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On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!
Society, Politics & Law

On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!

...course, the trump card that Brexiteers hope to play to their advantage in the closing weeks of the referendum campaign is immigration. According to the Brexit argument, public services and especially the NHS is being ‘overrun’ by demand from immigrants. Fewer immigrants will mean more resources to treat UK nationals and shorter waiting lists. Recent statistics suggest...
Housing beyond borders
Society, Politics & Law

Housing beyond borders

...courses and qualifications. As we are so often told, we are now living in a globalised world. Certainly, cities are increasingly being reinvented and promoted as intense, powerful hubs of activity and interaction in a globally, interconnected world. From the movement of people and goods through to the circulation of money, knowledge and information, it can be helpful to...
Proud of nursing associates: who they are and why they are important
Health, Sports & Psychology

Proud of nursing associates: who they are and why they are important

...courses and qualifications. Who are nursing associates? Firstly, and most importantly, nursing associates (NAs) should not be viewed as a ‘cheap nurse’ – they bring essential knowledge and skills to a healthcare team. When valued and deployed effectively, they facilitate high quality patient care. The nursing associate (NA) role was proposed in England in 2015...
The women of the Gorbals’ Campaign for Social Justice, 1923
Society, Politics & Law

The women of the Gorbals’ Campaign for Social Justice, 1923

...courses Background In Leeds in 1918, a young munitions worker, Lily, “in a fit of despair” took the life of the son she loved, by drowning him in the bath. She was sentenced “to be hanged” for murder (The Weekly News, 10 February 1923). However, as she was pregnant, the sentence was reduced to imprisonment for life and later she gave birth to a girl in prison. For...
The history of soapmaking
History & The Arts

The history of soapmaking

...courses and qualifications [Making soap] [The Sumerians] used a slurry of ashes and water to remove grease from raw wool and cloth so that it could be dyed. Sumerian priests and temple attendants purified themselves before sacred rites, and in the absence of soap, they too probably used ashes and water. The slippery solutions clean because the alkali reacts with some of...
How can we improve teaching about Islam?
Education & Development

How can we improve teaching about Islam?

...courses. The problem, however, is that the teaching of Islam has been limited to its religious practice. Its impact on the arts and culture, particularly in the United States, is seldom discussed. What teaching of Islam misses In high school history books, there is little mention of the intertwined histories of Europe, Asia and Africa in the middle ages and the...
Impossible Peace 2: Introduction
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Introduction

...course it is still a source of irritation that much of political unionism is still resistant towards any move which promotes Irish language, Irish culture or indeed any issue perceived as 'nationalist'. Nevertheless, I believe that change is unstoppable and there is a real building momentum towards a new Ireland, one where everyone is treated equally, regardless of...
The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies
History & The Arts

The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies

...courses and qualifications [Our] ash was mingled in the ovens - why should we be remembered separately…? (Woolford & Wolejszo S, 2006). [Forced Roma female labourers at Ravensbrϋck concentration camp] Forced Roma female labourers at Ravensbruck concentration camp The Roma (also known as Gypsies, Travellers, Sinti, Romani) are one of Europe’s oldest ethnic minorities....