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Non-existent countries
Society, Politics & Law

Non-existent countries

...concept this can be. According to the Montevideo convention, statehood requires ‘a permanent population; a defined territory; a government; and a capacity to enter into relations with other states’. As Nick Middleton argues in his book, the many and varied histories and geographies of contested nationalisms have led to a fascinating story of what it means to be a...
Race, ethnicity and crime
Society, Politics & Law

Race, ethnicity and crime

...concept of criminalisation is valuable for understanding race–crime debates describe the problem of disproportionality in relation to the criminal justice system provide examples of some of the ways in which critical criminology has conceptually approached and researched ‘race’ and ethnicity...Race, ethnicity and crime: The US, Australia and the UK - The...
Level 3: Advanced 1 hr
Careers education and guidance
Education & Development

Careers education and guidance

...concept of ‘career’ as a job for life is irrelevant to the twenty-first century labour market. Click below to read a careers overview, which explores this further. (Note: the QCA booklet 'Informing choices' mentioned in the instructions at the end of this overview is no longer available online) View document: Careers overview A more useful concept of career is a...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Accessibility of eLearning
Education & Development

Accessibility of eLearning

...concepts are not opposites, and many designers of eLearning will pragmatically lean towards one and then the other as they produce their eLearning materials. Some even argue that a universal design approach can include alternative or special resources and is simply a way of saying ‘we’ve tried to cater for everyone’. There are some instances of conflict between the...
Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Exploring career mentoring and coaching Badge icon
Money & Business

Exploring career mentoring and coaching

...concepts. You'll focus on what career coaching is and how that differs from other forms of coaching you might encounter. To give you a useful starting point for your learning on this course, you'll review and reflect on your own experiences of coaching and mentoring. Finding the time and motivation to complete an online course once you've signed up for it can be a...
Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction
History & The Arts

Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction

...concepts box and banana. Moreover, those with certain religious beliefs may very well want to point out that admitting non-human animals into the club of thinkers is not perforce to admit that they have souls. Only humans have souls. But what is it about us, that mere animals lack, in virtue of which we have souls and they do not? Some might say our possession of free...
Three Irish Poets – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

...de dhuilleoga feileastraim is bitiúmin agus pic bheith cuimilte lena thóin ansan é a leagadh síos i measc na ngiolcach is coigeal na mban sí le taobh na habhann, féachaint n’fheadaraís cá dtabharfaidh an sruth é, féachaint, dála Mhaoise, an bhfóirfidh iníon Fharoinn? The Language Issue I place my hope on the water in this little boat of the language, the...
Impossible Peace 2: Tea for two
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Tea for two

...de Chastelain was in Ireland wondering when he would next be needed; waiting for the IRA to move to put more of its arms beyond use. When I left Richard McAuley on that Saturday in July 2005, I stepped into the car park at the supermarket and scribbled some words onto a post it; words I used in a BBC Radio Ulster news broadcast that lunchtime. This is what I said: “My...