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Are robots about to take jobs from the poor?
Science, Maths & Technology

Are robots about to take jobs from the poor?

...thinking: “This is an opportunity to reimagine how economies are structured and we should not lose out on that opportunity,” said Anne Jellema, CEO of the Web Foundation. Beximco has flourished partly because its leaders had the vision to revolutionise the garment production chain so it could respond to rapidly shifting fashion tastes. How manufacturers like this one...
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The politics of food introduction
Society, Politics & Law

The politics of food introduction

...think in a very broad sense, the apple has become a contested political symbol of, perhaps, on one hand, rural Britain, and the other hand the need to keep up with the mass market for the city. Commentary Julian Temperley is one of a small number of artisan producers, making cider in the UK. Julian Temperley The cider world is divided between what we would call artisan...
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Remaking the relations of work and welfare
Society, Politics & Law

Remaking the relations of work and welfare

...system. It also provides a significant way of understanding how individuals and groups become constituted as welfare subjects. The processes through which this takes place are the first and central theme of this course. Though we know little of Tamarla Owens' personal history, it is likely that some aspects of her personal life resemble the stereotypical constructions and...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Humphry Davy, laughing gas and the era of self-experimentation
History & The Arts

Humphry Davy, laughing gas and the era of self-experimentation

...system was fully saturated, Davy stepped out of the box and proceeded to inhale a further twenty quarts of the gas from a series of oiled green silk bags. While seated in the box breathing deeply, Davy had felt the effects that had become familiar from his many previous experiments since he had first inhaled the gas earlier that year. The first signature was its curiously...
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Formulating research questions
Education & Development

Formulating research questions

...think about personal values and deliberately challenging oneself to consider the questions that should be asked can be unnerving. And engaging in meaningful collaboration in the development of these questions cannot be achieved without determination and initiative. When considering how to include people from underrepresented groups, the old mantra of ‘hard to reach’...
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Article 25 mins
Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness
Education & Development

Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness

...system (Carlile et al., 2021). Many GPs refuse to refer children for specialist treatment, or to administer prescribed medication. Referral letters go awry. Even after a first appointment, children can wait months to be assessed and start receiving any medical treatment. Professionals often have rigid, binary notions of gender that mean young people need to perform a...
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Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)
Money & Business

Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)

...thinking about European citizenship whereby European citizenship need not be granted by the state, limited to the territory within the EU borders or acted out by people who are already citizens...The term 'European citizenship' triggers an immediate association with the European Union, its member states, and people who are citizens of those states. This free course,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Discovering music: the blues
History & The Arts

Discovering music: the blues

...think about what constitutes a musical tradition, considering its history and how it has been performed as well as some of the technical elements of blues music. [Described image] Figure 1 B. B. King performing c.1968. Photo Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images (via Britannica Image Quest) Before you start, take a couple of minutes to reflect on what you already know about...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs