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Using lanthanides as medical imaging tools
Science, Maths & Technology

Using lanthanides as medical imaging tools

...history shows that they are far from rare and are in fact, found abundantly in nature. For instance, neodymium is more abundant than gold, and thulium (which is the least common naturally occurring lanthanide) is more abundant than iodine. The attainment of their rare moniker is instead attributed to their tendency to appear “hidden” one behind another in their...
Larry Achiampong – Challenging Colonial Narratives with Art
History & The Arts

Larry Achiampong – Challenging Colonial Narratives with Art

...histories and futures, including flags and colour representation. He is currently represented by Copperfield Gallery, London. I'm really excited to have partnered with The Open University for this film, which gives intimate insight into my practice. Education has always meant an incredible amount to me. Having been raised, along with my siblings by a single mother from...
Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...History...Art in Renaissance Venice: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: be aware of the art and culture of fifteenth-century Venice be aware of the nature of cultural exchange in Renaissance Europe understand how Venetian art challenges the canonical view of Renaissance art as a purely western European phenomenon start to develop skills...
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more
History & The Arts

Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more

...history of canals shaped a nation's financial system, workers' rights and civil engineering...Dive deeper into the history of how canals shaped a nation with OpenLearn. For more information on the TV programme, Canals: The Making of a Nation, see the series page and episode guide here. Here, you can find out more about: the canal capitalists the canal workers the canal...
Was Alcibiades the Athenian Donald Trump?
History & The Arts

Was Alcibiades the Athenian Donald Trump?

...history of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides incorporated many pairs of speeches arguing opposing points of view that reveal how politicians sought to put down, outmaneuver and even humiliate their rivals. Any student of Greek history, like me, cannot but admire the historian’s unparalleled understanding of the invisible web that every ambitious, skillful and ruthless...
Why do some cities thrive?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do some cities thrive?

...history more than half of the world’s population lives in cities and so now more than ever it’s important to understand what it is that makes a city flourish,” says Professor Ron Martin, from Cambridge's Department of Geography. “Adaptability and resilience may be today’s buzzwords but this is the way that cities – and those making policies that affect cities...
Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015
OpenLearn Ireland

Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015

...HISTORY' [Online] http://donegalyarns.com/our-history/ Fisherman Out of Ireland (nd) 'Fisherman Out of Ireland' [Online] http://www.fishermanoutofireland.com/ Studio Donegal (2011) 'About Us' [Online] http://studiodonegal.ie/shop/about_Us.html Central Statistics Office (2011) Census 2011 Small Area Population Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Stationery Office,...
The interplay of language and culture in times of crisis: COVID-19 and beyond
Languages

The interplay of language and culture in times of crisis: COVID-19 and beyond

...FP, 13 March. Available at: https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/13/putin-ukraine-russia-war-language-shibboleth-palyanitsya/ (Accessed: 10 October 2022). Withers, M. (2022) ‘Message in a bottle: a history of the Molotov cocktail’, The New European, 28 February. Available at: https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/a-history-of-the-molotov-cocktail/ (Accessed: 10 October 2022)....