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Engendering citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Engendering citizenship

...out at night on your own, waiting at dark bus stops and so forth. So if you don’t have access like that it is actually making it harder for women to be fully participating in the public sphere, which is where citizenship is traditionally seen to lie in its active sense. Also women’s access, say women with children, their access to public transport, which is again a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course

...out the Instructions on how to enable Chinese font and type characters for your own reference. Note that Video 1 and the instructions about enabling Chinese fonts for PC were based on Windows 10. For Windows 11, see Video 3 below. Please note, to revert back to an English (or your primary language) keyboard on a Windows PC you will need to click on the Chinese character...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...out the Oslo Manuals to inform innovation policy (OECD, 2005; OECD/Eurostat 2018). The innovation process is defined, based on the OECD/Eurostat report (2018), as the process by which new ideas are developed and introduced, which are then either made available to potential customers/users through diffusion (in the form of products, including goods and services) or are...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Infection and immunity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Infection and immunity

...out to be. A fundamental principle of every hypothesis is that it must be testable, i.e. capable of being strengthened or ruled out as a result of further investigation. Of course if it is ruled out, then modifications must be made. The first step on this investigative journey takes you back to the industrial cities of England in the early 19th century (Figure 1). Figure...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes
History & The Arts

Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes

...out in the end. More recent versions of superhero movies trouble these simple distinctions somewhat. For example, The Dark Knight version of Batman is less clear cut, and the two groups of X-men can be seen as more about assimilationism v radical approaches to activism. However, audiences may well not pick up on such nuances. An additional binary and hierarchical...
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Article 15 mins
Dancing to the rhythm of cultures
Languages

Dancing to the rhythm of cultures

...out for their propitiation dancing practices. As all the other types of ritual dance, these dances are performed outdoors. Flamenco: The singing lament that became a dance Flamenco is first song, then dance and finally guitar. It is not Spanish dance as the international community may think. As we have seen, in Spain there are multiple and distinct ritual dance forms. The...
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Article 15 mins
Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One
Education & Development

Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One

...out of the crime problem. The ‘crime of the streets’ is generational – many lawbreakers desist from ‘street crimes’ as they get older and another group of people (the next generation) become lawbreakers. Following a policy of incapacitation, therefore, requires disproportionately long sentences and a constant influx of new and younger prisoners. Where would...
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Article 12 mins
From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK
Society, Politics & Law

From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK

...out how the financial crisis affected the whole family: It was the crisis in Spain, we couldn’t live there any more. My father lost his job and then we lost the house too. He had bought a house and we got evicted, as we couldn’t pay. This decision for many came at the end of a prolonged journey of being in insecure employment situations, often without a contract. Our...
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Article 5 mins