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Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle
History & The Arts

Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle

...Technology moves fast, but the means of understanding its movements do not, given the new media theory’s obligate and persistent homage to Deleuze’s early nineties programme. The gratuitousness of this reference today, combined with the lack of specificity concerning contemporary implementations of cybernetic modes of machinic governance, might just as well introduce...
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World-Changing Women: The Trung Sisters
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: The Trung Sisters

...educated and single-minded woman. According to local traditional accounts, together with her sister, Trung Nhi, she successfully repelled the Chinese from their village. Then, with the assistance of neighbours they put together a large army, made up largely of women, which drove the Chinese out of Vietnam. This event is still celebrated today. The following year, in 40...
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myf.cymru – Mental health through the medium of Welsh
Education & Development

myf.cymru – Mental health through the medium of Welsh

...education students studying in Wales and beyond...[Graphic of woman sitting smiling looking at a screen] Myf.cymru is a national initiative dedicated to enhancing mental health and wellbeing support for Welsh-speaking students across Wales and beyond. The project focuses on raising awareness, reducing stigma, and encouraging open conversations about mental health through...
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Free Course: An Introduction to Public Leadership
Money & Business

Free Course: An Introduction to Public Leadership

...recognition for your learning. - Subscribe to our newsletter and stay in touch with what's new in the world of free courses and other free educational material produced by The Open University. Take your learning further with our free resources on leadership Videos on leadership Articles on leadership Interactives on leadership Relevant FREE courses Preparation for study...
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Write it right: seven common writing mistakes
Languages

Write it right: seven common writing mistakes

...Education and started his career as an English teacher 40 years ago. John notes, over that period, many students struggle with the same common mistakes in written English. This is a great shame, and is avoidable. Writing it right matters, and it is possible to learn (or even re-learn) the correct way to mitigate seven of the most common errors in written English. This...
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An introduction to the Social Work Hub
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to the Social Work Hub

...course such as Introducing social care and social work? Alternatively, you could look at an interactive such as The caring manager in health and social care. If you are interested in learning more about studying a qualification such as a degree or Certificate of Higher Education, you can find out more about the OU’s social work and social care programmes here....
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Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver
Education & Development

Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver

...education but remained at school an extra year to mature as a primary school teacher. I applied for a teaching job and was successful so, at the age of 13, I left my home to teach in a village about 7 miles away. This was to encourage and illustrate the importance of a western education for girls in particular and also the financial benefits of having a western education....
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What is the Golem Effect - and how does it harm bilingual students?
Languages

What is the Golem Effect - and how does it harm bilingual students?

...Education and Bilingualism (Pulinx et al. 2015) raises precisely this question: how are teacher attitudes towards linguistic diversity related to the expectations they hold of their students? While the study does not actually go on to examine a link between teacher expectations and student performance, the results of the study are not pretty: The researchers found that...
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