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Opening up history: eighteenth century ideas of national independence
History & The Arts

Opening up history: eighteenth century ideas of national independence

...work in the Enlightenment. In an age of expanding empires and commercial globalisation, I show that many writers were preoccupied with national independence – the right of a people to live free from foreign domination. 7. What is its significance to your specialist area, the broader field of history, and our understanding of human experience? The debates I explore in...
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Article 5 mins
Ada Lovelace Day
Science, Maths & Technology

Ada Lovelace Day

...workings of the Difference Engine. According to her companions, Ada immediately understood the workings of the machine and its potential. Throughout the 1830s conversed regularly with Babbage and the two became close friends, although there is no evidence they were ever romantically entangled. Certainly, Babbage was entranced with his young protégé. In 1843 he wrote:...
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Article 15 mins
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...socially and when working.’...Gaelic in modern Scotland: 3.1.2 The big picture - There were 58,652 people in Scotland who spoke Gaelic at the time of the 2001 National Census, while a further 33,700 could understand the language. Of the Gaelic speakers, 33,315 (57 per cent of the total) lived in the historical Gaelic heartland of the Highlands and Islands. The Western...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Tim Peake’s spacewalk is no stroll in the park
Science, Maths & Technology

Tim Peake’s spacewalk is no stroll in the park

...work, and you get a call from home: “You know that fault on the sequential shunt unit? Looks like this Friday would be a good time to get it sorted. It’ll be easy to fix – just one bolt needs to be undone.” If you are handy about the house, undoing a bolt to change a bit of kit is easy and may just take five minutes. Unless the bolt is buried deep within the car...
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Should the NHS have been better prepared for the cyber-highwaymen?
Science, Maths & Technology

Should the NHS have been better prepared for the cyber-highwaymen?

...worked with machines using XP. This is made far more concerning by the official end of Microsoft support for Windows XP in April 2014. While funding to ease the changeover through extended support and eventual move to a more modern operating system was made available, there are still many NHS computers running Windows XP. This is putting the safety and privacy of patients...
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Timeline: Marx, Nietzsche and Freud
Society, Politics & Law

Timeline: Marx, Nietzsche and Freud

...works of Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud with our interactive timeline...How do I use this timeline? The easiest way to journey through the lives of Marx, Nietzsche and Freud is to click the arrow on the right hand side (or swipe right on a tablet), which will take you through all the entries. You can also investigate just Marx, Nietzsche or Freud by...
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Activity 20 mins
Saving Setrus: To Intervene or not to Intervene
Society, Politics & Law

Saving Setrus: To Intervene or not to Intervene

...shared history as nations means that there are many Hannish living and working in Laurania and the eyes of the international community are on you to see how you will react. [Saving Setrus launch image] Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....
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Activity 15 mins
Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution
History & The Arts

Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution

...work and learn about the existential view of the human being as free and responsible for his or her actions. You will discover that Beauvoir argues that women are generally conceived of as ‘Other’, that is different from a supposed neutral human being...In this free course you will study the ideas of philosopher Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986). In doing so you will...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs