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Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author
History & The Arts

Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author

...account of racialised society in eighteenth-century England and the ‘New World’. This gives depth to the historical inequalities that resonate to the power dynamics and legacies of contemporary inequalities experienced in Western society. Equiano’s narrative also shines a lens on the power of African slaves whose knowledge, experience, intellect, and skills, which...
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Article 5 mins
Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children
Education & Development

Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children

...accounts of Black children being given less latitude and understanding for their ‘autistic traits’ and associated behaviours, when compared with their White autistic peers. One indicative example was that of a Black mother (Toni) who was told by a teacher that her then 6-year-old son was ‘a potential gangleader’ (Malcolm and Green, 2025, p. 145). For Black mothers...
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Understanding organisational value
Money & Business

Understanding organisational value

...accounting, and business intelligence identify new types of value that are ‘human-centred’ and challenge traditional economic value assumptions...Understanding organisational value: 1 Understanding organisational value - Creating value is an important part of any and all organisations. You will learn the definition of organisational value and its relationship to...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...accounts were often repeated uncritically on the television, accompanied by sensationalised and selective film coverage. Such stories and images, together with political indifference and initial government failure to respond to the disaster, amounted to what The Economist termed ‘The shaming of America’ (The Economist, 10 September 2005, p. 11). [Figure 3 Flood waters...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Babylonian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Babylonian mathematics

...account’.) But Neugebauer discovered—presumably after a considerable amount of conjecture and refutation—that the numbers in each line can be related as: and this was the basis for his reconstruction of the illegible entries. Let us check this out on the simplest looking complete case, line 11. So it is possible to find a relation, albeit a somewhat devious one,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Financial methods in environmental decisions
Nature & Environment

Financial methods in environmental decisions

...account. The not-for-profit sector also needs to make its money work. Organisations in this sector may well not have shareholders who are seeking a return on their investment, but they still need to set the priorities for dealing with an almost unlimited demand on their budgets with limited resources to fund them. For example a UK local authority may have to decide...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Dutch painting of the Golden Age
History & The Arts

Dutch painting of the Golden Age

...account of its apparently ‘everyday’ character. Works by artists such as Johannes Vermeer, Pieter de Hooch and Jacob van Ruisdael seem to offer a faithful picture of life in the Netherlands at the time. In studying this free course, Dutch painting of the Golden Age, you will discover that there is much more to Dutch painting than meets the eye. You will explore...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...account of the relationship between imagination and creativity. But in section 2 of his paper he offers an analysis of the notion of imagination, which we will look at here. Activity 5 Read the introduction to Gaut's paper and then section 2, entitled ‘Imagination’. You should read the whole section at least once through first, and then consider each paragraph more...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs