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Some merits of Manchester
History & The Arts

Some merits of Manchester

...becomes inclusive, and a whole population suffers for the vice, or it may be the virtue, of a very small majority, or a very powerful minority. Probably the most liberal and intelligent populations of Great Britain are those of Manchester and Birmingham, names which have stood for a hard and sordid industrialism, unrelieved by noble sympathies and impulses. It is quite...
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Two Yorkish episodes
History & The Arts

Two Yorkish episodes

...becoming gradually sensible in that city that the battle of Marston Moor was fought a few miles away, and my enemy Charles I. put to one of his worst defeats there, I bought a third-class ticket and ran out to the place one day for whatever emotion awaited me there. [The site of Marston Moor] Marston Moor I At an English station you are either overwhelmed with...
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The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary
OpenLearn Ireland

The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary

...become Secretary of State. He was elected to a full term in the Senate in 1982 in a stunning come-from-behind victory. After trailing in public opinion polls by 36 points, Senator Mitchell rallied to win the election, receiving 61 percent of the votes cast. Senator Mitchell went on to an illustrious career in the Senate spanning 15 years. In 1988, he was reelected with 81...
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The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds
History & The Arts

The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds

...become a peace garden because of the design elements that are in there. And they include, for example, when you walk through there, if you look at some of the trees that are planted there – and this is the notion of planting as an act of political protest – if you look at some of the trees that are planted there they will have signage at the bottom that says "This...
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Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition
Society, Politics & Law

Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition

...become of increasing significance for capitalist accumulation across the British colonies at the turn of the nineteenth century. While these economic arguments proved wrong, they opened a space for a moral critique of chattel slavery. Recognition that chattel slavery was a ‘social evil’ also gained moral and political significance following the defeat of the British...
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Article 20 mins
Black Women and State-Sanctioned Police Violence: The Case of Sarah Reed
Education & Development

Black Women and State-Sanctioned Police Violence: The Case of Sarah Reed

...becoming labelled a perpetrator which resulted in her being imprisoned. Tragically, she died due to the neglect and ill-treatment of the prison and healthcare staff at Holloway who failed in their duty to provide ‘…adequate treatment for her high levels of distress, and the failure of prison psychiatrists to manage Sarah’s medication’ (Inquest, 2017). It was known...
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Design thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Design thinking

...students, be the same person. Generally, however, these will be different people or groups of people. There are, of course, other groups involved. For example, makers ensure that what is being constructed is done so in appropriate ways. Market researchers may also be engaged to ask questions about the potential design. In the past, the role of the designer was reasonably...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Understanding children: babies being heard
Education & Development

Understanding children: babies being heard

...become believable figures. The family is made up from the combined experiences of families and friends and those we know about from our own, and other people’s research. Jodie Watkins is a part-time recruitment consultant. Her partner is Eamon McLaughlin. They have a 12 month old daughter, Mia. Jodie also has two children from a previous relationship with Graham...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs