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Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
Education & Development

Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations

...health and wellbeing Please refer to the Sources of support page if you notice a negative emotional reaction to aspects of the course materials. You may wish to step away from the materials, to reflect and to think about whether to continue at this time...Session 1: Community: 1 Welcome to the community - You heard from Matty and Dylan earlier, so let’s take a moment to...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding Alice
History & The Arts

Understanding Alice

...public profile. Breaking the rules Puzzle-disguises and the fantasy setting also make it possible to incorporate thoughts and show characters behaving in ways which normally would be unacceptable for an Oxford don under holy orders (this was compulsory for Dodgson’s position) or a well-brought-up Victorian girl. For example, when Alice finds the cake and bottle labelled...
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Article 10 mins
The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry

...public life, call for a reconsideration of exactly what is being remembered and what should be commemorated. Who was Elizabeth Fry? Born Elizabeth Gurney on 21 May 1780 at Norwich, she was one of twelve children born into the wealthy merchant and banking Gurney family, and spent most of her formative years at the seventeenth-century mansion, Earlham Hall, in Norfolk....
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Article 15 mins
Three Irish Poets – Ellen O'Leary
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Ellen O'Leary

...public life and in revolutionary politics at that, her poems idealise women operating exclusively in the domestic sphere, in the roles of wife and mother. Identify a few aspects of the poem that you think might be celebrating the traditional domestic role of the Victorian woman. Also, see if you can identify any aspects that suggest that the dead mother has unusual powers...
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Article 5 mins
Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993

...publicity, the mass pickets and protests, but those women were there from early morning to late at night, through the night, just making sure there was a presence on the factory gates. “And sometimes those jobs would be overlooked. Women kept the picket tidy, and that might sound mundane, but it was important. They made sure there was food there, that people were made...
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Article 5 mins
Decolonisation and Higher Education: Closing the Degree Awarding Gap
Education & Development

Decolonisation and Higher Education: Closing the Degree Awarding Gap

...public imaginary, however the experiences of men continue to dominate. Central to understanding the degree awarding gap is intersectionality, a central aspect of black feminist thought in terms of the potential for overlapping oppressions. Kimberlé Crenshaw (1989) is associated with evoking this term to explain the oppression of black women. However, this approach has a...
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Article 10 mins
A question of ethics: right or wrong?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A question of ethics: right or wrong?

...public humiliation, shouting and generally aggressive and intimidating behaviour’ by the coaches. The module team considered this to be a form of emotional abuse and contravening the codes of conduct set out by sports coach UK. Interestingly, the coaches felt that this was simply the culture of gymnastics and did not see an issue with their behaviour...A question of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
AI fluency
Digital & Computing

AI fluency

...public, or otherwise use this course content in any way except for your own personal, non-commercial use. Conditions of use of Open University websites Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce in this course: Image Figure 1: DrAfter123/Getty Images Videos Videos 1-11: © Microsoft Every effort has been made to contact copyright...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs