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Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...la force / Vivre libre ou mourir / Il n’y a de véritable liberté qu’avec la religion, les loix … constitution’ (’Unity is strength / Live free or die / There is no true liberty without religion, laws … constitution’). Discussion This painting seeks to immortalise the union of Black and mixed-race slaves that allowed Haiti to defeat the French Republic and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?

...based in Washington, DC, specialising in litigation arising from fatigue-related accidents. I ask him if the story of the discovery of narcolepsy is really as good as it appears. “In a word, yes,” he says. “In the Seventies, we didn’t know what we didn’t know about narcolepsy.” There is simply no way anyone could have anticipated how profitable the research...
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An introduction to web applications architecture
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to web applications architecture

...based on the work by Shaw and Garlan: Software architecture encompasses the set of significant decisions about the organization of a software system including the selection of the structural elements and their interfaces by which the system is composed; behaviour as specified in collaboration among those elements; composition of these structural and behavioural elements...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

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...based community development is a powerful approach being used with a diverse network of communities and community organizations across the Connected Communities programme to help uncover and utilize their hidden potential, their tangible resources (such as spaces, services and infrastructures) and intangible qualities (such as creative talents, skills, knowledge, social...
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Exploring the depth of the Antarctic ice sheet...
Nature & Environment

Exploring the depth of the Antarctic ice sheet...

...base of the Antarctic ice sheets that are kilometres in thickness, such as interaction of solid ground with the ice sheet. Field campaigns are essential to understand these interactions but would not allow spatial resolution on the continental scale that is required. One avenue is to use satellite data but the information gained is limited as the technology is yet to be...
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Article 10 mins
Exploring Philosophy
History & The Arts

Exploring Philosophy

...based on blind faith or evidence? The problem of evil How can a world created by an all powerfull all good God contain so much evil? Philosophers on abortion A discussion about morality of abortion and the rights of the foetus and the mother. The problem of consciousness What is consciousness? And what is the best way to understand self awareness. Two theories of...
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Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015
OpenLearn Ireland

Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015

...base especially for the Open University programmes in 1983 (Regan and Breathnach, 1981). Using a rural area in the West of Ireland also links the programmes directly to the next series in this collection, on Northeast Mayo. Southwest Donegal and Northeast Mayo are similar in many respects but the areas have experienced different forms of industrialisation and this serves...
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Are you a socially intelligent educational leader?
Education & Development

Are you a socially intelligent educational leader?

...based construct, focusing on interpersonal competencies that inspire others to be effective. Crawford (2007) provides an example of this, noting that educational leadership is a social process that depends on relationships. As a result, your leadership might involve building relationships as well as supporting others to build relationships (Crawford, 2018). Social...
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