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Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author
History & The Arts

Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author

...intelligent, upright, distinguished and of excellent character (Vassa, 2004). These descriptions of his character allow for consideration on the fluidity of Equiano’s identity as an Igbo, preacher, abolitionist, author, African slave, African/English gentleman, Son of Africa and Ethiopian. Equiano’s autobiography was a powerful testimony that shaped awareness of the...
Impossible Peace 2: On a wing and a prayer
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: On a wing and a prayer

...intelligence reports that weapons had been held back: “that some individuals and groups within the IRA have retained a range of arms, including handguns”. The DUP leader Ian Paisley had spoken of “a complete failure from General John de Chastelain to deal with the vital numerics of decommissioning.” “We do not know how many guns, ammunition and explosives were...
Internet of everything
Digital & Computing

Internet of everything

...intelligent network - As a technological society, we are entering the fourth phase of the internet, which we call the internet of everything (IoE). Cisco’s intelligent network works at the centre of the IoE. Cisco has been finding new ways to communicate and collaborate for years. The benefit of the IoE is derived from the combined impact of these connections and the...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...intelligent reader would understand and enjoy the joke. Manuscript Take the article Adorey to Adore by Diderot, the article seems to be talking about Theology but the spirit of the treatment is very much tongue in cheek. ‘Adore this term in it’s literal and etymological sense means to carry to one’s mouth, to kiss one’s hand or to kiss something but with a feeling...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list

...artificially control their testosterone levels. The IAAF has until July 2017 to gather more evidence, but Dr Silvia Camporesi, a bioethicist and lecturer at King's College London, is unconvinced further research will resolve this contentious issue. ‘What are we trying to prove? Science is driven by research and the binary division between female and male. The current...
Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?
Languages

Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?

...intelligence, low self-esteem, behave in deviant ways, develop a split personality and even become schizophrenic. It is a view that persisted until very recently, discouraging many immigrant parents from using their own mother tongue to speak to their children, for instance. This is in spite of a 1962 experiment, ignored for decades, which showed that bilingual children...
Why study languages?
Languages

Why study languages?

...Intelligence Unit finds that businesses will focus on international over domestic markets in the next three years. ‘To understand overseas customers better, get local, new report tells multinational’ ‘Executives within multinational firms agree their organisations would perform better if they gave more control to local managers in overseas markets’, finds a new...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Political ordering
Society, Politics & Law

Political ordering

...artificially fostered. The publication of news was fettered. Street lights were dimmed. The sacred freedom of drinking was tampered with: licensed hours were cut down, and the beer watered by order. The very time on the clocks was changed. From 1916 onwards, every Englishman got up an hour earlier in summer than he would otherwise have done, thanks to an act of...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs