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War Memorials
History & The Arts

War Memorials

...space. Our new online course, Heritage, whose heritage? (A180), gives a more fulsome introduction. The two total wars of the twentieth century are the subject of the course Total war and social change: Europe 1914-55 (AA312). We also offer an appealing starter course for budding family historians, which covers some of these questions: Start writing family history (A173)....
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Sgwrs Agored - Wales: Music Nation
History & The Arts

Sgwrs Agored - Wales: Music Nation

...Social History (2000), The Trombone (2006), a Music and the British Military in the Long Nineteenth Century (2013, ar y cyd â Helen Barlow); fe yw cyd-olygydd Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments (1997) a Cambridge Encyclopedia of Brass Instruments (2018). Mae hefyd yn brif olygydd Cambridge History of Welsh Music (2022). Ar gael nawr A HISTORY OF WELSH...
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Are schools the best place for children to learn?
Education & Development

Are schools the best place for children to learn?

...social activity. If you do not know, enjoy finding out together. Fun makes learning memorable. Start with what your child knows and have a clear sense of what they could achieve. Have high (but not too high) expectations. Find a way to make what you are learning about relevant and meaningful to your child Keep listening and be willing to change what you are doing. You...
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The Tulsa Race Massacre
Society, Politics & Law

The Tulsa Race Massacre

...of hearing and listening to the voices of victims and survivors, and acknowledging the harms and injustices they have suffered. Ultimately, the 100-year struggle for truth, recognition and reparations by survivors and descendants provides inspiration for people all over the world seeking redress, healing and genuine accountability for social harms and state violence....
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Intermediate Italian: describing people
Languages

Intermediate Italian: describing people

...work on pronunciation...This free course, Intermediate Italian: describing people, requires some basic knowledge of Italian. It focuses on describing both physical appearance and personality, as well as on developing listening skills and work on pronunciation....Intermediate Italian: describing people: Introduction - In this free course, Intermediate Italian: describing...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...working poor.” For this reason, he concluded: … every rational proposal for the augmentation of them merits our regard. The number of the people is confessedly the national stock: the estate, which has no body to work it, is so far good for nothing; and the same rule extends to a whole country or nation. “There is not a single politician,” agreed the Spanish...
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Brexit and the Irish border
OpenLearn Ireland

Brexit and the Irish border

...social policy of the Catholic Church. There were economic concerns too: Belfast and the north-east of Ireland was an industrial powerhouse based on shipbuilding and linen industries whilst the rural economy of the rest of the island was poorer, with no real industrial or manufacturing base. So in addition to religious and cultural differences, protestant north east Ulster...
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Jury Decision-Making: What’s the Story?
Society, Politics & Law

Jury Decision-Making: What’s the Story?

...Social Science, 14(1), pp. 239–258. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-110316-113618. Hastie, R., Penrod, S. and Pennington, N. (1983) Inside the Jury. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. Levett, L.M. and Devine, D. (2017) ‘Integrating Individual and Group Models of Juror Decision Making’, in The Psychology of Juries. Washington, DC, US:...
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