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Belfast: Racing to the top for the Grande Partenza
Health, Sports & Psychology

Belfast: Racing to the top for the Grande Partenza

...world of cycling and previously, cities such as Monte Carlo, Nice and Amsterdam have hosted the event. The eyes of the world are on Belfast this week, expecting great things from the place and its people, as 200 of the world’s top cyclists descend on our city. And they will get it! Shop fronts, cafés, office blocks and even road signs are decked in pink bunting and...
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Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
History & The Arts

Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion

...World Religion Paradigm’ which presents the most popular religious traditions in the world in ‘neat packages’ of the major beliefs, festivals and historical trajectories of institutionalised forms of religion. (A short introduction to our approach to Religious Studies as a subject area is here). But we also very much wanted our exploration of religion to be...
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Women in engineering - interview with Robyn Moates
Science, Maths & Technology

Women in engineering - interview with Robyn Moates

...world, as proved by the Women's Engineering Society, who will celebrate their centenary in 2019. They formed after World War I, as pioneering women who worked in engineering and technical roles during the conflict campaigned to retain their roles when the war ended. Robyn Moates works for Green Energy Options (geo), and talked to us about her life as an engineer. You may...
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Buildings of ancient Rome
History & The Arts

Buildings of ancient Rome

...world. This material forms part of The Open University course A219 Exploring the Classical World... Buildings of ancient Rome An introduction to this album’s contents. Temples of republican Rome An introduction to the remains of some of the most significant Roman temples in the Campus Martius. The Porticus of Octavia The grand gateway to the temple precinct. The Circus...
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Why do England fail in international football competitions?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why do England fail in international football competitions?

...World Cups before the Second World War and then from the period 1950 – which was the first one after the Second World War – right through to the present we’ve been spectacularly unsuccessful in comparison with our neighbours and competitors. So we obviously famously won the World Cup in 1966, got to the semi-final in 1990 and, er, that’s it. In comparison of...
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When Heath met Nixon
History & The Arts

When Heath met Nixon

...world issues were discussed. [Edward Heath, Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger] What follows is a memorandum of the meeting, prepared by Kissinger's office for President Nixon. The original memo was originally classified "eyes only", but was declassified in 2002 and now forms part of the US National Security archives. South and Central America BACKGROUND: Ten years on from...
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El Niño and war drive aid agencies to the brink
Nature & Environment

El Niño and war drive aid agencies to the brink

...world waits to respond to emerging crises in southern Africa and Latin America, we will not be able to cope.” The UN says the number of people forced to flee their homes by conflict has reached 60 million, a level unknown since World War II. In some regions the crisis is close. Food shortages are expected to peak in southern Africa in February. South Africa has already...
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