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Wales and rugby
Society, Politics & Law

Wales and rugby

...History in the Centre for Modern and Contemporary Wales at the University of Glamorgan, about rugby in Wales. He is an enthusiastic scholar and supporter of rugby, as well as being a co-author of the official history of the Welsh Rugby Union, Fields of Praise (University of Wales Press, 1980). Speaking about his research, Gareth explains how different aspects of Welsh...
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Eating for the environment
Nature & Environment

Eating for the environment

...family consists of all fungal species. Protista includes eukaryotic organism, in which cells have nuclei but it is not an animal, plant or fungus. It is not a natural group, or clade, since they have no common characteristic origin, but, they are often grouped together for convenience. This kingdom also includes the red and brown algae. The Prokaryota includes unicellular...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Five missing kings and queens – and where we might find them
History & The Arts

Five missing kings and queens – and where we might find them

...family mounted a raid to steal the royal remains and bring them back to English-controlled land. What happened next isn’t entirely clear, but for the modern bone hunter the problem isn’t a lack of evidence – it’s too much of it. In the Middle Ages, five different establishments claimed to own Oswald’s head, from Durham in England through to Hildesheim in...
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What is happening in Brazil?
Society, Politics & Law

What is happening in Brazil?

...history, Operation Lava Jato started in 2009 as a probe into a money-laundering scheme involving a local politician from Paraná, a state in the south of Brazil. By 2014, the investigation had uncovered a massive corruption scandal within Brazil’s state oil company, Petrobras, involving politicians from numerous parties and the country’s biggest construction...
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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
Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...families. Unlike primary schools, attendance in an early years setting is not compulsory and is a parental choice. Throughout the UK there are over 20,000 primary schools (Statista, no date). Every primary school is different depending on where it is located and who attends. The smallest primary schools may have fewer than 10 pupils, and the largest providing education...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Jack Perks - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Jack Perks - Earth in Vision

...history filmmaker, exploring wildlife in Britain, and the role of social media in connecting with new audiences...Jack Perks Jack is a wildlife photographer and filmmaker specialising in freshwater fish, but with a passion for all things natural history. After studying a BA (Hons.) in Marine & Natural History Photography at Falmouth, he went on to work for many...
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Video 30 mins
Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...history) that will help you to make sense of these issues and consider how we might better respond to them...This course will introduce you to ideas of global development and the interconnectedness of the world when it comes to understanding the most pressing social, economic, political, and environmental issues of our time. It will highlight the United Nations...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs