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Remembering Peter and John
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering Peter and John

...Business School Summer Schools. After retirement he spent a bit more time in the garden but continued to contribute to the union by supporting colleagues in dispute with the management. A colleague in Social Sciences recalled that ‘you always knew when John was coming. You always heard those clip-clop brogues and you always knew they would be have to be accompanied by a...
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Managing Relationships and Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing Relationships and Work

...business/leadership-management/the-importance-interpersonal-skills/content-section-3 (Accessed: 3 March 2021). Lawton-Smith, C. (2017) ‘Coaching as a route to resilience and wellbeing’, International Journal of Stress Prevention and Wellbeing, 1(4), pp. 1-5. Rotter, J. (1966) ‘Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement’,...
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When Edward met Bertha: Mental Health, Colonialism, Race and Patriarchy in Jane Eyre
History & The Arts

When Edward met Bertha: Mental Health, Colonialism, Race and Patriarchy in Jane Eyre

...busy converting everyone in sight, convinced that he is a great force for good, and for which he has paid with his health, and will soon pay with his life. But Rivers, has of course, not been a force for good. He has been a part of the destruction of the culture and way of life for those who have been colonised, their stories silenced, as surely as Rochester silenced...
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Voluntary Gravedigging in the West of Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Voluntary Gravedigging in the West of Ireland

...business presence there. In my research, I found that on one level, the practice is culturally invisible to the people who do it. Initially, some could not understand why I wanted to talk with them about a purely practical task. In my research diary, I recall Cillian saying: Danny, what is there to tell. If a neighbour dies, I dig a grave for them – what is there to...
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Highs and lows and highs again: How football has changed in the past 50 years
Health, Sports & Psychology

Highs and lows and highs again: How football has changed in the past 50 years

...businesses has increasingly been spent on transfer fees for top players from all around the World and the accompanying wages that they demand. In 1969 the average top tier footballer could expect to earn around £64 a week with Manchester United laying out £204,028 on wages in comparison to the £264 million spent by Manchester City in the 2016-2017 season, with Kevin de...
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Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training (GICAST) Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training (GICAST)

...Business School. Week 1: Threat landscape...Week 1: Threat landscape: Introduction - CORY DOCTOROW Hi, I'm Cory Doctorow, and I'll be your guide through this eight week course, catching up with you each week to recap on what we've covered and how it relates to what you'll be learning during the week. I used to be the European director of the Electronic Frontier...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...business cycle fluctuations. In such circumstances, there would be repeated periods of boom (high growth) and slowdown (low growth); governments would see their main responsibility as smoothing out the peaks and troughs of the cycle, an approach referred to as ‘fine-tuning’. This period of sustained growth was attributed in part to the benefits of Keynesian...
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Level 2: Intermediate 28 hrs
Getting started with Italian 3
Languages

Getting started with Italian 3

...business ed executive). Tra Roma e Milano c’è un Frecciarossa ogni ora, dalle 6 di mattina alle 7 di sera. I Frecciargento viaggiano a 250 km orari, collegano principalmente Roma con le città del Sud (come Bari) e le città del Nord-Est (come Venezia), ma si fermano in alcune stazioni intermedie. Hanno due classi (prima e seconda) e una carrozza bar. Tra Roma e...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs