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How do Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students experience their undergraduate dissertation module?
Education & Development

How do Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students experience their undergraduate dissertation module?

...religion. Students wondering whether the fact they had a ‘non-English’ name meant they got lower grades. Feeling disappointed when wanting to study issues around ethnicity, and finding that their tutor did not understand these issues sufficiently well to guide them. A lack of confidence in understanding academic material and writing academically. This was expressed by...
Is there life on Europa?
Science, Maths & Technology

Is there life on Europa?

...religions for millennia. The scientific output of life-seeking missions to Europa and other icy moons could revolutionise fields such as medicine. The search for extraterrestrial life in the Solar System seems to stem from the deep human instinct for exploration, but this is not a task we should take lightly. Sadly, human exploration (and colonisation) of Earth has done...
Early modern Europe: an introduction
History & The Arts

Early modern Europe: an introduction

...religion, ideas and everyday life, but also one of strong continuities with earlier times. This free course, Early modern Europe: an introduction, provides an introduction to the early modern period in Europe, exploring how historians have defined and approached the period, and analysing the key aspects of the time. Please note that terms in bold are defined in the...
Dancing to the rhythm of cultures
Languages

Dancing to the rhythm of cultures

...religion and politics. To this day, Spain exhibits a vast array of traditional dances all over the country. Fast and slow, spacious and contained, circular and open, in groups, pairs and individual, Spanish dance displays all the varieties of human choreographic arrangements. Communities pass their local dances, songs and music to the next generations together with their...
East Asian Heritage month: a celebration of Studio Ghibli films
Education & Development

East Asian Heritage month: a celebration of Studio Ghibli films

...religion in Japan, Shinto, is about spirits in nature: trees, foxes, supernatural beings. This has become intwined with Buddhism so when I fill in the religious box on forms, I usually put ‘Other – Shinto Buddhist’ as I don’t want to be thought of as a strict Buddhist – my approach to faith is more connected with nature. My daughter was very pleased recently as...
John Perry Barlow: An Appreciation
Science, Maths & Technology

John Perry Barlow: An Appreciation

...religion and economic arguments would be irrelevant. In 1990, Barlow co-founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which continues to fight governmental overreach on the Internet. Barlow passionately believed that the Internet offered the potential for: “a world that all may enter without privilege or prejudice accorded by race, economic power, military force, or...
Roman cookery
History & The Arts

Roman cookery

...religions, new foods and new ways of cooking. Food historian Sally Grainger and top gourmet cook Antonio Carluccio visit the Open Minds kitchen to tempt us with some tasty Roman treats. Whilst cooking Libum and Stuffed Kidneys, Sally demonstrates two Roman cooking tools. The Mortaria is much like a shallower version of a modern mortar, baked with grit in the base to make...
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Heart of a heartless world, soul of soulless conditions
History & The Arts

Heart of a heartless world, soul of soulless conditions

...religion as the opium of the people Popular Culture – the spectre of our imagination The mass appeal of ghouls, ghosts and uncanny creatures, may appear to be something of a present preoccupation. However, the 'popular culture' of the undead – various bloodless entities and supernatural beings, hovering between heaven and hell – has ebbed and flowed throughout...