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National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840
History & The Arts

National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840

...institution, the Parliament of Scotland, until 1707. That year, Scotland entered into a political union with England and Wales, creating a new state, the Kingdom of Great Britain. Thereafter, 45 Scottish representatives joined the ranks of English and Welsh MPs at the House of Commons. Scotland retained significant autonomy, however, with its own legal and educational...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Introducing International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing International Relations

...institutions that govern a specific territory and population, including entities like the military, civil service and public services. Unlike governments, which may change frequently, a state is a more enduring structure. States claim sovereignty, or ultimate authority, over their territories, and this sovereignty is normally recognised both internally by citizens and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...institutions, and perhaps also have established literary or cultural histories, the variety is more likely to be accorded the status of a language in its own right. The example that is often given to illustrate this is the relationship between Swedish and Danish. These are linguistically very similar to each other in their spoken form (so much so that they are mutually...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Stigma erthyliad a'r gweithle
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stigma erthyliad a'r gweithle

...et al., 2020) ac, yn 2021, roedd 214,256 o erthyliadau yng Nghymru a Lloegr (Swyddfa Gwella Iechyd ac Anghyfartaledd, 2023). Ac eithrio'r gwaith a wnaed gan Fiona Bloomer a'i chydweithwyr (2017, 2023) yng nghyd-destun Gogledd Iwerddon, ychydig a wyddys am erthyliad yng nghyd-destunau gweithleoedd y DU. Yn ogystal, mae stigma mawr ynghlwm wrth erthyliad ac yn aml mae'n...
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Article 5 mins
How to make the most out of our visit to the Great Outdoors: walking with The Parks Trust and staying mindful
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to make the most out of our visit to the Great Outdoors: walking with The Parks Trust and staying mindful

...et al (2020) COVID-19 The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/social-care-social-work/the-effects-self-isolation-and-lack-physical-activity-on-carers Vseteckova J (2019) Depression, mood and exercise
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Article 10 mins
Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK
Education & Development

Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK

...et al, 2020;; Gov.uk, 2019; London.gov.uk, 2020) US England & Wales Black and Latinx drivers were stopped and searched roughly two times more than White drivers (from analysis of data from 100 million traffic stops across US police forces) From April 2018 to March 2019, there were 38 stop and searches for every 1,000 Black people compared to 4 stop and searches for every...
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Article 10 mins
Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael
History & The Arts

Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael

...Institute of Art, but it is a world away from current concerns in the discipline. In 1973 Nicos Hadjinicolaou outlined what he saw as three blockages, or ‘obstacles’ to the production of a serious study of art in Art History and Class Struggle (Hadjinicolaou, 1978). The second obstruction was art history as a history of civilisations, and the third was art history as...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Art and the Mexican Revolution
History & The Arts

Art and the Mexican Revolution

...institutions funded by major corporate donors, and not by a government, as in Mexico City. The different types of commissions carried different sets of pressures. If Rivera was allowed to project his political radicalism in murals funded by the Mexican state post-1920, then this was because these regimes benefited, to some degree, from the radical gloss that such works...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs