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What is OpenLearn Ireland?
OpenLearn Ireland

What is OpenLearn Ireland?

...articles, interactive videos and audio, and broadcast material as a whole demonstrates The Open University's commitment to delivering a curriculum that is appropriate for the differing requirements of each of the countries. These open educational resources have been collected and developed from across The Open University's catalogue, chosen because of their particular...
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity

...et al. 2012). Many such ecosystem functions are enhanced by increased species richness, and case studies using plants, bacteria and aquatic plants such as seagrass have all shown that the probability of an ecosystem sustaining its overall function increases as species richness increases (Gamfeldt et al. 2008). It is therefore imperative that we take care of biodiversity...
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Section 2: Red Clydeside and Glasgow 1919: Setting the Context
Society, Politics & Law

Section 2: Red Clydeside and Glasgow 1919: Setting the Context

...articles from the webpages, The Glasgow Story: Michael Moss, Industrial Revolution: 1770s to 1830s W. Hamish Fraser, Second City of The Empire: 1830s to 1914 In their tens of thousands, people were attracted to the city by the promise of work. A significant number of these migrants came from Ireland and the Scottish Highlands, areas that had been experiencing large-scale...
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Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list

...article at BBC Future: Does Blue Monday really exist? So, it's a bit of fluff with no basis in reality. Still, though, it gets trotted out every year. You can understand why editors, desperate to fill newspapers and breakfast TV shows during a lean period welcome something that will help fill the yawning chasm of the January news agenda; and you might think its harmless...
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The challenge of invasive alien species
Nature & Environment

The challenge of invasive alien species

...article...[Invasive species headlines] Recent news headlines showcasing the interest on invasive alien species What are invasive alien species? Whether they are animals, plants or microorganisms, species are very mobile within the biosphere. They (or their propagules) move: independently using their own energy, are transported via other organisms (e.g. hosts) or...
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A year in review 2022
Education & Development

A year in review 2022

...articles, interactives, podcasts and videos, there’s pretty much no news story that we can’t link to something on our site. The last two years have been somewhat dominated by Covid and Trump. Would 2022 be any different? Let’s find out…...Find out about The Open University's Open courses. [Blue banner says Sue Gray investigates Partygate] The year started with the...
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Birth of the Welfare State
History & The Arts

Birth of the Welfare State

...Observed: Mass Observation and the Beveridge Report' by J. Jacobs, from Beveridge 1942- 1992: Papers to Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Beveridge Report edited by J Jacobs, J, Whiting and Birch Books About this extract This article is adapted from the study material from the Open University course Understanding Health & Social Care. Read articles on personal finance...
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What's in your toolbox?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What's in your toolbox?

...et al., 2010). Definitions by therapists working on increasing psychological flexibility define it as, ‘the ability to fully contact the present moment and the thoughts and feelings it contains without needless defence ... persisting or changing behaviour in the pursuit of goals and values (Hayes et al., 2006, p. 9). We can think of psychological flexibility using the...
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