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Why challenging sexual violence takes more than just a starring role at The Oscars
Society, Politics & Law

Why challenging sexual violence takes more than just a starring role at The Oscars

...de Mille award at the 2018 Golden Globes, Oprah Winfrey claimed that “speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have”. She then shared the story of Recy Taylor, who died ten days earlier. Recy Taylor was a black woman who was raped in Alabama by six white men in 1944. The case drew national attention as a key moment of injustice for black women as two...
Belfast: Racing to the top for the Grande Partenza
Health, Sports & Psychology

Belfast: Racing to the top for the Grande Partenza

...de France in the world of cycling and previously, cities such as Monte Carlo, Nice and Amsterdam have hosted the event. The eyes of the world are on Belfast this week, expecting great things from the place and its people, as 200 of the world’s top cyclists descend on our city. And they will get it! Shop fronts, cafés, office blocks and even road signs are decked in...
STiP@50 Celebrations
Society, Politics & Law

STiP@50 Celebrations

...De Montfort University Second-order perspectives on learning and practice under complex conditions May 25: Glenda Eoyang, Human Systems Dynamics Institute (Minnesota, USA) Scale-free dissemination: local behaviours to systemic results June 22: Mike Jackson (Hull) Systems Thinking and Practice: What has been done and what needs doing. July 27: Sharon Pollard, Association...
Why are people superstitious?
History & The Arts

Why are people superstitious?

...with philosophy”. Transcript References Hobbes, Thomas. (2017 [1651]). Leviathan. Harmondsworth: Penguin. Spinoza, Benedictus de. (2016 [1670]). “Theological-Political Treatise”, in The Collected Works of Spinoza. Volume II, trans. Edwin Curley. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Discover more articles like this Study a free course on human rights and politics...
How can we improve teaching about Islam?
Education & Development

How can we improve teaching about Islam?

...de los Juegos, commissioned by Alphonse X of Castile in the 13th century There has been much misinformation about Islam. Reports in Western media tend to perpetuate stereotypes that Islam is a violent religion and Muslim women are oppressed. Popular films like “American Sniper” reduce places like Iraq to dusty war zones, devoid of any culture or history. Fears and...
Tarddiad Celtaidd yr iaith Gymraeg
Education & Development

Tarddiad Celtaidd yr iaith Gymraeg

...de, y gorllewin a’r gogledd, gan ehangu eu teyrnasoedd a chreu holltau rhwng siaradwyr y Frythoneg. [Dyma fap o ogledd-orllewin Ewrop, gyda saethau’n dangos symudiad o ogledd yr Almaen a Denmarc heddiw i Northymbria a Mersia (yr Eingl), Dwyrain Anglia (y Sacsoniaid) a Wessex (y Jiwtiaid). ] Dyma fap o ogledd-orllewin Ewrop, gyda saethau’n dangos symudiad o ogledd yr...
Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship
History & The Arts

Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship

...de-personalizing of complex issues. This results in overt generalisations, reductionism, a lack of depth, and more recently, a global populist political backlash. [The Audio Booth; Photo Credit: Lucia Scazzocchio. All rights reserved.] The Audio Booth; Photo Credit: Lucia Scazzocchio. All rights reserved. Following the European Referendum in Britain, for example, the...
10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...des goûts et des couleurs, on ne discute pas’ (‘each to their own’). Whilst this expression suggests that we should never quibble over colours, chromatic terms can nonetheless provide a rich source of discussion for language learners who want to extend their knowledge of idiomatic expressions in the target language. Indeed, there are many descriptions and...