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Culture and the manufacturing industry, 1983
OpenLearn Ireland

Culture and the manufacturing industry, 1983

...central to the survival of Irish as a living language. Poverty and a lack of jobs led to decades of emigration which decimated the Irish speaking community. Agriculture, even modernised agriculture could not by itself stem the flow of emigration. To retain what was left of an Irish speaking culture, employment was needed, and that meant bringing in manufacturing industry....
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London inside out
Society, Politics & Law

London inside out

...central to London's identity. The Guardian, on the 21st of January that year, had published a special supplement: 'London: the world in one city: a special celebration of the most cosmopolitan place on earth' . In the aftermath of the bombing, the London Evening Standard ran a special edition with the title 'London United', and in Time Out, the front cover said simply...
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Keeping the spark of the 60s alive: Neil Young and a sense of place
History & The Arts

Keeping the spark of the 60s alive: Neil Young and a sense of place

...Central and South America. Young’s music also travels, seeing him shift from folk, rock and country to electronica, grunge and noise, and back again, over 50 years since he emerged on the music scene in the mid-1960s. Professor Halliwell commented on how Young’s strong activist voice weaves through these musical journeys: “One could argue that at 70 Young is more...
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About Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

About Earth In Vision

...central aims. The first is to think through the potential of these archives as a digital resource that will be attractive across many areas, from teaching and learning to amateur media production and consumption and indeed for a range of activities that we may not yet perceive. We have asked a range of ‘digital citizens’ about how they would use such archives, and...
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Should boys be taught about periods and the menstrual cycle at school?
Education & Development

Should boys be taught about periods and the menstrual cycle at school?

...central Manchester it is difficult to discuss sensitive issues such as menstruation with boys and young men. The overriding responses tend to be that girls get “moody” or “smell funny” during periods, and in general, they want to evade talking about the subject because it is a “girl’s problem”. But I have noticed that boys tend to have these attitudes more...
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Post-Brexit, some banks consider their options
Money & Business

Post-Brexit, some banks consider their options

...Central Bank, the Bundesbank, as well as the European Insurance authority. The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority hosted 50 representatives from some of the world's biggest banks on Monday to explain the steps required to set up a business in Germany. "As committed Europeans, we do not see Brexit as a reason to celebrate," said Peter Lutz, the authority's...
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Crafting a new international partnership for racial equity in Higher Education
Education & Development

Crafting a new international partnership for racial equity in Higher Education

...Central in this new approach to partnership in higher education is the recognition of teaching and learning cases as powerful instruments for developing racial equality in imagery, content, practice and theory. The recognition is a reflection of how outdated it has meantime become to predominantly use imagery and cases from the Global North in international teaching and...
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Do boys need male role models?
Education & Development

Do boys need male role models?

...work suggests that simply boosting the numbers of male teachers, youth workers, and social workers, is no panacea. What is more important is to recruit staff, whatever their gender, who can engage positively with boys and young men (and girls and young women), and to make relationship-building central to staff training and development in education and welfare services....
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