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Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?
History & The Arts

Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?

...thinks now and how they thought then is the same. That, in short, there is a common cognitive architecture or chain of reasoning that links the two. Racism is based in the contrary assumption of absolute cognitive difference. [ Aztec warriors led by an eagle knight, each holding a macuahuitl club. Copy of a painting from Florentine Codex, book IX] But there was also the...
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Understanding antibiotic resistance Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding antibiotic resistance

...system. But when they aren't, microbes also help us to fight back. Bacteria cause disease when they are able to reproduce in the body. They produce harmful substances called toxins, which damage tissues and organs. But in nature, microbes can also produce agents called antibiotics to protect themselves against competitors. PROFESSOR CHARLES COCKELL: It's a tough world out...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...thinking through the course's key questions in more depth, watch this short film explaining how the census data can help us understand religious identity in Milton Keynes: NARRATOR Are we getting less religious? Every ten years in the UK we have a national census, giving us data about the way we live – and since 2001 that’s included our religious identification. What...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
EU Referendum - Sovereignty
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Sovereignty

...system stable, maintaining a 2% inflation target and ensuring the health of financial firms under the Prudential Regulation Agency. But it’s also too old and wise an institution to take political sides in the Brexit debate. The assessment it published last October states clearly that EU membership has made the UK economy more open to trade, which helps it become more...
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What does a Trump victory mean for Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

What does a Trump victory mean for Britain?

...system that Britain remains a committed member of. Britain’s hopes of securing global trade deals depends on the rest of the world being open to such approaches. A Trump presidency would help push us all towards a world that isn’t like that. ‘The’ Special Relationship If Britain can expect an exemption from Trump’s protectionism then does that not point to the...
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Global English
History & The Arts

Global English

...system in China, and that number continues to rise. In addition, a large, but unknown, number of adults are learning English in the workplace or in their free time. A 'wave of English' is now building up. Within a decade nearly a third of the world population will all be trying to learn English at the same time. But looking further ahead, the wave of learners may subside...
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Accessibility statement for OpenLearn
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Accessibility statement for OpenLearn

...system report. The report is being analysed and fixes implemented on a working basis. Interactive activities Some of our interactive activities might fail aspects of WCAG criteria. We are in the process of auditing and rebuilding these materials, and the following actions are in progress: Full-screen interactive materials will have a link to this accessibility statement...
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The New Union Flag project: from an object of agitation to a space for communication
Society, Politics & Law

The New Union Flag project: from an object of agitation to a space for communication

...think that this creates a virtual yet real community that is created ad hoc around the politics that the New Union Flag is trying to bring about. [Refugees celebrating a new Union flag] A group of refugees taking selfie with the NU Flag outside Church Ruyal, during Refugee Week, Brighton 2016 Giota Alevizou: What would the installation and the workshops look like at the...
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