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Fast Reactors and Thorium
Science, Maths & Technology

Fast Reactors and Thorium

...class of reactors: the ‘fast reactors’. A fast reactor has no moderator, merely a coolant with which useful energy can be extracted (e.g. for electricity generation). Typical coolants used in experimental, prototype, and demonstration fast reactors have included liquid sodium, inert gases and lead (or lead alloys). Fast reactors have been investigated throughout the...
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Article 10 mins
The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry

...class culture. The stories of individual prisoners told by Fry and other reformers to promote the Newgate project don’t provide much insight into the typical female prisoner or their experience at Newgate. Prison journals and registers do give us a brief snapshot of the women’s crimes, personal details and punishments. Most were unmarried, under the age of 30,...
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Article 15 mins
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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Article 10 mins
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Education & Development

Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits

...feedback and suggestions for future improvement, in our optional end-of-course survey. Participation will be completely confidential and we will not pass on your details to others...This free course, Multidisciplinary study: the values and benefits, explores the advantages of studying more than one subject and will help you to decide if multidisciplinary study is for you....
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs