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Nationalism, self-determination and secession
Society, Politics & Law

Nationalism, self-determination and secession

...religion all matter. However, it is rare in the real world to find a case of a nation with a clear-cut and homogenous character in terms of this list of possibilities. Each nation is unique in the (alleged) makeup of its special character and worth. One crucial question is whether – and to what extent – a group must be aware of its alleged distinctiveness from other...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...religion in Hardy’s work. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course A233 Telling stories – the novel and beyond...Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the possibilities of third-person narration recognise the role of dialogue in creating...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Culture and Connections: The Scots-Irish experience in America
OpenLearn Ireland

Culture and Connections: The Scots-Irish experience in America

...religion, played a key role in the process of white European colonial expansion into North America. By the 1760s the Irish economy had improved and become more diversified but migration to the colonies continued. While farm workers were always in demand other migrants with skills in housing construction, shoemaking, printing work and hand loom weaving were increasingly...
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Article 5 mins
Robert Owen and New Lanark
History & The Arts

Robert Owen and New Lanark

...religions and the different sects of the Christian religion. Against each other you’d end up at the end of the day with a sense of the palpable absurdity of the whole business, of the sense the way you believe was effectively a function of where your were brought up and as a result of this that they would end up philosophically in the position that Owen himself was in....
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Ahead of Super Tuesday, what have we learned about the candidates?
Society, Politics & Law

Ahead of Super Tuesday, what have we learned about the candidates?

...religion made him a natural fit with South Carolina voters. But the inconsistency between Cruz’s ostentatious displays of religiosity and his hardball political tactics finally caught up to him. As Trump put it at a South Carolina rally last week, Cruz “holds up the Bible and then he cheats.” Evangelical voters constituted 72 percent of GOP voters on Saturday. If...
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Article 5 mins
Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits
Education & Development

Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits

...religion – all seen through the filter of Cameron's work and life. Activity 3 In May 2004 a website called Inspiring Learning for All was launched by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. It stemmed from a widespread and ongoing consultancy and research project and aims to support museums in their production of educational materials. A direct link to the website...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Equity – law and idea
Society, Politics & Law

Equity – law and idea

...Religion and the Rise of Capitalism (1990). In short, there are identifiable parallels between the relationship of capitalism with religion and religious institutions, and the relationship of capitalism with equity. Equity’s ‘legal’ concerns during this period were much as they are today – namely those involving property. And it was property and money, and the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Introducing healthcare improvement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing healthcare improvement

...religion and socioeconomic status. Activity 8 Watch the first 3:39 minutes of this YouTube video about how effective communication contributes to healthcare equality in the United States. The video focuses on best practice in providing healthcare for a diverse population. What are the two kinds of ‘competency’ referred to in the video and what do you think they mean?...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs