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Northern Ireland’s dance to the music of time of Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Northern Ireland’s dance to the music of time of Brexit

...education as laid out in a recent report for by the Royal Academic of Ireland. If NI is to move beyond the poverty and labour stages of the Brexit dance to wealth and pleasure, then its future may lie in an All-Ireland solution. Ironically, the Conservative and Unionist government and its current support from the Democratic Unionist Party may create the conditions for a...
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What do sports authorities have to do to take account of transgender competitors?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do sports authorities have to do to take account of transgender competitors?

...education to prevent prejudice, exclusion and knee-jerk reactions by sports policy makers, governing bodies and the media. And continuing conversations between those promoting equality for women in sport and advocates for transgender inclusion are vital to iron out any unproductive misconceptions on both sides.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on...
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SMEs and Net Zero – challenges and opportunities
Money & Business

SMEs and Net Zero – challenges and opportunities

...education. Given these challenges, you won’t be surprised to discover that policymakers around the world have tended to hold back on environmental initiatives for SMEs, and until recently most of these efforts have been concentrated on their larger, and far more accessible, counterparts. The media often draws attention to a few high-profile examples of business greening...
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How should Rwanda remember the genocide?
History & The Arts

How should Rwanda remember the genocide?

...education and economic gains since the genocide. Some individuals do not feel particularly connected to the memorial sites. Yet they still attend the ceremonies. This can cause conflicts of memory, especially when what is being remembered differs according to an individuals’s experience of the genocidal process. So it is important to ask Rwandans how urwibutso and...
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A matter of life and death: inequalities in healthcare for Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities
Health, Sports & Psychology

A matter of life and death: inequalities in healthcare for Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities

...education and the criminal justice system, to name a few. Stereotypes abound regarding Black and minority ethnic people in relation to how pain is experienced, which are based on myths that have been perpetuated from the days of transatlantic slavery and ‘race science’ where Black bodies had been thought not to experience pain (for example, the experiments of Marion...
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Succeed with maths: part 2 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 2

...Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course survey. Once you complete the course we would also value your feedback and suggestions for future improvement, in our optional end-of-course survey. Participation will be completely confidential...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Exploring Ovid’s big ideas: Glossary - * Achaeans one of the names Homer uses to refer to the Greeks who fought at Troy * bard a skilled singer and musician who improvised songs on mythical themes while performing them for a live audience * Choephoroi Greek word...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Bill Hare - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Bill Hare - Stories of Change

...resources, they need finance, they need expertise. For these countries they will want to know this deal will deliver to us maybe not enough but enough to get moving, the resources, the technology, expertise that we need to start dealing with the problem and that will need to be real and deliverable for them to say, ‘Actually, this works for us.’ RH: Let me talk to you...
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