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The history of soapmaking
History & The Arts

The history of soapmaking

...worked away at crafts like dyeing and soapmaking. Secret recipes, refined by trial and error, were handed down from master to apprentice, and from father to son. Soap was largely developed for use in the cloth industry, to prepare wool for dyeing, and not for personal hygiene. By the 13th century, soapmaking in Britain became centred in large towns like Bristol, Coventry...
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Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?

...working on a tech project at school] Internalising vs externalising expressions of neurodivergence Some people are more likely to express their emotions and reactions in an overt, easy-to-notice way. In other words, they externalise their emotions. Others are more likely to keep their feelings in, meaning they might appear calm when they are, in fact, in considerable...
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Eid al-Fitr
History & The Arts

Eid al-Fitr

...work out the dates of important Islamic festivals. The Eid al-Adha takes place during the twelfth month. According to the Hijri calendar, the months are 29 or 30 days long, and 354 days in all. This means that the lunar year is 11 days shorter than the 365 days of the solar year. As a result, each year Eid-al-Fitr and the other major Muslim festivals are 10 or 11 days...
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What does ‘inclusive education’ mean to you?
Education & Development

What does ‘inclusive education’ mean to you?

...working children nomadic groups ethnic and linguistic minorities children and young people affected by crisis those with special learning needs and disabilities. If we consider education outside of school settings, we can also add other groups to this list: adults with low literacy skills, for example, those who have been excluded or prevented from completing the level of...
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Impossible Peace 2: Thrown to the political wolves
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Thrown to the political wolves

...working politics at Stormont, but more a first response to that formal ending of the IRA armed campaign; and “the starting pistol being fired on normalisation”. Those words were spoken to me in a face-to-face meeting with Mervyn Wynne Jones on that Saturday, July 30th 2005. At the time, he was the chief press officer at Army Headquarters in Northern Ireland. As I...
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Sea level rise in Bangladesh
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Bangladesh

...work while the water retreated. When he returned after 4 months the saltwater had left his field unsuitable for raising shrimp, effectively ending the basis of his family’s survival. 190 people are estimated to have died from the cyclone and 2 million are displaced across the south-west of Bangladesh (Shelter Projects, n.d.). The stories of death and devastation from...
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Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...work), while for most of the twentieth century it has been seen as something against which collective action and defence by the state was necessary. Unemployment was not a social problem in the UK for most of the nineteenth century, although the unemployed themselves were certainly seen as a threat to social order (being beggars, thieves and a bad example to other...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Social care in the community
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social care in the community

...works, we begin with a case study. This is Ann and Angus’s story: Activity 1 Getting to know Ann, Angus and their family Timing: Allow about 45 minutes To bring the subject of family care to life, you are about to listen to a case study in the form of an audio drama. This will bring out issues vividly – you’ll hear tensions mounting and be able to imagine the scenes...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs