

The Wizard of Oz: From Fractions to Formulas

...History of Numbers Starting in Africa 20,000 years ago, trace the history of numbers through time, including Egyptian use of fractions and the problems of Roman numerals. Complex Numbers Computer generated animations looking at 'Complex Numbers'. Rational and Irrational Numbers Using tally sticks, a cake, a thermometer, a number line and graphics boards, David Brannan and...
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Audio 1 hr 35 mins