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Butetown Carnival: past, present, and future
History & The Arts

Butetown Carnival: past, present, and future

...working. Carnival has this fire, and you can’t take that away from us. Bringing Butetown together We keep feeding into this image of poverty and hardship. Art and literature love dystopia, so whenever Butetown is revisited in these forms, it’s always about the community that died. However, we, the local people, have started buying into those stories ourselves. We need...
Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences

...working on at that particular point in time. I would also say that effective note taking helps to avoid the problems of plagiarism where you simply reproduce what others have written down in a way that is not reflective or doesn’t involve much thinking. John So plagiarism is one of the key failings in writing essays and assignments and that part of what note taking can...
Looking at, describing and identifying objects
History & The Arts

Looking at, describing and identifying objects

...work towards writing your own object life cycle. You will also work with, and understand artefact databases...This free course, Looking at, describing and identifying objects, will enable you to practise and develop your skills of observation and description of objects. It will also enable you to interpret objects and work towards writing your own object life cycle. You...
Creative writing and critical reading
History & The Arts

Creative writing and critical reading

...work of a variety of different authors is invaluable for expanding your awareness of what a text can be and do. Reading provides not only inspiration and useful exemplars – of methods, subjects and styles – but also a context within which to develop your own voice and individuality as a writer. This kind of critical reading and thinking will enhance your practice of...
HR at the heart of the productivity shift
Money & Business

HR at the heart of the productivity shift

...pass the proverbial 'hot potato' onto middle managers who do the same to the employees they supervise. It is a vicious cycle where everyone is on the defensive, creating a culture of pointing the finger, instead of constructive problem solving and engagement with work. Read more: When all that we count becomes all that counts: HR at the heart of the productivity shift...
Northern Ireland Science Festival 2022: Tackling BAME Disparities in STEM Education
Miscellaneous

Northern Ireland Science Festival 2022: Tackling BAME Disparities in STEM Education

...work and opinion on why this exists and what can be done to encourage more students from BAME groups to take up STEM subjects. Panel members: Clem Herman, Prof. of Gender Technology at The Open University; Moira Dean, Prof. in Consumer Psychology and Food Security at Queen’s University, James Uhomoibhi, Lecturer in Engineering and Head of the Mixed Augment and Virtual...
Genealogy: Your Family Tree
History & The Arts

Genealogy: Your Family Tree

...work. Talk to people. Your family, friends and neighbours may know the names of the people you are wanting to know about. It's vital to start backwards and to focus on which area of your family you want to research. Jenny Adams-Barbaro found the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain was invaluable. For others, the National Archives is a good place to start. Genuki...
Boost your Business, Computing and IT Skills
Digital & Computing

Boost your Business, Computing and IT Skills

...University and a range of short courses on FutureLearn. Try an Economics Free Course Explore a variety of topics related to government policy, international trade, business decision making, work and climate change. Check out our free economics courses below. Find out more about Economics qualifications at The Open University and a range of short courses on FutureLearn....