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Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism

...classes and localities and reminded members of Oddfellowship’s ideals of structured sociability. The banner announced in public that a friendly society had arrived. Its design, echoing military and religious standards indicated that the bearers were sturdy, collective, orderly men. It told the world of members’ pride, presence, identity, and reminded members and...
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52 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

52 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...Class Jedi (formerly Star Wars: The Course Returns). Notice how Darth Vader has taken over our logo (but thankfully not the galaxy)? OK, so we're no Olivia Coleman or Rami Malek when it comes to acting skills but the OpenLearn team have made special cameo appearances in some of our site’s videos – including this video which is included in our The Science of Alcohol...
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Heroes and villains: the presentation of the outlaw in early twentieth-century American folk music
Health, Sports & Psychology

Heroes and villains: the presentation of the outlaw in early twentieth-century American folk music

...class and its agencies, but who remains within the moral order of their own community and frequently acts in the collective interest. Thirdly, the outlaw as ‘everyman’ – an ordinary person who through circumstance (i.e., being in the wrong place at the wrong time) performs an act that places them outside the law. The outlaws With one exception, all of the outlaws...
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How can we dismantle racism in public institutions and services?
Education & Development

How can we dismantle racism in public institutions and services?

...class, gender, sexuality and nation to be incorporated into an empirical investigation (Phillips, 2011, p. 174). This shift provides more nuanced explorations and explanations of longstanding ethnic and racial inequalities observed in criminal justice outcomes. The multi-layered framework of racialisation may provide ‘possible intervention points’ in policy and...
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Decolonisation and Higher Education: Closing the Degree Awarding Gap
Education & Development

Decolonisation and Higher Education: Closing the Degree Awarding Gap

...class degree was significantly higher than their black counter parts, with gaps between Black African students at 19%, Black Caribbean students at 16.5% and ‘other’ Black backgrounds at 22.3%. One of the key issues is that white students are receiving disproportionate degree classifications for ‘good’ degrees despite joining universities with the same level of...
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David Hume
History & The Arts

David Hume

...de la Fontaine (1621–95). The moral of the painting is expressed in the final lines of the poem: A poor woodsman, covered in foliage, Burdened by branches and years, Groaning and bent, walks in heavy steps, Struggling to reach his smoky cottage. Finally, out of energy and in great pain, He lays down his load and ponders his misery. ‘What pleasure have I had since...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Aberdulais Falls: a case study in Welsh heritage
History & The Arts

Aberdulais Falls: a case study in Welsh heritage

...variables. These include signposting to the tourist attraction, car parking, catering, toilet facilities and overall interpretation. The lack of adequate parking, especially on public holidays, was something of a problem in the past, there being no parking on the site itself. To overcome this problem, the National Trust leased part of a nearby hotel’s car park, but...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list

...de Janeiro, world-champion athletes and sport commentators — who also happen to be women — have faced offensive slights about everything from their choice of summer dress, to the gold-medal "catfights." Credit for their accomplishments has also been thrown to the men in their lives, too. (Yes, for real.) On Sunday, The Chicago Tribune identified U.S. medallist Corey...
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