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Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...religion). * Colour bar In Britain this was a social system (in contrast to legal segregation in America) which meant that non-white people experienced discriminatory treatment or disadvantage in housing, employment, leisure, and other areas of life. * communal violence Is a form of violence that is perpetrated across ethnic or communal lines. * compensation claims At the...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
A Victorian Christmas: Christmas in Dreamthorp
History & The Arts

A Victorian Christmas: Christmas in Dreamthorp

...religion will subdue the world, I own that it is with a somewhat saddened heart that I pass my thoughts around the globe, and consider how distant is yet that triumph. There are the realms on which the crescent beams, the monstrous many-headed gods of India, the Chinaman's heathenism, the African's devil-rites. These are, to a large extent, principalities and powers of...
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Article 10 mins
Professional relationships with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Professional relationships with young people

...religion, ethnic origin, gender, age, sexuality, group of friends, the youth culture or lifestyle they espouse (music, dress, club affiliations)? Which topics are guaranteed to spark a lively conversation? For example, what are their favourite football teams, television programmes, leisure interests, etc.? Which political issues do they feel strongly about? How would they...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Political ordering
Society, Politics & Law

Political ordering

...religion as Jedi. Others may well have subverted the process by refusing to fill in the census or by filling it in incorrectly. Thus, there is ‘nothing straightforward or obvious about the production and reproduction of the state effect’ (Sharma and Gupta, 2006, pp. 17–18). [Figure 2 The frontispiece of one of the most famous books on the state, Leviathan, by Thomas...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
How to be a critical reader
Languages

How to be a critical reader

...religion. A philosophy of ‘survival of the fittest’ sounds amoral or even immoral, but evolution is much more sophisticated than this misleading phrase implies. Humans are social animals and our individual survival depends upon successful relationships with our neighbours. Once again, evolution history shows the profound consequences of natural selection. If evolution...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...religion or belief, gender reassignment and sexual orientation in the workplace. Although it isn’t a protected characteristic, you’ll also look at the contribution that social capital makes to discrimination, and how enhancing social capital can make a difference. Watch this short video, in which employers discuss their support for colleagues with some of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Human use of animals
History & The Arts

Human use of animals

...to hear more philosophy podcasts. Did you enjoy this? Why not try another episode of Ethics Bites? Learn more ​ BBC Religion and Ethics: Animal Ethics The Moral Status of Animals Singer and His Critics edited by Dale Jamieson, published by Wiley-Blackwell Editor's note: The website Open2.net mentioned in this programme merged with OpenLearn in 2011....
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Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...religion, social rank and marital status. One of the unique features of African textured hair is its ability to be sculpted and moulded into various shapes and forms hence, while hair may play a significant role in the lives of people of all racialised groups, for people of African descent, this role is amplified due to the unique nature and texture of *Black hair. Since...
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Article 5 mins