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Impossible Peace 2: Where have all the leaders gone?
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Where have all the leaders gone?

...de Chastelain who ignored the writing on the wall of ‘not a bullet - not an ounce’, and who with colleagues made significant progress in taking many guns out of Irish politics. George Mitchell, Nancy Soderberg, Martha Pope and the arms inspectors Martti Ahtisaari and Cyril Ramaphosa are others who come to mind. We learned from South Africa and the Basque Country and...
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Rastafari in Israel
History & The Arts

Rastafari in Israel

...de-essentialising Rastafari, and over the next year or so I will be conducting fieldwork in Rome and London with different Rasta communities and groups. I see my approach as one that focuses on religion in motion, and it is an approach I began to develop when I decided to investigate Rastafari in Israel for my Master’s Thesis. In March 2014, I conducted two weeks of...
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The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present
History & The Arts

The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present

...Education programmes in schools, the French baron Pierre de Coubertin campaigned for the revival of the Olympics. The Ancient Games had been banned in the 390s CE by Theodosius I (along with all other expressions of non-Christian cults), and, except for a few re-creations dotted through history (e.g. events held at the Hippodrome of Constantinople during the Byzantine...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Dominic Ball testimonial
Education & Development

Dominic Ball testimonial

...education. When it came time for me to do my degree, university fees had gone up but the PFA provided a bursary, which made it a lot more affordable as a young player." At first Dominic found the course challenging, but found his feet in his final year and really excelled. "Initially, I didn’t engage with my tutors or get involved in the student community, so I...
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Effective digital pedagogy: new ways of engaging students
Education & Development

Effective digital pedagogy: new ways of engaging students

...Education in Wales Transcript Utilising technology in new and innovative ways can develop new pedagogies and new approaches to developing learning. Moving beyond the desktop screen and keyboard with the widespread use of mobile technology allows the integration of the environment with technology in creative ways. In this article we consider the three Rs of Digital...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Customer Service
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Customer Service

...education and healthcare are either being explicitly privatized or are adopting market values. While the goal, at least rhetorically, is to improve efficiency and individual care, in practice this can cause serious problems. Geoff Sharrock investigates this trend in his article “Students aren’t customers…or are they?” This article was written to accompany the...
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An Untimely Death on Passchendaele Ward
Health, Sports & Psychology

An Untimely Death on Passchendaele Ward

...education. This material forms part of K225, Diverse perspectives on mental health... An Untimely Death on Passchendaele Ward A short introduction to this album. Scene 1: The Patients Advocacy Office The first patients' council meeting is scheduled, but it's a no-show. One patient accidentally turns up, and passes on the news of a terrible happening on Passchendaele Ward...
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James Honeyborne - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

James Honeyborne - Earth in Vision

...educational and above all entertaining wildlife films, but they have to be true to nature in all its senses, and that means showing humanity, the effects of humanity, setting it in a context that’s real and relevant to today because that's the reality of it. A series like Africa, for example, yes, we showed the glorious wildlife but then we also, within the body of the...
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