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A Century of Change: Shifting Patterns in Irish Emigration in the 1800s
OpenLearn Ireland

A Century of Change: Shifting Patterns in Irish Emigration in the 1800s

...system in the south of Ireland gradually became more commercialised. Cattle production for the British market dominated the post-Famine agricultural landscape and the demand for agricultural labour continued to decline. Meanwhile, both Britain and the United States appeared to have almost insatiable demand for industrial labour. If the Famine had not taken place, it seems...
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On a Wing and a Prayer: A case study
Society, Politics & Law

On a Wing and a Prayer: A case study

...system, and also the journeys along the River Thames. There are so many different layers and relationships, ways in which the relation of the subject to the law, and the relationship of the subject to space - both relate to law. In a previous project you were recreating Turner’s views of The Thames and they’re so often thought of as being quintessentially English and...
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The birth of (synthetic) dyeing
History & The Arts

The birth of (synthetic) dyeing

...system have all been cited as reasons for Germany’s chemical industry outstripping that of Britain. By 1913, Germany was exporting about 135 000 tonnes of dyes compared to Britain’s 5 000 tonnes. At the outbreak of the First World War, the only khaki dye available for British army uniforms was manufactured in Germany and had to be imported secretly! Imperial Chemical...
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Unlocking the diversity of the past
History & The Arts

Unlocking the diversity of the past

...system, Mary Louisa Gordon (1861-1941), a British physician and prison inspector recalls: I came across another young woman who was continually in prison for stealing men’s clothes. She had several long sentences. I asked her what would keep her out of prison, and she replied, “If I could go to sea.” On investigation I found that she felt it impossible to live as a...
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The Lovable Bra Occupation, Cumbernauld, 1982
Society, Politics & Law

The Lovable Bra Occupation, Cumbernauld, 1982

...system, former Lovable worker Alison Cairns recalled in our 2015 interview that workers would: Put their name forward who was willin’ to do it. And it, just kinda worked it among wurselves really. There was a sheet up and you’d say ah can do it what night, cannae do it that night. Despite a low level of organisation by the occupation’s leadership, and no coordinated...
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Volunteering in the education sector
Education & Development

Volunteering in the education sector

...systems. Separately, as a chair of school governors, she meets regularly with the leadership and teaching staff of her school, and sees her involvement as a way to be an active member of her community and to “pay it forward”. She has also developed her communication skills, sometimes taking part in difficult conversations and meetings. Her advice to anyone thinking of...
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The impact of walking and socialising through 5 Ways Café on people living with dementia and their carers: A volunteer’s perspective
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of walking and socialising through 5 Ways Café on people living with dementia and their carers: A volunteer’s perspective

...System colleagues. There is still more work to be done to tackle the stigma associated with dementia and to provide greater support those impacted by the disease; this is what makes our research with the OU so valuable. You can read more about our study here or listen to our introductory podcast . OpenLearn related resources More open resources Vseteckova J & Broad E...
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The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?
Society, Politics & Law

The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?

...system.” Little wonder, perhaps, that the OU’s radically democratic experiment in open access education was greeted with widespread hostility by many commentators inside and outside Britain’s traditional class-bound universities. (The shadow chancellor of the exchequer called the idea “blithering nonsense.”). Yet somehow the OU quickly put itself on the map....
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