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Black History Month 2022 talks
Education & Development

Black History Month 2022 talks

...worked on with colleagues at The Open University looking at mental health declarations for Black students. Transcript How we can teach children about race and why it’s important that we do Mel Green’s presentation explores how children and young people learn about constructions of race and racism from early socialisation. She discusses ways that adults can approach...
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Saint Patrick and modern narratives of Irish identity
OpenLearn Ireland

Saint Patrick and modern narratives of Irish identity

...work in Ireland steady at 4.6pc. Irish Independent. https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/numbers-out-of-work-in-ireland-steady-at-46pc/a1041009132.html Moloney, A. (2026, February 8). Health service ‘bleeding expertise’ as nearly 7,000 Irish medics register in Australia. Irish Independent.
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Mary Shelley: the expert view
History & The Arts

Mary Shelley: the expert view

...work, the co-authored text History of a Six Weeks Tour (published 1817), described some of their travels. [Manuscript page from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, 1816.] Manuscript page from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, 1816. In February 1815 Mary gave birth to Clara, who lived for only twelve days. Her journal shows that she was haunted by the sense that the death might have...
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Rosa Parks and Rob Williams sparked a revolution against racism – but has the US squandered their legacy?
Society, Politics & Law

Rosa Parks and Rob Williams sparked a revolution against racism – but has the US squandered their legacy?

...work, 42-year-old black seamstress Rosa Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She went to the back and took a seat in the section designated for black ('coloured') people. Rosa’s subsequent refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger, as demanded by the white bus driver, resulted in her being arrested, tried and convicted for civil disobedience. That was...
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From intuition to inference: how experts inform Bayesian models
Science, Maths & Technology

From intuition to inference: how experts inform Bayesian models

...work on prior elicitation and develop interactive software tools that help experts express their beliefs in a structured way. These tools guide experts in expressing their beliefs in a structured way, without requiring advanced statistical knowledge. Rather than asking experts for a single number, elicitation focuses on uncertainty. Experts are often more comfortable...
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Voluntary Gravedigging in the West of Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Voluntary Gravedigging in the West of Ireland

...working with picks and shovels to dig a grave that measures approximately 7ft x 3ft x 6ft deep. This takes them between two and five hours to do, depending on the ground conditions and whether it is an old or new grave. If it is an old grave, it will be easier to dig but will be a more complex and sensitive job as human remains are put to one side to be reinterred later....
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Female genital mutilation (FGM) Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Female genital mutilation (FGM) Collection

...work and the allied health and social care professions. They need to know about FGM to: recognise women and girls at risk and escalate immediately to the relevant bodies. meet the needs of women and girls who have had FGM with a compassionate, non-judgmental, person-centred, holistic approach. signpost people to appropriate supportive care and resources. work effectively...
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How radical was Martin Luther King?
History & The Arts

How radical was Martin Luther King?

...works from 1957 to 1967 illustrate how King’s political thought evolved from a hopeful reformer to a radical critic. King’s support for white moderates For much of the 1950s, King believed that white southern ministers could provide moral leadership. He thought the white racists of the South could be countered by the ministers who took a stand for equality. At the...
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