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Section 3: Red Clydeside: Key Issues and Key Events
Society, Politics & Law

Section 3: Red Clydeside: Key Issues and Key Events

...World War, it is already apparent that its antecedents were laid down during the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth century. To identify a year when ‘it’ came to 'an end' is also problematic, 1919, 1922, 1926 or the early 1930s? It is clear that its legacies were continuing until well after World War Two. Importantly, Red Clydeside is not a...
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Article 15 mins
Young people making their own media
Education & Development

Young people making their own media

...world...Traditional media - like TV and film - often profits from young people: adults write stories about them, often without their involvement. These are, quite often, sensationalised portraits of youth, which may focus on the risky or exciting. Young people may or may not find these good reflections of their own lives, or the lives they would like to have. The internet...
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Article 10 mins
Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...world. Through analysing narrative you will think about who the narrator is, and the importance of the narrative point of view in telling the story, as well as understanding how characterisation, the use of dialogue, time and locations work within the novel...This free course, Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd, is designed to tell you something about...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
English: Language of controversy
Languages

English: Language of controversy

...world? We debate how local languages have suffered as a result of the spread of English and investigate the consequences of its influence on indigenous communities. Language campaigner Neville Alexander provides a South African perspective on the negative aspects of a language when it begins to represent economic and political power and a panel of linguists debate some of...
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Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...world’s biggest questions...In an age where machines seem to be doing more and more ‘human’ tasks, we are all constantly grappling with the question: ‘what makes a human, human’? The Roman poet Ovid also asked this question – it was one of many big questions about the world that he asked which we are still struggling with today. Others, like ‘how did the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Doping in rugby union: a case of papering over the cracks?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping in rugby union: a case of papering over the cracks?

...world, the Rugby World Cup, began. In the lead-up to the event – and amidst the current turmoil surrounding other elite sports such as athletics and cycling – World Rugby’s Anti-Doping Compliance manager, David Ho, has boldly claimed that the sport’s anti-doping programme is the envy of sports around the world. Ho cites numerous reasons for this including an...
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Article 5 mins
Under Pressure again: Can the England team bring football home?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Under Pressure again: Can the England team bring football home?

...World Cup. The 2014 World Cup saw huge amounts of pressure and expectation placed on Hodgson’s 23 man England squad. This pressure and expectation came from representing their country, the public and their manager who openly stated before the tournament that he felt he had a winning squad. Roll forward to 2016 and exactly 50 years since England’s iconic 1966 World Cup...
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