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Julian Hector - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Julian Hector - Earth in Vision

...tries to deal with the threat. Now there is this kind of just in time sort of aspect of the human race, but I believe that the creative side of mankind, our ability to be more abstract about why we’re here, will eventually win. So to put it another way, I think the heritage value of the natural world will win the day, ultimately, and win the argument. ...
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Scotland's gold trail
Nature & Environment

Scotland's gold trail

...heritage-and-retro/heritage/first-gold-mine-scotland-due-open-year-1410883https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/nov/08/gold-mining-tyndrum-scotland-scotgold Link to a paper on Lead Mining in Tyndrum: www.nmrs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bm99lookinside.pdf Article from Mining Technology on ‘Technological Innovation and Adaption: Tyndrum Lead Mine and the German...
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Accessibility statement for OpenLearn
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Accessibility statement for OpenLearn

...Heritage collections Reproductions of items in heritage collections are exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations where they cannot be made accessible due to the unavailability of cost effective solutions to achieve this, or where making items accessible would impact negatively on the preservation of the item. PDFs and other documents PDFs or other documents that...
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Information blackout at the Council of Europe?
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Information blackout at the Council of Europe?

...world. Founded as far back as 1949 and with 47 Member States with over 800 million people, it focuses on some of the most difficult and controversial issues concerning human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Whilst best known for the European Convention on Human Rights, it has actually concluded hundreds of binding legal Conventions and carried out scores of...
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Learning with braille – more than just joining the dots
Education & Development

Learning with braille – more than just joining the dots

...heritage, the origins of braille lie in Ancient Greece. The historian and scholar Polybius invented what became known to cryptographers (code makers) as the Polybius Square, a system for encoding letters using a 5x5 grid. Polybius square with the modern English alphabet 1 2 3 4 5 1 A B C D E 2 F G H I/J K 3 L M N O P 4 Q R S T U 5 V W X Y Z Jump forward a few millennia to...
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The women of the Gorbals’ Campaign for Social Justice, 1923
Society, Politics & Law

The women of the Gorbals’ Campaign for Social Justice, 1923

...world through force of circumstance to keep the home going”. Lily grew up knowing “nothing of the ways of men” as her hard-working mother “like many another working woman, was too busy and too ‘trachled’ [tired from over work] to pay attention to Lily’s comings and goings”. For Lily’s supporters, she was vulnerable to the assurances of the older men that...
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Black Majority Churches (BMCs) and the transformation of British Christianity
History & The Arts

Black Majority Churches (BMCs) and the transformation of British Christianity

...heritage are often known as Black Majority Churches (BMCs). In a talk, presented at The Open University during Black History Month in 2020, I discussed the early emergence of Black Majority Churches. In the talk I wanted to highlight a few themes: Diversity and significance While ‘Black Majority Church(es)’ has been adopted by many Black Christian leaders as an...
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The Black History Month Talks: Reclaiming Narratives
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The Black History Month Talks: Reclaiming Narratives

...heritage...Through these lightning talks, our speakers share personal insights, research and lived experiences that challenge mainstream narratives. They explore untold successes, confront complex histories and celebrate cultural contributions – all with the aim of broadening perspectives and inspiring change. Sharon Frazer Let’s Talk About the 2024 Riots – Changing...
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