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The Somme: The German perspective
History & The Arts

The Somme: The German perspective

...works and to have killed, wounded or stunned the German defenders. In short, they expected to walk into the German lines largely unopposed. However, as we know today, the attack was anything but the walk-over expected. The massive British artillery barrage had damaged the surface of the German defenses, but most defenders survived unharmed in dug-outs (known in German as...
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Article 10 mins
Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum
Society, Politics & Law

Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum

...working themselves out, which will become emergent and shape the future direction of politics, not only in Scotland but across the UK. Writing this in Scotland there is no doubt that it feels a very different place. While it is at times hard to express this in words, the wider context that informs political debate and discussion has certainly changed and the wider...
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What are your chances during a zombie apocalypse?
Digital & Computing

What are your chances during a zombie apocalypse?

...work of the zombie hordes, whether it being flocks of crows gorging themselves on conveniently walking stacks of carrion, or all manner of decomposing organisms reducing the zombies to little more than stacks of bones in a few days to a few weeks. This means that if zombies are deprived of new victims (either through quarantining an outbreak or by survivors holing up...
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Impossible Peace 2: The bunker in the peace
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: The bunker in the peace

...work. This is something on which a number of contributors to this archive project have shared some thoughts. [Photograph of Claire Hnna MP and her handwritten statement. See details below for full transcript.]Long before Sinn Féin, the SDLP took steps inside the Policing Board - there from November 2001 at the outset of the 'new beginning'. But what is today's snapshot...
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Embodied Intersectionality and British South Asian Muslim Women
Society, Politics & Law

Embodied Intersectionality and British South Asian Muslim Women

...work and public spaces for British South Asian (BSA) Muslim women. What do we mean by embodied and intersectionality, and why might these be useful concepts to think about when we study the experiences of ethnic minority communities? Embodied differences Let’s start with embodied or embodiment. To embody is to represent an idea or quality exactly, and in relation to the...
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Article 10 mins
Disseminating across the margins: bridging communities and academia through a Black feminist lens
Education & Development

Disseminating across the margins: bridging communities and academia through a Black feminist lens

...work but also serves as a guiding principle for others in academia who seek to make a meaningful impact on the communities they study. Theory enhancing research dissemination Black feminist epistemology offers a unique and invaluable framework for understanding the complexities of knowledge production and dissemination. It emphasises the lived experiences, narratives and...
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Article 35 mins
Commemorating Lord Byron on the streets of London
Languages

Commemorating Lord Byron on the streets of London

...work or actions have had a notable impact on British life and have helped shape British “heritage”’. Unfortunately, the house in Holles Street in which he was born, along with the plaque which adorned it, became a victim of late-nineteenth century regeneration. The site is now occupied by John Lewis’s Oxford Street branch, and although a new plaque was later...
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Seeing the light
Science, Maths & Technology

Seeing the light

...work. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Science...Seeing the light: Learning outcomes - After studying this course you should be able to: demonstrate knowledge and understanding of some of the basic facts about language, concepts and principles relating to the principles of design of a home understand how to extract information from sources such...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs