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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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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
Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...education programme for a large multinational, I touched on approaches to appraisal and performance management. I knew the firm had just rolled out a performance management system worldwide. The system embodied a USA-style, individually focused approach, with rewards and career advancement tied to outcomes of annual appraisals which were conducted according to a...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Discovering music: the blues
History & The Arts

Discovering music: the blues

...education in church schools and acquire status as community leaders in the church. Church services became a source of strength and a place of shared experiences while also providing an outlet for emotions, especially through song. Other important sources for blues songs were the work songs and field hollers from the days of slavery and ballads and dances from music...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 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
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...education, health, taxes, technology, transport, citizen’s rights, communication, cultural property, medical treatment, the right to rule and right to govern. We hope that the examples you explore will help inspire you to think about a matter you would like to see changed and to think about how that might be achieved...Week 3: Influencing and shaping legal systems: 2...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs