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Women in the Railway in Scotland During both World Wars
Society, Politics & Law

Women in the Railway in Scotland During both World Wars

...children and came with either a small salary or a rent-free home” – a reflection of the need to provide opportunities for women to support their families in the absence of a breadwinner, thus keeping them from the workhouse. That as many as 70,000 women worked in the railway sector alone by 1918 demonstrates the central role women played in many industries throughout...
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Article 10 mins
Diary of a new Life Peer
Society, Politics & Law

Diary of a new Life Peer

...children, who are in temporary or emergency accommodation. I also spoke about the intersection of housing policy (which is devolved to Wales) and social security policy (which remains the responsibility of the UK Government). I also paid tribute to my party’s other peer, Lord Wigley, and set out some of the principles that will guide me in my work as a member of the...
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Double trouble: my experience of studying part-time as a mixed-race individual
Education & Development

Double trouble: my experience of studying part-time as a mixed-race individual

...children put upon them and while I certainly hope for that one day, I would like to hope that in another 30 years, there won’t be as much expectation for someone like me to keep studying despite being over 21 and being female. I sometimes get the sense that some narrow-minded individuals can’t get their head around extra study as not being self-indulgent or just using...
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Ramadan: What do you need to know?
Education & Development

Ramadan: What do you need to know?

...children, the elderly, the sick or people with long-term health problems (e.g. diabetes), those travelling long distances, women during their monthly cycle, pregnant women and breastfeeding women. Fasting during Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam. The overall purpose of the fast is to gain Taqwa (which means to gain piety or God consciousness). This is achieved...
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Why teach art?
Education & Development

Why teach art?

...children here who can't even speak English properly – they should be doing more of that instead of leisure subjects like art.’ Both of these are, as you may appreciate, instrumental – or means–end – statements. In their various ways they place art, and by implication other humanities subjects, unfavourably on a spectrum according to their perceived...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Addysg gynhwysol: deall yr hyn a olygwn (Cymru)
Education & Development

Addysg gynhwysol: deall yr hyn a olygwn (Cymru)

...children learn in the same school’, quoted in the OpenLearn course Inclusive education: knowing what we mean. Ar gael yn: https://www.open.edu/ openlearn/ education/ educational-technology-and-practice/ educational-practice/ inclusive-education-knowing-what-we-mean/ content-section-0 (cyrchwyd 2 Hydref 2018). Booth, T. (1996) ‘A perspective on inclusion from...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Welsh history and its sources
History & The Arts

Welsh history and its sources

...centre of the world's copper industry. (Coast, Series 3, Programme 4, 2007). Video 4 (duration 6:59)...Welsh history and its sources: 4.3 The celebrated Cyfarthfa band - In the middle of the nineteenth century, Merthyr Tydfil was the world's greatest supplier of iron and the largest town in Wales. It was dominated by Cyfarthfa Castle, the huge and ostentatious home of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs
Introduction to ecosystems
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to ecosystems

...centre-- all of that is going to be mapped as being unimproved acid grassland. SPEAKER 1 It helps us to identify areas where you are likely to find certain rare species. So we can decide on areas that need protecting. Where you have areas of development it helps you to decide on whether a developer should go ahead, what kind of development should go ahead, and any...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs