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'A Rose By Any Other Name...': The Importance of Words when it comes to Race
Education & Development

'A Rose By Any Other Name...': The Importance of Words when it comes to Race

...think what is important is true respect for all. People using the most politically correct terms can be the more inherent racists. Someone may use a term that is not now politically correct, or maybe is (not everyone agrees with the term ‘BAME’, after all), but if they are sincere in intent, perhaps we should give them the benefit of the doubt and the chance to...
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Saint Patrick and modern narratives of Irish identity
OpenLearn Ireland

Saint Patrick and modern narratives of Irish identity

...thinking but here’s to you Mrs. Robinson, our first female president. U2 were conquering the airwaves and our tiny nation of just 4.5ish million people was smashing it in soccer. When a country does well in sports, birth rates often reflect it. In 1990, Italia 90 for you soccer/football folks the BEBO (a pre-Facebook social media site)Generation emerged. There are lots...
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How did music influence Virgina Woolf?
History & The Arts

How did music influence Virgina Woolf?

...think of my books as music before I write them’; recent criticism has started to explore the implications of the relationship between music and writing in her work. And although music has often been seen as the art in which Bloomsbury was least interested, Vanessa Bell’s work as a set designer for ballets, Bell’s painting (with Duncan Grant) of a music room for the...
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How can you tell if a signal from space is an alien communication?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can you tell if a signal from space is an alien communication?

...think it may be aliens. As Sherlock Holmes said: “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” But eliminating all the other possibilities isn’t exactly easy. When radio pulsars were first detected in 1967, “little green men” were at least considered a possibility – before it was that they are rapidly...
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Who was Mary Magdalene?
History & The Arts

Who was Mary Magdalene?

...think that Mary’s title has nothing to do with the brothels of Magdala noted in Jewish texts, but could refer instead to her stature and role as a “watchtower” over the flock of disciples, echoing the prophecy of Micah 4:8-11. This could echo similar honorary titles given to other biblical characters in the same way that Jesus called Simon Peter a Rock (John 1.42)....
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Bob Dylan as Nobel Laureate: Two reactions
History & The Arts

Bob Dylan as Nobel Laureate: Two reactions

...think he should get the prize at some point). For some, the pathos of what seems to be an annual exercise in disappointment has become darkly comical: 「今年こそ村上春樹がノーベル文学賞か!?」と一応煽ってからの落選という一連の様式美は、もはや伝統芸の域に達していると言ってもは過言ではあるまい。家に帰る...
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Evolutionary tree of mammals
Nature & Environment

Evolutionary tree of mammals

...think is the ‘odd one out’? To help you to think about the differences, try answering the following two questions. Note to facilitators if using this as a hands-on activity. This activity is more popular if model animals can be used. SAQ 1 Question 1: Which one is most different from the others in its appearance? Answer The whale is the most different in outward...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...think about the effects of bullying. Make two lists – one of the possible physical effects and one of the psychological effects. In his article, Olweus concentrates largely on boys, but think back to the previous section where the differences between girls' and boys' experiences and ways of showing aggression were mentioned. Do you think that there would be any...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs