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Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change

...de Provence. RH: So we’ve got the wine now. Mine’s a Brouilly yours is a…Cotes du Rhone? KN: So when you’re tasting wine, I have learned that actually what we think of as taste is almost entirely smell. We can only distinguish five tastes, sweet, sour, salty, bitter etc. Umami, which is savoury. But our noses are exquisitely sensitive so we can...
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‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982
Society, Politics & Law

‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982

...Labour and Working Class History (84), 2013. Tomlinson, J. ‘De-industrialization Not Decline: A New Meta-narrative for Post-war British History’ pp. 76–99 in Twentieth Century British History (27:1), 2016. Tomlinson, J. and Gibbs, E. ‘Planning the new industrial nation: Scotland, 1931 to 1979’, pp. 584–606 in Contemporary British History (30), 2016....
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Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993

...Tomlinson, Jim; Phillips, Jim; Wright, Valerie (2022) "De-industrialization: a case study of Dundee, 1951-2001, and its broad implications", Business History, 64 (1), pp. 28–54. Wright, Valerie; Phillips, Jim; Tomlinson, Jim (2021) "Defending the right to work: the 1983 Timex workers' occupation in Dundee", Labour History Review, 86 (1), pp. 63–90....
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The trailblazers of 2024 launch women’s sport into an exciting 2025
Health, Sports & Psychology

The trailblazers of 2024 launch women’s sport into an exciting 2025

...de Motocyclisme (FIM) launched the inaugural Women’s Circuit Racing World Championship, marking the first global platform exclusively for female riders. Women’s sport often emphasises technical skill, strategic gameplay, and creativity, offering a fresh perspective compared to the power-driven approach that dominates some men’s leagues. For fans who value a balance...
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The greatest composers you’ve never heard of
History & The Arts

The greatest composers you’ve never heard of

...became the first woman to win France’s famous composition competition, the Prix de Rome (which women had only been allowed to enter since 1903), in 1913 for her cantata Faust et Hélène. Despite her brief career, Lilian Boulanger also composed dozens of compositions, including piano works, songs, and several large-scale works for choir and orchestra....
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Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...de Bernières as they talk about their own experience of writing. And you’ll have the chance to share comments and ideas with your fellow writers while sampling how established authors such as Toni Morrison and Graham Greene have written and presented their characters. By the end of the course you’ll have learned tricks such as using a journal to generate ideas, the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease

...De Montfort University, UCLH London, The Institute of Opthamology, Cambridge University, Milton Keynes NHS Trust, Leicester General Infirmary, KCL London. The microscope was developed by a team at The Open University, directed by Professor David Male and it was funded by a project grant from JISC. As the collection of slides available has been drawn from a number of...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Exploring family health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring family health

...Parkinson’s disease for the past five years and needs daily support, while Craig, 37, has Down’s syndrome. He works, but still needs his mother’s help with everyday activities, like washing and dressing. She has tried respite care, but was not happy with the service. The demands on her time are compounded by the regular visits she makes to see her mother and sister,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs