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Exploring how migration changes the places where we live
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring how migration changes the places where we live

...everyday situations. Thus, people are required to prove that they are lawfully in the UK in situations such as registering with a GP, renting a flat, applying for employment, and even when sending their children to school. In this way, everyday interactions between people have become occasions for ‘everyday bordering’ (Yuval-Davis et al 2018): people don’t relate to...
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Article 15 mins
How did music influence Virgina Woolf?
History & The Arts

How did music influence Virgina Woolf?

...English song while people gambled and tumbled and swore, picked pockets, rescued the drowning, and did astonishing – but quite unnecessary – feats of skill. He was unable to perform himself. The difficulties of communication and the importance of the unspoken are central themes of Woolf’s brief sketch. This is a story about language, about communication. The...
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Article 10 mins
An introduction to grammar
Languages

An introduction to grammar

...get things done? This video looks at how a functional approach to grammar can help us to understand professional practice in a range of contexts, for example call centres, education, journalism and subtitling. It also looks at how computer software can be used to analyse language in context in the real world. Find out more about the course: Exploring English Grammar...
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Video 5 mins
Guide to engaging with the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community
Science, Maths & Technology

Guide to engaging with the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community

...everyday life...Transcript In a new documentary, Lisa Robinson – researcher, advocate and one of around a thousand UK university students of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) heritage – shares her community’s story. She explores cultural traditions, health inequalities and the legacy of centuries of discrimination, from forced migration to the horrors of the eugenics...
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Video 5 mins
Writing Poetry
History & The Arts

Writing Poetry

...own lives inform and inspire their poetry, and the way in which personal details can be changed or highlighted in order to produce dramatic poetry. Rhyme and Speech Rhyme is an intrinsic aspect of poetry, but is it wholly necessary? Paul Muldoon and Jackie Kay talk to about where – and where not – to use rhyme, and the intrinsic rhythm patterns in everyday speech....
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Audio 15 mins
Caring In Welsh App
Education & Development

Caring In Welsh App

...English text on the pages as their Welsh improves. [CCC Caring In Welsh App page] The app was designed, developed and recorded by Galactig. The app is voiced by presenter Nia Parry. Find out more. [Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol logo] This resource was provided by Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and is part of the University Ready hub. Find more resources like this on the hub...
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Article 5 mins
Political ordering
Society, Politics & Law

Political ordering

...everyday life involves the state, the course questions whether states have this authority to govern. It also asks about situations in which states may not be able to command such authority where their governing role is not accepted as legitimate...This free course, Political ordering, asks questions about what states are and how they are involved in the processes of...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Harry Potter and the Translator’s Challenge
Languages

Harry Potter and the Translator’s Challenge

...English. The US market wasn’t the only one to change the title of the first to avoid a reference to philosophy, as this was seen as off-putting for a children’s book. The French title avoids any reference to a stone altogether with Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers (Harry Potter at the Wizards’ School). The seventh book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,...
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