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Napoleonic paintings
History & The Arts

Napoleonic paintings

...de la Légion d’Honneur, Paris. Photo: Bridgeman Art Library Exercise Look at Gros's Bonaparte as First Consul of 1802 (see Plate 11). How does it differ from the previous portraits of Napoleon we have looked at? What kind of claims does it make on his behalf? Consider the portrait type, setting, pose (including gesture and direction of gaze), costume and accessories....
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
The history of Blaenau Gwent
History & The Arts

The history of Blaenau Gwent

...class identity and community solidarity. The fact that these events feature so prominently in the timeline suggests an ongoing commitment to the left-wing politics that shaped them. The importance of women as lynchpins of community, especially in times of adversity, is also highlighted. The final slide looks at the Six Bells Guardian, a memorial to those who lost their...
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Article 5 mins
The Open University's Carbon Calculator
Nature & Environment

The Open University's Carbon Calculator

...FAQs (link below). What you can do with the information you gain from it Obtain an estimate of your existing carbon footprint See the effect of making changes to your home, travel, diet and consumption behaviour to reduce your existing carbon footprint Check how your changes match a personal or government reduction target on the way to net zero See what else you can do to...
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Activity 5 mins
Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...de la Guerre (War room), Château de Versailles, designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, showing plaster relief by Antoine Coysevox of Louis XIV trampling over his enemies and lower part of the ceiling paintings by Charles Le Brun, 1678–86. Photo: © Château de Versailles/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library. Artists continued to be employed by royal and princely courts for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Section 5: Legacies: Does Red Clydeside still matter today?
Society, Politics & Law

Section 5: Legacies: Does Red Clydeside still matter today?

...class protest, which is called upon or referred to in struggles that have taken place in Glasgow and across Scotland in the late twentieth century and in the early decades of the current centuryActivists and trade unionists have often portrayed the struggles and conflicts in which they are, or have been engaged, as in some way echoing the traditions of Red Clydeside and...
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Article 15 mins
Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education
Education & Development

Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education

...class. We smashed it, I love them and this meeting is going well. Until. ‘And what about Ellen?’ Brian is looking at me, tapping her name on my planner with the end of his pencil. Ellen Wang (not her real name). I frown. ‘Well, what about her? She’s one of the highest achievers in the class. They’re all brilliant, it’s a top set.’ He nods slowly, but the...
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Article 10 mins
How the stove changed the kitchen
Society, Politics & Law

How the stove changed the kitchen

...class and was not as straightforward as Daunton and Lawrence suggest. To find these variations we need to consider how rooms and stoves were actually used. By examining the lived-experience of space through oral and written testimony, we find a more complex picture of transformation. An examination of 112 childhood memories of working-class families from around Britain...
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Article 5 mins
Get ready for beginners’ French Badge icon
Languages

Get ready for beginners’ French

...de la francophonie, 2018). Do any of them surprise you? Over 300 million people around the world speak French. France is the most-visited country in the world, with 75 million tourists every year. Toulouse and Montreal are among the world’s leading cities in aerospace technology. French film production is the second-largest in the world, producing 500 films per year. In...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs