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Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism

...introduction to an employer or, if there was no work, a penny to go on their way. The society enabled men to determine the labour supply. To bind members together and to help ensure that claimants were genuine members, the Oddfellows had many rituals and passwords. Officers were elected which offered opportunities for working men to learn how to run organisations....
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The working-class garden
Society, Politics & Law

The working-class garden

...the allotment movement, I mean the introduction of allotments in the 18 Century, the idea that the working class could perhaps work harder on their own land to produce vegetables for themselves. And quite explicitly we come across reference to the fact, don’t we, that the possession of allotments means to say that some working class men don’t get involved in politics....
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Forth Road Bridge
History & The Arts

Forth Road Bridge

...Introduction - This unit focuses on the Forth Road Bridge that connects Edinburgh with Fife. This suspension bridge continues to face a number of problems regarding its deteriorating condition. The short video included in this unit illustrates some of the major structural issues facing bridges and examines some of the proposed changes to the use of the Forth Road Bridge...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Mosquito resistance to insecticides
Science, Maths & Technology

Mosquito resistance to insecticides

...Introduction - Natural selection acts on phenotypes that vary in survival and reproductive success, and the response to selection is a change in allele frequency resulting in evolution. In this free course, Mosquito resistance to insecticides, you will see how allele frequency can change rapidly in a population in response to selective pressure. You will consider how...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease

...Introduction - Welcome to this Open University course on histology. This course is designed for students studying human biology at school or university, medical laboratory scientists and anyone interested in biomedical science. Histology is the study of tissues and their structure, and histopathology labs are found in most hospitals. In the course you will see a histology...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Changing cities
Society, Politics & Law

Changing cities

...Introduction - This free course explores the ways in which urbanisation processes help to generate issues of public concern. It elaborates a theoretical framework of critical spatial thinking that can be used to analyse the complex ‘agency’ of urban processes in generating, identifying and resolving the myriad issues associated with contemporary urbanisation. This...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Environment: treading lightly on the Earth
Nature & Environment

Environment: treading lightly on the Earth

...Introduction - This free course, Environment: treading lightly on the Earth, focuses on the problem of greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide (CO2), and explores what you can do to lighten those emissions to help reduce the rate of climate change. You will assess your ‘carbon footprint’ and see what actions you and, if relevant, other household members...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Charity begins at Homeland: The screen spies the CIA should love
Society, Politics & Law

Charity begins at Homeland: The screen spies the CIA should love

...managed to breach the CIA’s network security in the first episode, for example, or CIA operative Peter Quinn’s assassination spree across Germany. Not to mention his kidnapping of an innocent child. Trust us, we’re the experts But, like 24, Homeland eventually always reveals its sympathies for the national security state. Season three, for example, which aired in...
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