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Wales and rugby
Society, Politics & Law

Wales and rugby

...education beyond the age of often their early teens. I think that has been attributed if you like to the integrative role that Welsh rugby has played and that has been encouraged by it's administrators to emphasise the bonding role that rugby could play. But within that I think it's worth pointing out that there is some hostility in the valley clubs which are strongly...
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Murals in Belfast
OpenLearn Ireland

Murals in Belfast

...education, or you could call them mobilisation of support, but whatever, in the first instance they’re about the local community. As time has gone on, they’ve had some other functions, to some extent. Loyalists in particular have done sort of territory-marking murals, but that’s mostly against other Loyalist groups. And also, increasingly in the peace process, some...
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Egyptian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Egyptian mathematics

...technology they used. An understanding of this area has only been possible following the translation of the Rosetta Stone...The Egyptians are known for being ahead of their time in comparison to some civilisations that came after them. This free course, Egyptian mathematics, looks at how the Egyptians solved mathematical problems in everyday life and the technology they...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing
Money & Business

Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing

...education or get a foot on the housing ladder. Whatever you can see coming down the line, we’ll help you get ready for it by building up your savings and investments. From midlife, you should be focusing on these things as well as adding to your pension pot to support you when you retire. And in addition to what you can see coming down the line, there are also...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...Education, interestingly, as we know it, as is prevalent today, is inversely related to the meaning of life. Well, so am I advocating that let's actually work towards lowering the GDP per capita and education? No. That's not my point. My point is each one of these things from insurance, tea, GDP per capita, each of these things, religiosity, kids, each of these had a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Abbie Barnes - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Abbie Barnes - Earth in Vision

...technology on them to be able to produce a film, to take pictures. So as a young person I’d say, do you know, I just think it’s absolutely fantastic being able to get into this industry now with everything that’s available; I don’t think there’s really a better time for it and I’m up for the challenge. New media versus traditional television I think with the...
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Inheritance of characters
Science, Maths & Technology

Inheritance of characters

...technology of computers. Each computer is linked to the internet, on which the results are published world-wide for free with no restrictions on their use or distribution. By June 2000, the Human Genome Project had determined about 85% of the sequence of the four letters with about 99.9% accuracy. The figure of 85% was chosen as the point at which the genome would have...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK
History & The Arts

The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK

...education afforded her. Despite ceasing her own schooling at the age of 11, Ada improved herself sufficiently to become highly literate and to be able to teach pupils in a small church school. It was her literacy and her ability to write in a direct, relevant and well-reasoned way that enabled her to argue for working women’s rights and better working conditions. She...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs