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James Joyce’s Dublin
History & The Arts

James Joyce’s Dublin

...world James Joyce created reflect his own experiences of Dublin? Did Joyce write about a distinct Irish identity that had been ignored by many writers in the past? James Joyce was born in1882 and during the course of his life became one of the most influential Irish poets and novelists of his age. This discussion takes place in Mulligan’s pub, a venue featured in...
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Audio 23 mins
Structural Integrity: designing against failure
Science, Maths & Technology

Structural Integrity: designing against failure

...world. The two video tracks in this album tell the story of the Kinzua catastrophe. The subsequent forensic investigation has cast new light on the failure of Tay rail bridge in Scotland 125 years earlier; with 75 people killed, the worst ever disaster to befall a trestle bridge. This material forms part of the course T357, Structural integrity: designing against...
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Audio 21 mins
Ecosystems: the carbon cycle
Science, Maths & Technology

Ecosystems: the carbon cycle

...cycle A short introduction to this album How plants make food The influence of differing levels of light, water, CO2 and nutrients on plant photosynthesis around the world Recycling carbon How carbon is returned to the atmosphere through decomposition of organic matter The peatbog problem Why peatbogs are crucial carbon containers, and how atmospheric methane is measured...
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Audio 19 mins
Building on History: The Church in London
History & The Arts

Building on History: The Church in London

...world? This is addressed in Building On History, a collaborative project between The Open University, King’s College London, the Diocese of London and Lambeth Palace Library. The project aims to give participants within the diocese an archived insight to historical research in order to understand how the church has responded to societal change in the last two centuries...
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Video 9 mins
Technology, networks and international order
Society, Politics & Law

Technology, networks and international order

...world of whose making?... Technology, networks and international order A short introduction to the album. Technological revolutions Helen Yanacopulos and Simon Bromley discuss technological revolutions and waves of innovation. The benefits of ICT's Simon Bromley and William Brown discuss the benefits and development of ICT's (information and communication technologies). A...
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Audio 24 mins
Build your personal brand
Money & Business

Build your personal brand

...world...[Group of students, one smiling] Building your personal brand is all about knowing who you are, what you stand for, and how you want others to see you. In this guide, you’ll break down what really matters - your values, your strengths, and the things you can control - so you can start shaping a clear, confident picture of yourself. You’ll also learn quick,...
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Activity 5 mins
The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms
History & The Arts

The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms

...world. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 3 study in Arts and Humanities...The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the terminology associated with the culture, identity and power relevant to the Roman Empire, as treated both in ancient sources and modern scholarship and...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Introduction to computational thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to computational thinking

...world phenomenon creating a mathematical model of the physical-world phenomenon and then analysing the abstraction doing some manipulations of the abstraction and in fact automating the abstraction, which then tells us more about the physical-world phenomenon that we are actually modelling. When I talk about automation and this is the whole of the talk that I am going to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs