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Languages
European Day of Languages
Happy European Day of Languages! Find out more about why we should celebrate language learning.
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Education & Development
All my own work: exploring academic integrity
Are you currently studying? This free course, All my own work: exploring academic integrity, is designed to help you build confidence in producing your own work for academic purposes. You will explore what plagiarism is and how to avoid it, and learn how and when to reference. The course also includes an interactive to work through, which will ...
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History & The Arts
Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
This free course brings national census data to life by highlighting the vibrant stories of the diverse residents of Milton Keynes. This ‘new town’ with an increasingly mixed population, serves as a rich case study for understanding demographic changes in ethnicity and religion across the UK. The approach can be applied in any local context. It ...
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Society, Politics & Law
Detecting Deception: Can you spot a liar?
Some money has been stolen - everyone denies taking it but some people are lying. Can you work out who is telling the truth and who is being dishonest? Find out in our interactive...
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Society, Politics & Law
The sharing economy
How sharing and caring is the sharing economy? Petr Jehlička takes a critical look at the booming sector and traces its hidden connections and contradictions.
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Languages
Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?
A new branch of the study of language seeks to explore the links between the language we use and the racial differences we experience. Can language have a race? In this article, Mel Green explores the links between race and language.
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History & The Arts
Charles Dickens, Race and Colonialism
What can the works of Charles Dickens tell us about race and colonialism in the Victorian era? Dr Alex Tickell, a Senior Lecturer in English, explores…
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History & The Arts
English Literature, Racism and Rehabilitation
Does English literature have the power to change the perspective of someone with violent racist views and rehabilitate them? Dr Alex Tickell explores in this article.
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History & The Arts
The American Civil Rights Movement
In this free course, The American Civil Rights Movement, you will learn about the mass movement for racial equality in the United States that reached its zenith during the 1950s and 1960s. During this turbulent period in United States history, black Americans sought to overturn deeply entrenched systems of racial segregation and ...
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Cyrsiau ar-lein am ddim ar gyfer sgiliau astudio
Darganfyddwch y cyrsiau sgiliau astudio am ddim hyn ar OpenLearn.
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Education & Development
Free online courses for study skills
Discover these free study skills courses on OpenLearn.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The Value of Emotional Intelligence in a Challenging Workplace
Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand, use, and manage emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathise with others, overcome challenges, and defuse conflict. Developing emotional intelligence skills can help us to be more successful in both our personal and professional lives: developing better ...