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Black Majority Churches (BMCs) and the transformation of British Christianity
History & The Arts

Black Majority Churches (BMCs) and the transformation of British Christianity

...family would set off to our local branch of the New Testament Church of God (NTCOG), at the time the largest black majority church denomination in the UK. As my sisters left our town to pursue careers, I was eventually the only sibling left into 1990s. “Church” wasn’t only a place of worship. It was a safe place in a very stormy world where I often didn’t fit...
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Video 40 mins
The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary
OpenLearn Ireland

The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary

...family of eleven children. Gerry has been an Irish republican activist all his adult life. After joining the IRA he was imprisoned on a number of occasions, escaping twice. On his release in 1989 he joined Sinn Féin and became part of their negotiating team leading up to the Good Friday Agreement. Elected for the first time in 1996 he became an MLA in 1998. He has been...
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Article 10 mins
Ada Lovelace Day
Science, Maths & Technology

Ada Lovelace Day

...family only a year after she was born. A sickly child, Ada was not expected to survive, but despite a series of life-threatening illnesses, she continued her education, and by her teenage years was becoming recognized as a mathematical prodigy. In addition to whatever natural talent she possessed, Ada was driven to the exploration of mathematics by her mother; who saw in...
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Article 15 mins
Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition
Society, Politics & Law

Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition

...families by any useful labours. Slavery would also be a proper punishment for such as by intemperance or other vices ruined themselves and families, and made them public burden. Finally, a number of British anti-slavery abolitionists, including leading campaigners like William Wilberforce, Samuel Romily and Thomas Fowell Buxton became prominent penal reformers. Indeed,...
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Article 20 mins
How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?

...family and pets: a puppy, two Labradors and a cat. A couple of weeks after her passing, Olson honoured her by naming a new project ‘Project Violet’. He hoped it would revolutionise cancer surgery with a drug from an unusual source. Professor Harald Sontheimer, then at the University of Alabama, was never really interested in cancer. If it weren’t derived from his...
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History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee

...family correspondence is now contained on the UK RED site, so let’s start by conducting an advanced search. Activity 1 Search for the evidence of Elizabeth Barrett’s childhood reading in UK RED. Click on ‘Advanced Search’, and scroll down. Enter ‘Elizabeth Barrett’ (her maiden name) in the ‘Name of Reader’ box, check ‘female’ for gender, and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Engendering citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Engendering citizenship

...family friendly employment policies’ that make it easier for both women and men to combine paid work. Family responsibilities not just the care of children, but also increasingly important the care of older people. Mary As you have seen while you have been studying D218, Marshall has identified social policy as the critical mechanism for promoting equal rights; he calls...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Beginners’ German: Places and people
Languages

Beginners’ German: Places and people

...Familie my family meine Mutter my mother Dialog 1 MARCOS Hallo, mein Name ist Marcos Schneider. STUDENTIN Hallo. Kommst du aus Deutschland? MARCOS Nein, aus Blumenau. Das ist in Brasilien. STUDENTIN Oh. Dialog 2 MANN Ihr Deutsch ist perfekt, Frau Lahn. Woher in Australien kommen Sie? FRAU LAHN Ich komme aus Hahndorf im Barossa-Tal. Meine Familie kommt aus Deutschland....
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs