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The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...world role has shrunk” (Altbach, 2004, p. 10). Within the context of OER more broadly, Hodgkinson-Williams and Trotter (2018) advocate for the integration of Indigenous knowledge and local languages to ensure cultural relevance and address historical imbalances in educational content. What we’ve done Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, triggered an exodus...
A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s
History & The Arts

A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s

...world. It explores the process of religious renewal, looking at the development of Wicca, the prototypical form of modern Paganism. Originally presented as a Goddess religion of great antiquity, which had survived the Roman invasion and Church persecution, Wicca is in fact best seen as a new religion, clearly belonging to an age in which sexual norms, gender roles and...
Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?
History & The Arts

Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?

...world, and wonders if we'd not all be better off with something more directly supportive...It’s currently a hot topic among animation circles, and especially their cousins in the VFX industry. Yes, government subsidies are contentious no matter what side of the debate you’re on. Those for, argue that they retain jobs and industries in countries (or regions) that would...
Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity
History & The Arts

Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity

...World Atlas of Languages Structures) and that languages are not neutral, both shaping people’s responses to them. Sayings and proverbs embody teachings, values and lessons distilled through time, within and across cultures. Some of them are widely shared, while others reflect specificities of a time and place. The Soundshapes experience culminated in the presentation of...
James Honeyborne - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

James Honeyborne - Earth in Vision

...World. He also directed a feature-length wildlife drama, Meerkats (2009). He is a keen scuba diver and photographer and has also made a series of documentaries with world champion freediver, Tanya Streeter. More recently, from 2009 - 2013 he was Series Producer for the BBC’s landmark series Africa which was narrated by Sir David Attenborough and aired in 2013....
Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief

...world to me. One friend gave me a tiny book called The Gift of Peace – Thoughts for a Peaceful World by Brahma Kumaris. Another gave me A Widow’s Journey by Gayle Roper Recently I have read A Gift for Grief by Louise Bates. Nowadays people who knew Alan before I did tell me things I didn’t know about him, which I enjoy learning. Grief, love and loss I still grieve....
The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911
Society, Politics & Law

The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911

...world. By 1911, the plant had expanded to employ over 12,000, around 3,000 of which were women. Census data from 1911 shows how the workforce was drawn, not only from Clydebank, but from all the adjacent communities along Clydeside, a factor that was to prove significant during the 1911 strike. In tune with its American roots, the Singer Company was aggressively hostile...
Introduction to differential equations
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to differential equations

...world problems. Section 4 introduces the integrating factor method for solving linear differential equations. The final two sections summarise and revise the methods introduced in the previous sections and describe various other approaches to finding solutions of first-order differential equations and to understanding the behaviour of the solutions...Differential...