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Heroes and Villains: The Outlaw in Early American Folk Music
Health, Sports & Psychology

Heroes and Villains: The Outlaw in Early American Folk Music

...introduction to John Hardy and Woody Guthrie’s guitar and harmonica introduction to Tom Joad are virtually identical in their chord changes and melody. When it comes to the lyrics, however, there is complete innovation. Where Lead Belly sings: John Hardy was a desperate little man He carried two guns every day. He killed a man on a West Virginia line, But they seen John...
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Article 5 mins
Reading communities
Education & Development

Reading communities

...project found that RfP is strongly influenced by relationships between children, teachers, families and communities. Where shared understandings were established about the changing nature of reading and the value of everyday reading practices, these supported children’s RfP. These reading communities generated new kinds of talk about reading. Reciprocal and interactive...
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Video 30 mins
What does it mean to be Welsh?
History & The Arts

What does it mean to be Welsh?

...project has worked with communities across Wales to explore a simple question: What does Welsh identity mean to you? This interactive guide looks beyond familiar ideas of Wales to explore the stories, experiences and connections that shape what it means to be Welsh today. Launch the guide: What does it mean to be Welsh? [What does it mean to be Welsh? interactive] [Wales...
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Activity 5 mins
Accessing genetic testing through the NHS
Science, Maths & Technology

Accessing genetic testing through the NHS

...involves, how the results are interpreted and used to support diagnosis and treatment, and what other considerations should be made. To understand what genetic testing can tell us about our health, watch our earlier video on Medical uses of genetic testing. Visit our YouTube playlist to watch more videos from the GRACE Project, or visit our website to find out more....
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Video 5 mins
Beyond the Babble: A conversation about the art of listening
Society, Politics & Law

Beyond the Babble: A conversation about the art of listening

...project? Lucia: Participants are invited to record personal thoughts, stories and experiences around questions of individual and collective identity as well as collective action. Over the course of the exhibition each recording is integrated into a living and growing sound installation. When heard all together these voices are an unidentifiable babble, however by tuning...
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Fighting hard while flying high: the personal story of a BA cabin crew trade unionist
Society, Politics & Law

Fighting hard while flying high: the personal story of a BA cabin crew trade unionist

...management attempts to undermine trade unions and erode pay and conditions over successive decades. They also reflect historic resistance by BA workers. In this article I highlight my own involvement in some of the major disputes which across recent decades have come to characterise management-worker relations at the airline. I joined British Airways in August 1985. It...
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Article 5 mins
Understanding your sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...project manager who has worked for a financial services organisation for seven years and feels she needs a change. She has been applying for advertised jobs without success for about six months. Last week Ruth spotted an article in the local newspaper about new businesses coming to a local business park. These included an insurance company, so she looked up their website...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Women and the fight to reclaim higher education
Society, Politics & Law

Women and the fight to reclaim higher education

...introduction of the Conservative trade union laws introduced in 2016 aimed at curtailing industrial action by unions, joining RMT and CWU. Over 70,000 university staff at 150 institutions are set to act, beginning in November 2022 and escalating in early 2023 at the beginning of the new semester. The higher education sector faces significant disruption, with sister unions...
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Article 5 mins