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Getting started with Italian 1
Languages

Getting started with Italian 1

...working day (the so-called pausa caffè) and have a chat with friends and colleagues. Customers often share opinions on a variety of subjects ranging from politics and football, to work, gossip, cinema and fashion. The Italian bar is probably at its busiest first thing in the morning, when people grab a coffee and a cornetto (‘croissant’) at the counter. It is busy...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840
History & The Arts

National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840

...succeeded by the Westminster division: after them came the division of the Borough of Southwark, and the fourth division, consisting of the Scotch, resident in London, preceded by a bagpipe playing, brought up the rear. The Archbishop of York passing along Parliament–street in his coach, at the time the procession was in motion, was much hooted by the populace, who...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Queen Victoria on the Chartists
History & The Arts

Queen Victoria on the Chartists

...working. They marched in procession into Manchester, where they forced all the other Manufacturers to join them. It is the horrid system of agitation pursued by several Members, which is responsible for this serious agitation. They might be prosecuted if it could be brought home to them. It is proposed to send a Battalion of the Guards tonight, by rail, to Manchester....
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Is English squeezing out local languages in Uganda?
Languages

Is English squeezing out local languages in Uganda?

...works as a language of inter-ethnic communication, of wider communication and as a lingua franca. It is used in all domains: education, media and telecommunication, urban hip-hop, trading and in church. The status of English English gained its status as the language for government officials and aristocrats during the colonial period. It was associated with a higher social...
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What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?
Nature & Environment

What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?

...work, travel, take holidays, socialise etc) which are slow to change, due to complex cultural or technological barriers. Others point to the need for ‘opportunities’ to be green. We can want to change as much as we like, but unless there is, say, decent public transport, we’ll keep our car. Without recycling provision by the state, we can’t recycle. [Southampton...
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Was Alcibiades the Athenian Donald Trump?
History & The Arts

Was Alcibiades the Athenian Donald Trump?

...workings of Athenian democracy in large part due to the writings of Athenian historian Thucydides. In the course of narrating the history of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides incorporated many pairs of speeches arguing opposing points of view that reveal how politicians sought to put down, outmaneuver and even humiliate their rivals. Any student of Greek history, like me,...
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Older carers, COVID-19 and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Older carers, COVID-19 and physical activity

...working with such couples often say: ‘It is not possible being able to pour from an empty cup!’ If they can’t keep themselves well they won’t be able to sustain the caregiving role that is so important to them. Older carers report often the negative impacts upon their physical and mental health. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, only 8% of carers felt that they had...
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A changing uniqueness – The changing ‘place’ of the West
OpenLearn Ireland

A changing uniqueness – The changing ‘place’ of the West

...work of Pat Jess. Jess, P. (1985) ‘Unit 17 Local Change in the West of Ireland’, in The Open University (1985) D205 Changing Britain, Changing World: geographical perspectives, Broadcast Handbook, Milton Keynes, The Open University Press. In 'The rural dimension – rundale in the West of Ireland' - Figure 8c ‘An example of the effects of reorganisation: Cloondeagh...
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