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Club, Country, Continent: Juggling fan identities at Euro 2020
Health, Sports & Psychology

Club, Country, Continent: Juggling fan identities at Euro 2020

...English it is all about England, right? Elsewhere in the UK, it is also likely that we will see the Scottish and Welsh national flags shared proudly among the fans. [England, Scotland and Wales flags] It's England, right? ... the nation as a source of identity for UK football fans is probably stronger than ever.In a 2007 article I wrote with Tom Gibbons, we emphasised the...
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Article 10 mins
OpenLearn Champions Hub | Hafan Hyrwyddwyr OpenLearn old
Education & Development

OpenLearn Champions Hub | Hafan Hyrwyddwyr OpenLearn old

...English For the full selection of courses on OpenLearn Wales follow this link. OpenLearn Champions is an exciting Open University in Wales advocacy programme that helps break down barriers to learning and widen access to higher education and higher-level skills. Our OpenLearn Champions help to inspire a love of learning and support adults across Wales to develop skills,...
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Article 10 mins
What does the head of Ofsted do?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the head of Ofsted do?

...English system and not simply denigrate unions...[What does the head of Ofsted do cartoon, society matters] Ministers are thought to be looking to the US, Canada and northern Europe in their search for the next chief inspector of schools. With the current head of Ofsted, Michael Wilshaw, due to step down in December at the end of his term, secretary of state Nicky Morgan...
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Charles Dickens, Race and Colonialism
History & The Arts

Charles Dickens, Race and Colonialism

...English, explores…...In the summer of 2020, Black Lives Matter and Rhodes Must Fall targeted sculptural monuments – notably statues of the slave-trader merchant Edward Colston in Bristol and the financier, empire builder and benefactor Cecil Rhodes in Oxford – to condemn the legacy of slavery and imperialism they tacitly condoned. These attacks may have prompted a...
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The Celtic origins of the Welsh language
Languages

The Celtic origins of the Welsh language

...English, Dutch and German all belong to the Germanic branch, while French, Spanish and Italian belong to the Italic branch. This means that the Germanic languages all evolved from a common language and the Italic languages from another. Yet both of these had evolved earlier from a much older common language which is now called proto-Indo-European. In the same way, all the...
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Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author
History & The Arts

Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author

...English woman Susannah Cullen of Scottish descent from Ely in 1792 (Downs, 2020). In April 1792 the Stamford Mercury Newspapers wrote ‘On Monday Gustavus Vassa, the African, well known in most parts of this kingdom as a preacher, was married at Soham to Miss Cullen, daughter of the late Mr James Cullen of Ely’ (Coupe, 1972). His marriage was also reported in the...
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Getting started with Chinese 1
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 1

...English in China or work for companies that have business links with Chinese-speaking countries. Or perhaps you are simply fascinated by the sound, the script and its ancient civilisation. There are so many reasons for learning Chinese, so many motivations and rewards, but sometimes it can be difficult to know where to start. This course offers you an excellent start to...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)
Education & Development

An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)

...English , for example, was loaded onto YouTube by The Open University in 2011. The History of English in 10 Minutes Chapter Two, the Norman Conquest, or Excuse My English. 1066. True to his name, William the Conqueror invades England, bringing new concepts from across the Channel, like the French language, the Doomsday Book, and the duty-free Gauloises multipack. French...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs