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World-Changing Women: Madam CJ Walker
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Madam CJ Walker

...African American woman in the country. She was invited to meetings of black leaders and was to lecture on business and politics. She spoke out on the social conditions endured by African Americans and devoted particular attention and money to the campaign to make lynching a federal crime. She died in 1919, at the age of fifty one. Learn more about business and history...
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Exploring Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring Psychology

...social psychology? The audio tracks feature disabled people who reflect on how disability has affected their sense of identity. Also featured are the cases of twins who didn't grow up together, people coping with memory loss, and the famous case of the soprano Lisa-Lee who discovered in her twenties that a rare genetic disorder meant she was actually a girl, not a boy....
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Audio 1 hr 33 mins
Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list
Education & Development

Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list

...social progress. If students at Camrbidge and Oxford had been getting FSM when they were younger, this could prove that those two universities were meeting targets to extend their student base to a wider range of backgrounds. That's the theory. But, for Cambridge, this was problematic. That University explained why in a statement for Newsnight: A spokesman for the...
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An invisible group: Young people’s experiences of living with a loved one who is seriously ill
Health, Sports & Psychology

An invisible group: Young people’s experiences of living with a loved one who is seriously ill

...social care and education practitioners to provide holistic support services Hope is unique in the support it provides to CYP living in the West of England experiencing a family health crisis from 11 – 18 years from the point of diagnosis. Support is provided through a number of different media, including youth sessions, online support and a youth advocacy programme....
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Article 15 mins
FabLab Nepal: creative learning as a way towards equality
Science, Maths & Technology

FabLab Nepal: creative learning as a way towards equality

...social status, ability or economic means is pivotal and challenging in a developing country where gender, ethnic and social discrimination are still a major issue. [Photo of outside] [Photo of entrance] [Photo of the sign] [Photo of some of the equipment] [Photo of sewing machine] When I met the team in 2022 and explored avenues for collaborations between FabLab...
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Why I believe 'yes' is only a matter of time
Society, Politics & Law

Why I believe 'yes' is only a matter of time

...social, political, cultural, class, gendered divisions within Scotland itself, so very different parts of Scotland voted in different ways. What stands out in terms of the highlight points is that areas that tended to be more deprived voted yes; areas that were more affluent tended to vote no. Now, of course, there are examples that maybe cut against both, but the...
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Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...interact with colleagues, friends, and fellow learners as much as you can. Talk with your colleagues or peers about what you are learning, take part in the online discussion forums. Consider the option of studying this course with a group of colleagues from your own or other organisations in a learning club or informal group – either via occasional face to face...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism

...social support, employment opportunities, pensions, and the prospect of self-improvement. It bore another message as well. These men insisted on co-operation and brotherly love. They were worthy citizens and this demonstration of unity and strength demanded that they be treated as such. This banner was a protest against treating working men badly or setting men against...
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