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Robert Owen and New Lanark
History & The Arts

Robert Owen and New Lanark

...working conditions, healthcare, crime: these issues are hotly debated in today's society. They are also issues that Robert Owen, seen by some as a visionary and by others as a knave and a charlatan, sought to address in the early 1800s. This free course, Robert Owen and New Lanark, uses a series of essays written by Owen to explore the ideas of this important and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM

...work through the course at your own pace, so if you have more time one week there is no problem with pushing on to complete a further study session. The six sessions are linked to ensure a logical flow through the course. They are: 1. Engaging with SoTL 2. Getting started with SoTL 3. Formulating a SoTL inquiry 4. Students as partners and ethical considerations in SoTL...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Migration goes both ways: How Brits changed the world
History & The Arts

Migration goes both ways: How Brits changed the world

...working in factories back home. Meanwhile, in New York City, immigrant workers from the British Isles were breaking into the printing industry. The textile industries of New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania relied heavily on them too, and both English and Scottish workers also prospered in metallurgical trades. But skills weren’t the only thing that the British...
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Article 5 mins
How did a Scottish golf club shape how we remember the First World War?
History & The Arts

How did a Scottish golf club shape how we remember the First World War?

...work focused mainly on the relationship between Owen and fellow soldier-poet Siegfried Sassoon, while Barker focused on Sassoon and Craiglockhart psychiatrist William Rivers. Both works are to be commended, but they are essentially fictional accounts. Part of the hospital’s plans to restore traumatised British officers to health was to put these men to work in the...
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Article 5 mins
How the Good Friday Agreement changed my life...
OpenLearn Ireland

How the Good Friday Agreement changed my life...

...working in the voluntary sector as the Agreement loomed in the mid-nineties, watching political developments with huge interest. When it dawned on a few of us that if the politicians were to secure a deal by Easter 1998, the Talks Chair Senator George Mitchell’s famous deadline before he left for his new-born baby in the USA, then there would be an instant and massive...
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Article 10 mins
Workshops on gender diversity – helping us move from insults to inclusion.
Health, Sports & Psychology

Workshops on gender diversity – helping us move from insults to inclusion.

...work led by UNESCO in the Asia-Pacific region. This work has included partnerships between academics, schools and UNESCO and these have generated valuable work toward preventing bullying on the basis of gender identity and expression. Transgender young people, and selected community-based organisations that they are a part of, have also been working hard to improve this...
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Article 10 mins
What is the pension triple lock, and how has it become an election issue?
Money & Business

What is the pension triple lock, and how has it become an election issue?

...working population. The different colours indicate the basis used to increase pensions each year. The chart shows how policy see-saws between protecting pensioner incomes and containing cost. [Chart showing the basic and new State Pension as a percentage of average earnings from 1975 - 2017.] Basic and new State Pension as a percentage of average earnings, 1975 to 2017....
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Article 5 mins
Introduction to Green Social Prescribing — Mental Health and the Workplace Environment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to Green Social Prescribing — Mental Health and the Workplace Environment

...Work’ (2021) Of course, we also know that the need to focus on workplace wellbeing lies deeper than simply being a cost-saving exercise. Healthier environments in which workers have a greater sense of purpose and individuals are not only more socially engaged but feel valued and supported. They potentially lead to less stress since communication becomes more open. Union...
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Article 5 mins