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From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?

...learning together. After completing this course, you will be able to: identify the geographical patterns of voting expressed in the 2016 referendum, particularly as reflected in regional outcomes within England and differences across the territories and nations of the UK (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) understand the underlying processes of uneven...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Welsh history and its sources
History & The Arts

Welsh history and its sources

...learning resource for anyone interested in Welsh history. It contains study materials, links to some of the most important institutions that contribute to our understanding of the history of Wales, and a pool of resources that can help you understand Welsh history and the way it is studied. Included in the material is a taster of the Open University course Small country,...
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Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs
Delacroix
History & The Arts

Delacroix

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: identify those aspects of Delacroix’s art that qualify it as ‘Romantic’ understand the interplay between classicism and Romanticism in Delacroix’s art appreciate the nature of Delacroix’s fascination with the Oriental and the exotic even before he visited Morocco...Delacroix: 1.1...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Robert Owen and New Lanark
History & The Arts

Robert Owen and New Lanark

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the Enlightenment ideas that underpinned Robert Owen's social reform agenda understand how Owen's background and experience at New Lanark fed through into his thinking in the essays in A New View of Society understand the main proposals in the essays understand New Lanark's role as a model...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The story of a female postal worker
Society, Politics & Law

The story of a female postal worker

...learn people’s names until they know they are being made permanent. This is due to the high volume of turnover with casual staff. My friend changed from a job that had a generally good gender balance to a very male dominant workplace. She compared the current workplace to walking into a pub. “People don’t realise how bizarre our working practices are in comparison...
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Article 10 mins
What are the security risks of living in a Smart City?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are the security risks of living in a Smart City?

...learned from his role as a smart city CISO – in San Diego, California. Hayslip acknowledges some of the problems that make working as a CISO charged with protecting city networks challenging: “City networks grow over time, they tend to have a collection of technologies and applications that range from being brand new to being decades old.” “I come from working in...
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Article 10 mins
What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?
Society, Politics & Law

What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?

...learns how it is possible for someone to be convicted of murder without killing anyone and meets those calling for the law to be changed. Gloria Morrison had never heard of joint enterprise when her son’s best friend, Kenneth Alexander, was arrested following the murder of Michael Campbell in 2005. “I knew he hadn’t committed a murder…so I thought he was going to...
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Article 10 mins
A post-convention Presidential Campaign reading list
Society, Politics & Law

A post-convention Presidential Campaign reading list

...learned the hard way that what I read on my twitter feed, and hear on the cable shows, is not very likely to tell me much about how rank-and-file voters are thinking – something I discovered when I belatedly caught on to the Trump phenomenon only after attending his rallies. Moreover, my non-random sample is consistent with the results of a recent state-wide poll that...
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Article 5 mins