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Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)

...English colonisation of Ireland and associated religious conflicts in the 17th century. These conflicts are still simmering below the surface and there is widespread worry that it would not take much to resurrect them (like a hard border for instance). Two solutions to the border issue have been suggested. One involves having a soft border arrangement whereby commodity...
School business manager: Developing the role
Education & Development

School business manager: Developing the role

...English schools are added to the mix, together with remodelling and the changes to the 14 – 19 phase. For details of the bursar's key role in this process visit Bursar's role in remodelling [accessed 26 January 2007]. Admittedly, there is no ‘one size fits all’ business manager (or bursar) role. The position and responsibilities vary immensely between schools. So,...
Brighton Pavilion
History & The Arts

Brighton Pavilion

...English Dictionary. Click below to view the four images refered to in the exercise. a207_7exercise.pdf3.3MB PDF document Discussion Holland's Marine Pavilion is notably symmetrical in conception. The original farmhouse has vanished into the left-hand wing of the new structure, which is now mirrored by an identical right-hand wing with matching bays. The composition is...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
What is poetry?
History & The Arts

What is poetry?

...English syntax and you say to them, ‘What contemporary poets have you read?’ and they haven’t read any. So I, I’d say that that was very important. And to go to readings, to go and hear people read; there’s a huge amount of literary festivals now all over the place that they could go and hear live poetry readings, because hearing a poet read their own work gives...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction
History & The Arts

Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction

...English Literature Part 1....Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction: Introduction - English Literature reached new mass audiences in Britain in the first decades of the twentieth century, as widespread literacy, and a lack of competition from other media – cinema and radio were in their infancy – encouraged commercial diversification and the...
Human resources: recruitment and selection
Money & Business

Human resources: recruitment and selection

...English Two A-levels (post-16 higher examination) or equivalent Certificate or Diploma in Management Qualification certificates Membership of professional body Membership of professional institute Documentation Experience, training and skills Five years’ experience in purchasing Ten years’ experience in purchasing Curriculum vitae (CV) Two years’ experience of...
True stories of the 1975 EEC Referendum
Society, Politics & Law

True stories of the 1975 EEC Referendum

...English Common Law is not affected. For a few commercial and industrial purposes there is need for Community Law. But our criminal law, trial by jury, presumption of innocence remain unaltered. So do our civil rights. See a pdf of the Yes leaflet Embed from Getty Images We know how Basil Fawlty voted According, at least, to The Germans episode of Fawlty Towers: May I say...
Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list
Education & Development

Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list

...English maintained schools aged 15 who progress to Higher Education by the age 19. Around 14 per cent of pupils in our dataset were eligible for and claiming free school meals. The arguments for changing the core measure broadly were twofold. Firstly, there have been ongoing concerns with the quality of the socio-economic class variable that underpinned the FYPSEC...