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Exploring Ireland’s historic army barracks network
OpenLearn Ireland

Exploring Ireland’s historic army barracks network

...prompting redevelopment initiatives at former barracks sites such as those underway in Ballina (Fig. 4) and Castlebar, County Mayo. Activism by community groups elsewhere to conserve sites at risk, notably the former barracks in Nenagh, and Edenville House in Roscommon, is also taking place. [2 Former guardhouse and stores, Ebrington Barracks, Derry/Londonderry (2023).]...
Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic

...prompt conversations about everything from sexual fantasies to engaging with sex and intimacy issues in relationships. Check out the Paired app. People tend to compare their sex lives against fictional others based on hearsay, guesswork and popular culture misinformation. Recognizing how external factors impact the most private aspects of our lives can put changes in...
To the Moon and beyond
Science, Maths & Technology

To the Moon and beyond

...prompted the re-analysis of the Apollo collections using newer techniques. This led to the discoveries of substantial quantities of water in a variety of rock types, ranging from a few tens of ppm (parts per million) to up to several hundred ppm. This means that the interior of the Moon, could have significant quantities of water. [Lunar agenda] Lunar agenda, taken by ESA...
Mapping Britain
Society, Politics & Law

Mapping Britain

...spaces. Successful Cities The importance of egalitarianism in cities and how this is or is not reflected in town planning. De-industrialisation and Cities Attitudes to cities and the differences between larger and smaller cities. Planning and cities The increase in inequalities between affluent and less affluent. Notions of citizenship and the impact of climate change....
Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael
History & The Arts

Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael

...concept of ideology, and subsequently from feminism, structuralism and psychoanalysis, art historians began to challenge the idea of art as an autonomous practice; that is, one separated from wider social forces and interests. New questions seemed to impose themselves: What ideological role did art play in sustaining established wealth and power, from the medieval church...
Demolishing Pasts, Uncertain Futures:The Symbolism of Glasgow’s Red Road Flats
Society, Politics & Law

Demolishing Pasts, Uncertain Futures:The Symbolism of Glasgow’s Red Road Flats

...de-concentration of disadvantaged and impoverished communities in previous eras. The wave of demolitions that have characterised Glasgow’s social housing landscape over the past decade or so, repeated elsewhere across the UK, has been presented by housing agencies, planners and politicians as heralding yet another glorious future for social housing tenants in the city....
What is heritage?
History & The Arts

What is heritage?

...concept of heritage and its critical study, exploring the role of heritage in both past and contemporary societies...What is heritage? This free course will introduce you to the concept of heritage and its critical study, exploring the role of heritage in both past and contemporary societies....What is heritage?: Introduction - This course introduces the concept of...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Data analysis: hypothesis testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: hypothesis testing

...concepts: the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis. These form the backbone of the testing process and guide our interpretation of the results. The null hypothesis is denoted as H0. It serves as the default assumption, positing that there is no relationship between variables or that a population parameter equals a specified value. For instance, if we are testing...
Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs