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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

...become a historian; my first degree was in economics. But I discovered that I was less interested in contemporary economic theory than in the history of economic thought. Eighteenth-century writers were effectively inventing what we now call economics as they tried to make sense of a rapidly changing world, and what struck me was how familiar their concerns felt. They...
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Uncovering Britain’s Lost Black Sporting Heroes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Uncovering Britain’s Lost Black Sporting Heroes

...becoming an usher at the coronation of King George IV. His 2015 biography, ‘Richmond Unchained’, suggests that much of this astonishing journey was down to his special talent for boxing – in those days a brutal, bare-knuckled version of the sport hugely popular among all sections of British society including the aristocracy. That Thomas Pitt was a boxing enthusiast...
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A difficult conversation to have about racism
Education & Development

A difficult conversation to have about racism

...becomes more difficult when my friends and I are targeted on a night out by the bouncers on the door. Or when I’m booking holidays on a scale of “how racist” the place is to visit. If you know, you know. I remember being on my way to Uni and experiencing the joys of St Pancras Station. A man was on his bike and just as I walked out of the ticket barrier, he nearly...
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Learning from the Global South
Society, Politics & Law

Learning from the Global South

...become a geographer fit for the twenty-first century. So why not join in and progress the conversation, learning from listening to the rich range of voices from the across the Global South that the films offer? Further information and acknowledgement Further information Find out more about D113 Global Challenges: social sciences in action, and the qualifications Geography...
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Impossible Peace 2: Thrown to the political wolves
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Thrown to the political wolves

...become known. That disbandment of the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment would fit within a two-year plan to end Operation Banner, the Army’s decades-long support role to the police, and would be part of major changes to the security landscape and the making of a peace time garrison. I was told of lots of discussions going on involving the Northern...
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Are you a socially intelligent educational leader?
Education & Development

Are you a socially intelligent educational leader?

...become more effective in your work and your influence with others. Empathy Do you understand what motivates other people, even those from different backgrounds? Are you sensitive to others’ needs? Are you able to put yourself in the shoes of others? Attunement Do you listen attentively and think about how others feel? Are you attuned to others’ moods? Organisational...
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The ocean of Jupiter’s moon Europa
Science, Maths & Technology

The ocean of Jupiter’s moon Europa

...become incorporated into the ice. Knowing this process has occurred (and is possibly still occurring) on Europa means scientists can find out more about the ocean’s likely composition by mimicking these water-rock interactions using computer modelling or laboratory simulation experiments. For example, researchers in AstrobiologyOU have used geochemical modelling to...
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Unparliamentary language: the benefits of swearing in politics
Languages

Unparliamentary language: the benefits of swearing in politics

...become president his message to China would be, "Listen you mother*****s, we’re going to tax you 25 per cent!". And of course, midway through the 2016 campaign, audio of him explaining that, "I did try and f*** her" and that he grabbed women, "by the p****" was endlessly broadcast around the world. For almost any other politician this would have sunk their candidacy...
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