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Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children
Education & Development

Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children

...families falsely characterised as disengaged and ‘hard to reach’. Those who actively pushed through such perceptions to advocate for their children, even in the face of structural barriers, found their tenacity mischaracterised as ‘aggression’, and there were consistent accounts of Black children being given less latitude and understanding for their ‘autistic...
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Seeing institutions in different ways
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing institutions in different ways

...histories, we are shaped by – and we in turn shape – institutions. They give structure and meaning to our lives. They make shared experience, and shared action, possible. In short, we live our lives – as social beings – through institutions. I can put this in more formal, academic terms. Teddy Brett, who has contributed a great deal to the theory and practice of...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...History shows us that governments have used international sports events to pursue their own interests rather than understanding, friendship and peace among nations (Kissoudi, 2008). Sporting victories for a national team can improve and reinforce superiority of its political regime – for example both the 1934 World Cup in Italy and the 1936 Berlin ‘Nazi’ Olympics....
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Discovering music: the blues
History & The Arts

Discovering music: the blues

...history and how it has been performed as well as some of the technical elements of blues music. [Described image] Figure 1 B. B. King performing c.1968. Photo Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images (via Britannica Image Quest) Before you start, take a couple of minutes to reflect on what you already know about the blues and about musical traditions. If you do an internet...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...Family and Buckingham Palace. In 2017 Prince Charles made media headlines after asking writer Anita Sethi where she was from at the 2017 Commonwealth People’s Forum in London. When she replied that she was from Manchester, UK, the then Prince chuckled and replied, ‘Well you don’t look like it’. He was hurriedly ushered away and Anita, whose mother came to England...
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Abbie Barnes - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Abbie Barnes - Earth in Vision

...history filmmaker, exploring wildlife in Britain, and the role of social media in connecting with new audiences...Abbie Barnes Abbie is a 19 year old semi-professional filmmaker and photographer who specialises in promotional shorts, and wildlife conservation and expedition-style productions. She currently produces every aspect of her work, from research, script writing,...
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Video 30 mins
Negotiating trade deals
Money & Business

Negotiating trade deals

...are negotiated without democratic scrutiny or accountability. Just as worrying, these deals are reached by unelected figures, further putting into question their ability to be publicly debated and influenced. Alvaro Guzman Bastida discusses these concerns in his article for Al Jazeera America “History’s largest trade agreements are being negotiated in secret”....
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Article 5 mins
The Irish Gothic collection on OpenLearn
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic collection on OpenLearn

...history of the Gothic, and introduce key features of Gothic storytelling. In Part 1, you will Discover the basic characteristics of the Gothic in literature Practice identifying gothic tropes in works of art Learn about the uncanny, a common Gothic term Trace influences on the Irish Gothic in the 18th and 19th centuries Find Gothic features and inspirations in story arcs...
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