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Languages
Hafan: What do you know about Welsh language and culture?
The future of Wales is as exciting as its past. Take our challenge, listen to stories from the locals and get to grips with Welsh culture and language.
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Education & Development
Teaching the First World War
This free course, Teaching the First World War, is designed for history teachers and their pupils. It provides a wide range of visual, textual and oral sources to enrich the teaching of the First World War. It covers familiar and less familiar aspects of the history of the First World War, ranging from the debate on the origins of the war and ...
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Education & Development
The Environment
YXM130 Example subject pathway created by Sarah McKernan, Tutor Support Manager.
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Education & Development
The Arts and Creativity
YXM130 Example subject pathway created by Jay Rixon, Senior Manager.
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Education & Development
The solar system and the night sky
YXM130 Example subject pathway created by Andrew Webster, YXM130 Curriculum Manager.
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Education & Development
Music, theatre and literature
YXM130 Example subject pathway created by George Curry, former YXM130 Module Chair.
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Education & Development
Art history in Wales
YXM130 Example subject pathway created by Martin Weller, Chair of the Open Qualifications.
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History & The Arts
Life After Death
Suzanne Newcombe discusses what happens to us after we die in this short video..
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Health, Sports & Psychology
A reader's guide to The Luzhin Defence
Vladimir Nabokov's 1930 novel The Luzhin Defence follows a chess master and his decline in mental health.
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History & The Arts
Ashura
Ashura is a day of commemoration in Islam. It occurs annually on the 10th of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, and is particularly significant for Shi‘a Muslims. Find out more about it in this article.
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History & The Arts
Poetry prescription
Feeling loving, adventurous or scared? Poetry Prescription will find you the perfect poem to reflect your mood.
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History & The Arts
Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice is the second and the larger of the two main holidays celebrated in Islam. This article explains more about the Hajj pilgrimage and the commemoration of the prophet Abraham.