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Black Majority Churches (BMCs) and the transformation of British Christianity
History & The Arts

Black Majority Churches (BMCs) and the transformation of British Christianity

...working-class children. It was these dreams that brought them to the UK, dragging my eldest siblings from the sunshine of Jamaica to the cold and fog of the Motherland. Opportunity knocks. Mum and Dad had the “usual roles” of a nurse at the local hospital and semi-skilled worker at a car factory. Every Sunday, most Wednesday evenings, lots of Friday evenings and a few...
What is Law?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Law?

...work, socialise. Law regulates the way that we use the roads, and everyone who has a job - including us - is subject to employment law. When we shop, for instance, we make legally binding contracts; when we go to the gym, we’re protected by health and safety laws - and many of us have a legal interest in our homes, whether as tenants, owners or if we have a mortgage....
Video 10 mins
Newry: Frontier town or border city?
Society, Politics & Law

Newry: Frontier town or border city?

...work permits issued to A8 nationals shows a peak of 865 issued for the Newry and Mourne district council area in 2006, but this number had fallen to just 280 by 2010. Modern day Newry is perhaps best well known for its role as a major centre of trade in the north east of Ireland. Through history, its strategic location on routes from the coast inland and from Dublin to...
10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...works. For dogs, interesting and useful features are identified and, because they are determined genetically, they can be bred by selective breeding (i.e. choosing animals with features you want and breeding them to create new offspring with those features). We have bred dogs with regard to developing better functional capabilities (running, hunting, digging, burrowing,...
“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language
Languages

“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language

...work for them in the here and now. Let there be little doubt. The ‘border’ in Ireland is also a language partition. In the 26 southern counties Irish is the official language of the state, enshrined in the Republic’s Constitution. In the north, prior to 1998, the Irish language held no legal status. The impact of this reality can be felt on various levels,...
Race, ethnicity and crime
Society, Politics & Law

Race, ethnicity and crime

...working towards the reform of drug policy in the US. In this short video clip, she discusses the greater probability of a Black or Latino person being arrested for a drug-related offence than a White person, despite the fact that the different ethnic groups consume and trade in drugs at comparable rates. She unpacks the consequences of this disproportionate likelihood of...
Level 3: Advanced 1 hr
Why not ‘World Religions’?
History & The Arts

Why not ‘World Religions’?

...work, for instance, in the case of Japan where one can be Buddhist, Shinto, and Christian in different contexts at different times. And it creates the idea of religions as these consistent things with their own agency which can speak in their own voice. So when we talk about world religions then instead of a neutral category, we’re actually preserving a Victorian...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
More or Less: interview with Tim Harford
Science, Maths & Technology

More or Less: interview with Tim Harford

...working with you on More or Less ever since you started. I think that was eight years ago now. And I’d like to start off by perhaps reviewing what’s changed in the world of numbers since you began. One thing that occurred to me is I don’t think you’re picking up as many journalistic statistical mistakes as often as you did, would you agree? TIM HARFORD: It’s...