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The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...writes James Nicholls, Director of Research and Policy Development at Alcohol Research UK. The story of wine in Britain is also the story of women drinkers. Pubs were traditionally not particularly welcoming to women. As the authors of The Pub and the People noted, women were excluded from certain rooms: “Vault and taproom are for men only, [taboo] to women, who drink...
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‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...Writing as a Black British Psychotherapist, with a background in psychology, I explore the backdrop to these divided perspectives. I draw on knowledge gained in professional training as well as my own personal experience in the hope that insider perspective can illustrate the points and assist reflection. Racism rows reach royalty [King Charles]King Charles IIIPerhaps the...
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The ethics of cultural heritage
History & The Arts

The ethics of cultural heritage

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Images Figure 1: MTWEmperor;
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
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Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults

...writing – setting out your grounds for a refund. The tax office you need to contact is the one that deals with your employer. The pay slip provided by your employer might tell you which tax office is the relevant one. Alternatively you can track down the right office online. Keep a record of your tax code and other taxation details...Session 2: Earning money,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...writing. The careful selection of artists even from far-flung locations, and the preference for one practitioner above another, shows that patrons too were quite capable of discriminating on the basis of artistic prowess. Abbot Suger (c.1081–1151) explained that the twelfth-century windows at Saint-Denis in Paris, for example, were done ‘by the exquisite hands of many...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser

...Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial Licence, http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-nc/ 2.0/. Figure 1: based on UK Parliament (2021) ‘How does a bill become a law?’ [online] https://www.parliament.uk/ about/ how/ laws/ passage-bill/; reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament Licence, https://www.parliament.uk/ site-information/ copyright-parliament/...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Different types of business
Money & Business

Different types of business

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Course image: © Ant Clausen/Shutterstock.com Text Section 6: ‘A brief...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence Course image: Quinn Dombrowski in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence. This extract is taken from D218: Social policy: welfare, power and diversity, produced by the BBC on behalf of the Open University. © 2007 The Open University. Don't miss out: If reading this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr