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The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms
History & The Arts

The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms

...Introduction - This course introduces key terms that are essential for understanding the Classical Roman 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,...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
My Interest in Cities is Really an Interest in the Way People Live
Society, Politics & Law

My Interest in Cities is Really an Interest in the Way People Live

...meet, as Professor Allan Cochrane explains the motivations running through his work. It threads together studies of how people live, manage and organise their lives, drawing in both local and global networks of power and ideas. Cities allow us to understand, and are key parts of how, abstract theories and sweeping trends become grounded in local and everyday experiences....
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Video 5 mins
Approaching leadership with care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Approaching leadership with care

...managing, caring....Approaching leadership with care: Introduction - This free course, Approaching leadership with care, explores our understanding of what it means to lead with care. It is made up of a series of six sections. Sections 1 and 2 explore why care is an essential component of effective leadership. Sections 3 and 4 invite you to reflect on your own perceptions...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Euro 2020: Will England's ruthless academy system show its value?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Euro 2020: Will England's ruthless academy system show its value?

...managed the transitions from youth to senior football as well as establishing themselves as regular first team players. They are the few among the many who started a long journey. They are also a group of players who for the most part have developed under the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP), a system of youth development introduced throughout England in 2012. The...
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Article 10 mins
Voluntary Gravedigging in the West of Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Voluntary Gravedigging in the West of Ireland

...Introduction In Rural Ireland it is still a common but fading practice for men to get together to voluntarily dig the grave when a neighbour dies. I found two reasons that might explain why this happens. Firstly, Ireland is a socially and politically conservative nation that values traditional practices, including voluntary grave digging. Secondly, it leapfrogged...
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Article 5 mins
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Netherlands
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Netherlands

...Introduction: English Types of bread in the Netherlands have historically been divided east-west and north-south, determined by the cereal that was grown. In the south-west wheat was grown on the clay soil and brown bread was baked from this. In the south and east rye bread was eaten because of rye and oat harvests. White bread used to indicate status. For centuries Dutch...
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What the 2024 Paris Olympics can tell us about French language policy today
Education & Development

What the 2024 Paris Olympics can tell us about French language policy today

...introduction of several additional sports to the 2024 games would also mean the introduction of a number of new technical terms that have not yet found a French translation, the French Ministry of Culture together with the Ministry for Sport set up an expert panel to ensure that new French terms that can be used for the games (and beyond) are identified and defined....
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Article 5 mins
QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations
Health, Sports & Psychology

QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations

...manager in the English Premier League. Yet Nigeria recently seemed to take a step backwards by sacking their caretaker coach Augustine ‘Cerezo’ Eguavoen, who is Nigerian, and replacing him with José Peseiro (White Portuguese) who is essentially a journeyman coach with a record that doesn’t scream glory at you. One can only assume that the Nigerian Football...
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