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Human Resource Management and EDI
Money & Business

Human Resource Management and EDI

...systems of discrimination and disadvantage is considered as an issue of intersectionality (Crenshaw, 1989, 1991). The disadvantages that a Black neurodivergent woman may face may be different from those of a white neurodivergent woman and also different from those of a neuro-typical Black man. The whole story of discrimination may not simply be understood by...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Introducing Homer's Iliad
History & The Arts

Introducing Homer's Iliad

...think about and interpret the poem...Introducing Homer's Iliad: 1 The Troy story - Homer’s two poems – the Iliad and the Odyssey – together tell the story of a war between Greeks and Trojans at a place called Troy (or Ilium, to give it its Latinised name – hence the Iliad), and the return home of one of the heroes, Odysseus (hence the Odyssey). Even if you think...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
History & The Arts

Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners

...think about the following questions: What type of narrative perspective is used here? Do you find anything immediately striking about the voice of the narrator? How does the narrative perspective change in this extract? What impression of London is given in this section? How does Selvon develop the character of Moses? Discussion I hope you recognised this extract as an...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...system, moving onto the Earth’s oceans and seas. Understanding how ocean movements are generated and sustained in the form of waves, tides, flows and currents is important in many fields of engineering. In the construction industry understanding of winds likely to be encountered is vital in the design, construction, and maintenance of high-rise buildings. In the...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
East Asian Heritage month: a celebration of Studio Ghibli films
Education & Development

East Asian Heritage month: a celebration of Studio Ghibli films

...by his memories of his mother as can be seen in many of his storylines. It was a great pleasure to hear the films talked about and think about some of the themes and the making of what have been so important to my daughter and myself, allowing us to maintain our connection to our cultural heritage and being. Arigato gozaimashita, Dr Denison. (Very respectful thank you!)...
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Article 5 mins
How did Aretha Franklin inspire the civil rights movement?
History & The Arts

How did Aretha Franklin inspire the civil rights movement?

...Think is an original song of hers), Franklin earned a great part of her fame as a unique interpreter of other people’s songs. Through gospel-influenced musical rearrangement, and her striking changes to melodic content, she effectively re-authored material written by others, asserting a sense of creative ownership through spirited and dynamic vocal performance. Franklin...
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Have the Tunisian elections have started a new democratic era?
Society, Politics & Law

Have the Tunisian elections have started a new democratic era?

...thinks Tunisians “punished” centrist parties like his, and urged the centrist parties to form a new coalition. “Social-democratic forces stayed scattered and did not take the responsibility to unite,” Ben Jaafer said in a press conference after the results of the elections were announced. Because of polarization, in order for pluralism to take root in Tunisia, new...
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Article 5 mins
Can cartoons help keep indigenous Mexican languages alive?
Languages

Can cartoons help keep indigenous Mexican languages alive?

...thinking and indigenous languages. The page of the project reads as follows: En esta [primera] serie se retratan siete de estas 68 visiones del mundo: huasteco, maya, mixteco, náhuatl, totonaco, yaqui y zapoteco, a través de la visión de siete escritores y siete ilustradores gráficos. In this [first] series, seven of these 68 world views are portrayed: Huastec, Mayan,...
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