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Butetown Carnival: past, present, and future
History & The Arts

Butetown Carnival: past, present, and future

...world. In Wales, there were already traditions, such as Mari Lwyd, where people would dress up and sing or tell each other stories, going from household to household. People with makeshift instruments would perform in the streets and were paid in food and drink. These elements of Carnival were already there, over a hundred years ago. As well as this, a travelling fair...
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Article 10 mins
Impossible Peace 2: The murders at Massereene
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: The murders at Massereene

...world is capable of this? Yesterday, hours before the attack in Craigavon, Sir Hugh Orde discussed the security picture with the Prime Minister. If he feels he needs something more, then he will ask for it, but he stresses that "you have to be realistic about this". There is no such thing as perfect security or a complete intelligence picture - never has been. For all the...
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Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth
Education & Development

Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

...world and shape our day-to-day work. If you are tempted to think that, as a practitioner, you could manage without something called ‘theory’, and simply rely on common sense, then think how you would feel about a new recruit coming into your workplace without a grasp of the kinds of key ideas that you noted above, or who was still operating with the assumptions that...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn
History & The Arts

10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn

...World-changing women: Download your free booklet of postcards. 2: Alexander Fleming - discoverer of penicillin Transcript Who'd have thought this guy would've saved millions of people with some accidentally discovered 'mould juice'?! Sir Alexander Fleming, born in 1881, was a Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and botanist. He is best-known for discovering the antibiotic...
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Article 15 mins
Matt Ridley - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Matt Ridley - Stories of Change

...world from droughts, floods and storms is 93% lower than it was in the 1920s is not because the climate’s got less dangerous in that time; droughts, floods and storms are probably just as common as they were then. It’s because people got richer, they got better sheltered, better transport, better communication, all these kind of things. So when a hurricane hits a...
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A trip to Brighton
History & The Arts

A trip to Brighton

...World War, the Pavilion became a hospital for the troops, as Jeremy Paxman learned Find out more about Jeremy Paxman's series on the Great War for the BBC & the OU But the Pavilion isn't Brighton's only fascinating building... Stuart Mitchell visits the Tarner folly ... and even the bus shelters are interesting... Brighton's art deco bus shelters ... and they may have...
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Celebrating festivals from the past and present
History & The Arts

Celebrating festivals from the past and present

...How to prepare for playing at a music festival Timing can be everything when it comes playing at a music festival. Dr Sean Williams explains how he made the transition from darkness to sunrise so memorable at a music festival in Nevada. Literary festivals Dr Shafquat Towheed discusses the history of literary festivals and how they are uniting people in the literary world....
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What is OpenLearn Scotland?
Society, Politics & Law

What is OpenLearn Scotland?

...understanding of contemporary Scottish society show a broader understanding of Scottish culture and identity demonstrate an understanding of the various frameworks and standards of professional recognition in Scotland demonstrate an awareness of the opportunities for further supported study in your chosen area We hope you enjoy dipping into a world of free learning....
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