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How do empires work?
History & The Arts

How do empires work?

...technology. Its sheer density of industrial development meant Europe was now always one step ahead. In the First Anglo-Chinese War, the paddle steamer Nemesis blew Chinese junks out of the water, and Chinese matchlocks were no match for European flintlock guns. By the late nineteenth century, Europeans were introducing rifled guns (lined with ridges that increase...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary
OpenLearn Ireland

The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary

...education bill that expanded opportunities for millions of Americans. He was a leader in opening markets to trade and led the Senate to ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement and creation of the World Trade Organization. Senator Mitchell received an undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College and a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center. He...
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Article 10 mins
Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye
Health, Sports & Psychology

Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye

...educate, the way we work and the way in which we care for the dying and ultimately say goodbye to our loved ones. COVID-19 is not only a public health crisis, but a psychological one, provoking death anxiety, stress and sadness. At present, we are collectively grieving the multiple losses many of us have experienced, these include lost jobs, lost connections with our...
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Article 20 mins
Why not ‘World Religions’?
History & The Arts

Why not ‘World Religions’?

...educated elites, especially those who wished to portray India as a unified, modern nation on the international stage. Even today, religion in India is presented in introductory textbooks as a single, albeit multifaceted, tradition, ignoring literally hundreds of millions of people’s beliefs and practices. Judaism – is not a good fit with the World Religions model. It...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...technology education and in education for sustainable development; (d) practice – whether in conducting an analysis or being professional. There are a number of responses available to Schön's invitation to descend into the swamp of messy, confusing problems. Russell Ackoff uses the term messes to refer to the swamp, and difficulties to refer to the high ground. You may...
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Level 3: Advanced 75 hrs
The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...technology has progressed enough to enable us to see atoms. Figure 1 was produced with a type of microscope that enables us to distinguish individual gold atoms. Different types of atoms combine in a number of ways to form the varying substances of matter. You might think there would need to be a huge number of different sorts of atoms to account for all the substances...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance
History & The Arts

Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance

...educational, and religious institutions. Activity 1 Am I one of ‘us’ or one of ‘them’? Timing: Allow approximately 10 minutes to complete this activity. Take a moment to reflect on who you include when you think of ‘us’ and who you imagine as ‘them.’ Consider your participation in these groups. Did you choose to be part of them, or were you included by...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Understanding research with children and young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding research with children and young people

...education (Article 28). You can read the full Convention, and a summary, if you click here. If you are thinking about planning a research project with and by children or young people, three of the articles stand out as particularly relevant in this context: Article 3 In all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs