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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

...language – but I want to publicly declare the indelible and positive impact the BMC has had on my life. I was born in the 1970s (age is just a number), the last of seven girls to Jamaican-born parents that harboured so called middle-class dreams for their so-called working-class children. It was these dreams that brought them to the UK, dragging my eldest siblings from...
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Robert Burns: a man of his times for today
History & The Arts

Robert Burns: a man of his times for today

...language that generated popular poems such as the aforementioned ‘Tam o’ Shanter’ are other factors. But alone they will not do. They only partly explain the intensity of the adoration for Burns and why, from the time of his death, his legacy was contested and considered to be worth fighting over. Man of the people Hugely important was Burns’s championing both...
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Supporting Mental Health Through Online Music Fandoms
OpenLearn Ireland

Supporting Mental Health Through Online Music Fandoms

...language based on shared experiences. 6. Knowledge exchange in online fandoms A key component of online music fandoms is learning from one another. Members actively take time to develop their own expertise and share it with others through content. This content forms part of a large information hub that others can draw upon. Older fans also take on mentorship roles with...
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The future of rural Ireland - nuances, scale and fighting back
OpenLearn Ireland

The future of rural Ireland - nuances, scale and fighting back

...course materials which illustrate how uniqueness is constantly made and remade as different layers interact. This uniqueness is recognised by the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas (CEDRA) report, which suggests that past policies tended to neglect it: Neither rural areas nor the communities that live within particular types of rural area are...
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Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children

...course we're really talking about girls and mothers here, since the debate is highly gendered).Want to know more about childhood? There's an OU course on that... Campaigners and even some researchers go on to blame these goods for a mind-boggling range of social ills, from lack of self-esteem to bodily dissatisfaction to low academic attainment, and (in what seems a...
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Remembering Peter and John
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering Peter and John

...course far more to be said about both Peter and John. We have focused on their careers supporting learners and colleagues. Peter Smith, who has died aged 77, was the son of a head teacher. He studied at Manchester University and went on to teach day-release classes to Yorkshire and Derbyshire coal miners, steelworkers, railway workers, engineers and local authority manual...
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Ian Kershaw on Hitler's Place In History: The Lecture Podcast
History & The Arts

Ian Kershaw on Hitler's Place In History: The Lecture Podcast

...courses and qualifications The lecture is split into three parts: A brief introduction to the lecturer The full lecture A question-and-answer session with Professor Kershaw Introducing Ian Kershaw [Ian Kershaw] Presenter: Good evening and welcome to the first annual Open University BBC Four History Lecture. Our lecturer tonight is one of the most distinguished scholars...
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Oxygen, blood and the body
Science, Maths & Technology

Oxygen, blood and the body

...free courses or study with the OU References Flexman, A.M., Del Vicario, G. and Schwarz, S.K.W. (2007) ‘Dark Green Blood in the Operating Theatre’, The Lancet, vol. 369, p. 1972. Hazes B., Kalk K. H., Hol W. G. J., Magnus K. A., Bonaventura C., Bonaventura J. and Daute Z., (1993) ‘Crystal structure of deoxygenated Limulus polyphemus subunit II hemocyanin at 2.18 A...
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