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Irish Women’s Poetry: Colette Bryce
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: Colette Bryce

...students from Columbia University demonstrating the Indian Rope Trick.]The magician Joseph Dunninger with students from Columbia University demonstrating the Indian Rope Trick ... between public and private ... Having grown up on a political faultline, Colette Bryce is aware of borders, restriction and freedoms. This comes through subtly in her personal poems when she...
Understanding the role of art historians in a changing world
History & The Arts

Understanding the role of art historians in a changing world

...students from a variety of backgrounds, who go to work in many different sectors. It may not be widely taught as a standalone subject in schools, but Art History has both a rich history and huge contemporary relevance. To give just one example, recent debates over statues representing figures such as Cecil Rhodes and Edward Colston speak directly to issues (such as the...
Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists
Society, Politics & Law

Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists

...students suspected of undefined extremism. For his part, French prime minister, Manuel Valls, in an unwelcome echo of the appalling failures of the Blair–Bush era, has called for a war on terrorism. David Cameron will soon fly to the US to discuss the Paris murders with Barack Obama, as well as plans for enhanced intelligence collaboration. Strange since, if the Snowden...
The biology of loving our pets
Science, Maths & Technology

The biology of loving our pets

...students and found that students who showed the most compassion and empathy for animals had a specific variant of the oxytocin gene. Meaning that there may be a genetic component that explains why some people are more ‘animal lovers’ than others. However, it’s likely that this is only one piece of the puzzle and other non-biological factors, such as psychological...
Opening up history: the intersections of tobacco consumption and modern war
History & The Arts

Opening up history: the intersections of tobacco consumption and modern war

...OU student (in the early 2000s), on the Social Sciences programme, was formative – I picked up a lot about sociological approaches and ideas, some of which I still use today in my research. 2. What is your specialist area and how did you end up focusing on this? The latter two years of my undergraduate degree coincided with the start of the First World War centenary...
Visions of protest: graffiti
History & The Arts

Visions of protest: graffiti

...students to contrasting understandings of graffiti. It draws on a wide range of graffiti examples, including mystery zebras in Hackney, fish graffiti in Morecambe, 'tags' in a Milton Keynes underpass, a McDonald's advert and exhibits at a highly established art gallery, the Tate Modern. Students will consider different arguments for and against the perception of graffiti...
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What are the three types of Bill?
Society, Politics & Law

What are the three types of Bill?

...become an Act of Parliament and law of the land. There three kinds of Bill. What is a Public Bill? This is the most common type of Bill. Public Bills deal with matters affecting the public generally and are usually introduced by a Government minister. Public Bills apply throughout England and Wales. Most Bills are public and are introduced and supported by the Government....
How data is making our cities smarter
Society, Politics & Law

How data is making our cities smarter

...become increasingly common, new debates will need to take place about the usage and storage of the data the smart city is based on. Do we trust those collecting data about us to store it securely? What if we don’t want to be individually identified? Will it ever be possible to remove ourselves from this global dataset, if we should wish to do so in the future?...