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10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...world's first novel was written by a Japanese woman over 1,000 years ago [Painting. Portrait of Murasaki Shikibu.] A woman wrote the world's first novel, twice as long as War and Peace over 1,000 years ago - yikes! Japanese court manners during this time considered it impolite to address people by their personal names. So, the real name of the woman who wrote what is...
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The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK
History & The Arts

The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK

...World War shaped and affected the battle for the vote...This free course focuses on one example of democratic protest: the campaign to extend the vote to women in the UK. In the course you'll be introduced to two key figures in the campaign, Ada Nield Chew and May Billinghurst, and you'll look at the ways in which the Women's Social and Political Union, the National Union...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
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Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...world they are born, who their parents are, and what access they have to early childhood education and care. When a baby is born, there is often a wealth of friends and family who are ready to offer advice and guidance to the new parent on the best way to care for the young child. That advice is informed by family practices and society's expectations. Once the child...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
How can Facebook decide who you really are?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can Facebook decide who you really are?

...world, I do not want men to grope me while going to school, I do not want men to tell me what to do at offices, I do not want my parents to give me off in a wedding. In late July of 2015, a politician in Kerala proposed a ban on women wearing jeans. Preetha was outraged. She started talking about it on Facebook, organizing an opposition. And then the trolls came, piling...
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Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?

...worlds of those who, half a millennium later, inhabit the borders of animality and the margins of humanness. [Nebuchadnezzar, gone mad, grovels like a beast of the earth; he gropes for his crown. Dutch engraving, c. 17th century.] Living as an ox for seven years: Nebuchadnezzar Feijó embarked on an exploration of people who are more, or other, than human – and how such...
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The difference between the Mexican Wall and the Muslim Ban
Society, Politics & Law

The difference between the Mexican Wall and the Muslim Ban

...world where a first-world economy shares an extensive land border with the developing world. Europe, Britain and Australia are all insulated by moats which are much easier to control and harder to traverse. When people try to cross, they are easy to apprehend and send back to Turkey, Calais or Nauru. Since 1970, millions have crossed the US-Mexico border in search of a...
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How to age well while self-isolating
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to age well while self-isolating

...World Health Organisation, in March 2020 the UK Government introduced measures designed to delay the transmission of the coronavirus. Self-isolation may lead to increased sedation, and further lack of physical, social and cognitive activity, which may not only prompt but more worryingly speed up the overall age-related decline.No matter how effective these measures can be...
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Video 10 mins
Does handing a company on to the children work?
Money & Business

Does handing a company on to the children work?

...world. This is especially true in emerging economies, where they account for over half of medium-sized firms in the manufacturing sector. In particular, dynastic family firms – that is, where the founding family owns a controlling share and have appointed a second-generation (or later) family member as the CEO – account for a quarter of these firms. Since supporting...
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