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Education & Development
Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi
What does Hip Hop in Delhi tell us about local life and culture? This article delves into the ethnographic fieldwork.
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History & The Arts
Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author
This article draws attention to the life of Olaudah Equiano (1745 –1797) in Cambridgeshire and London and explores the authority of his autobiography, The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudiah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African written by himself. It considers the impact of his autobiography on societies, in its ability to address ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Black lives matter in sport too: what is the BAME experience of sport in the UK?
In the current climate, it would be hard not to notice the social upheaval among the BAME population in the UK and USA. Be it the high proportion of deaths among the BAME community from contracting COVID-19 or unarmed black men and women being killed unjustly by the police. So, as a black British man with Nigerian parents, I must express my ...
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Education & Development
Machine translation – how teachers can deal with online translation tools in language studies assessments
Online machine translation tools offer many advantages in everyday communication but what concerns do they raise among language teachers when they’re used in assessments? This article examines the issues involved.
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Education & Development
Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language teaching
Karina von Lindeiner-Stráský leads a team of researchers at The Open University exploring the use of machine translation tools in teaching. Here she explains how they can make a positive contribution and support teachers in language teaching.
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Education & Development
EPQs: writing up your dissertation
You have collected and analysed your evidence and considered it in relation to your research question. The next step is to communicate all that you have done. Your dissertation is the element of the EPQ that is read and assessed by others who haven’t been involved in your research.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Angel Breed
Understand the basic rules of genetics and see if you can breed the rarest fish in our biology game.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Are you a super recogniser?
Police super-recognisers have an above average ability to recognise faces and have identified a large number of criminals via CCTV footage. Do you possess the skill? Try our quiz to find out.
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Society, Politics & Law
Advancing Black leadership
In this free course, learners will develop and explore skills to empower themselves as leaders.
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Education & Development
Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language learning
Are you trying to learn a language in the age of readily available free online translation tools such as Google Translate or DeepL? Find out more about how these tools can improve your language learning.
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Education & Development
Jumpstart University
Aimed to help students starting university this year to prepare for and settle into their studies, the Jumpstart University hub has been developed by The Open University in collaboration with the Russell Group.
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History & The Arts
Unlocking the diversity of the past
Historian Norena Shopland explains why our historical knowledge and perception is lacking when it comes to stories of diversity, and what we can do to change this.