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The 2016 race enters the home straight
Society, Politics & Law

The 2016 race enters the home straight

...LA Times/USC poll. The LA Times/USC poll has always favoured Trump relative to other polls, even including the traditionally Republican-leaning Rasmussen. In fact, its tilt is so large compared to the average that it’s generally a good rule of thumb to add upwards of six points to its Clinton number to find the average of all the polls. There is, of course, no...
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Migration goes both ways: How Brits changed the world
History & The Arts

Migration goes both ways: How Brits changed the world

...class and working class backgrounds. While middle class migrants were often active in these kinds of groups – pursuing philanthropy because they believed in giving back – working class migrants were often unable to cover the required membership fees. What they were looking for was a way to help themselves. As a result, migrants from different class backgrounds...
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London housing protests echo Glasgow rent strikes of 100 years ago
Society, Politics & Law

London housing protests echo Glasgow rent strikes of 100 years ago

...class residents by Tory/Lib Dem coaliton policy. Local tenants' organisations and protest groups have also been formed to co-ordinate discontent. Meanwhile, Corbyn’s Labour is proposing the biggest social-housing programme since the 1970s. This is all exactly 100 years after the Glasgow rent strikes of 1915, another period that lacked affordable and decent rental...
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Download your free 'The Secret History of Our Streets: Scotland' newspaper
Society, Politics & Law

Download your free 'The Secret History of Our Streets: Scotland' newspaper

...of the The Street newspaper...[The front page of The Street newspaper created for The Secret History of Our Streets: Scotland series] Download your newspaper by selecting this link This edition of the The Street covers stories on class, poverty, housing and migration. [What role does an agreement made in Montevideo in the 1930s have in the Scottish independence debate?]...
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Open Thinking
OpenLearn Ireland

Open Thinking

...sequence hints at the rich diversity of the world class research that is undertaken both on the main Walton Hall campus and in collaboration with top ranked institutions elsewhere in the UK and worldwide. Follow the listed links to find out more about the depth and breadth of Open University research, or to explore the repository of publications in Open Research Online....
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Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...class. Portfolio theory can also be used to determine so-called model portfolios which offer optimised benchmarks for investors with the same objectives and constraints...This course looks at how to take investor objectives and constraints and turn them into a portfolio which aims at achieving an expected return and level of risk appropriate for the investor. In this free...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Napoleonic paintings
History & The Arts

Napoleonic paintings

...de la Légion d’Honneur, Paris. Photo: Bridgeman Art Library Exercise Look at Gros's Bonaparte as First Consul of 1802 (see Plate 11). How does it differ from the previous portraits of Napoleon we have looked at? What kind of claims does it make on his behalf? Consider the portrait type, setting, pose (including gesture and direction of gaze), costume and accessories....
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
The history of Blaenau Gwent
History & The Arts

The history of Blaenau Gwent

...class identity and community solidarity. The fact that these events feature so prominently in the timeline suggests an ongoing commitment to the left-wing politics that shaped them. The importance of women as lynchpins of community, especially in times of adversity, is also highlighted. The final slide looks at the Six Bells Guardian, a memorial to those who lost their...
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