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Goya
History & The Arts

Goya

...family to France, ostensibly to mediate between Ferdinand and his parents. At a meeting at Bayonne, however, Napoleon placed them all under house arrest and browbeat both Charles and Ferdinand into renouncing the Spanish throne in favour of Napoleon's elder brother, Joseph Bonaparte. Charles, Ferdinand and Godoy went into exile in France. Napoleon's insult to Spanish...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...history-making maps. Along with assessing the political importance of some maps it examines how we read maps and looks at how to evaluate the information contained within them. Although maps might seem to be objective and factual the course looks at the values embedded in both maps themselves and our perceptions of them. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 1...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Rural entrepreneurship in Wales
Money & Business

Rural entrepreneurship in Wales

...family’s farm and wants to develop more income by diversifying outside of traditional farming activities. Gwyneth is a keen cook and has had her hours reduced at the café where she works in town. To supplement her family income, she wants to sell her homemade jams, chutneys and preserves at farmers’ markets and food fairs. Julia, a Further Education student, lives...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)

...family or friends, planning an event with colleagues at work, responding to an emergency, working together to set a budget, participating in a meeting, to delivering a change in local or national government policy. Figure 1 Features commonly found in in successful schools. Mark Gardner of the National Governors Association identified that ‘building a successful...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Children and young people: food and food marketing
Education & Development

Children and young people: food and food marketing

...family, class, cultural, generational). Discussing key issues that in research and thinking about food, including how policies tackling obesity are framed, it draws across work from Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology to challenge the rhetoric of 'healthy choices' and consider why it's essential to go beyond the individual to understand systems and environments...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
What LGBTQ+ Relationships Can Teach Us About Love
Health, Sports & Psychology

What LGBTQ+ Relationships Can Teach Us About Love

...history month, there’s no better time to look back on the lessons we’ve learnt along the way – not least on our ability to bring about rapid social, cultural and legal changes via respectful debate, patience and listening to the views or our opponents. I’d also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge how, in doing so, the LGBTQ+ community has learnt a lot...
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Article 15 mins
Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change

...history in her hometown of Sonoma, California. Follow her on Twitter: @KA_Nicholas © The Open University Transcript Stories of Change Project Kimberly Nicholas Interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin, interviewer KN: = Kim Nicholas, Associate Professor, Lund University, Sweden. Researcher into climate change, sustainable food and ecosystem services, participant. RH: So I’m...
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Audio 5 mins
The Lee Jeans Occupation, Greenock, 1981
Society, Politics & Law

The Lee Jeans Occupation, Greenock, 1981

...history interviews I conducted with workers between 2014 and 2016, in order to understand the development of the occupation and its legacies. The Changing Economy of Greenock and Inverclyde The Lee Jeans plant was operated by Vanity Fair Co. (VF Corporation), a large, American-based, multinational clothes manufacturer. By 1972, Lee was their most successful brand,...
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Article 10 mins