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The many guises of the emperor Augustus
History & The Arts

The many guises of the emperor Augustus

...history of Rome’s first emperor Augustus, and some of the ways in which he consolidated his power analyse images and source texts, and compare them to one another...The many guises of the emperor Augustus: 1 Rome: republic to empire - Rome’s first emperor, Augustus, was a king in all but name. This may seem unsurprising; after all, one of the things people often...
Discussion hub: What is helpful for someone undergoing treatment for cancer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Discussion hub: What is helpful for someone undergoing treatment for cancer?

...families? Join our discusion forum to have your say...[stick men around the word 'forum'] A person dealing with cancer may find it difficult to ask others for help, so it seems right to offer to help in specific ways, rather than saying, “Call me if you need anything from me." So what ways can we offer support to someone with cancer? Some people find the small...
Vanessa Berlowitz - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Vanessa Berlowitz - Earth in Vision

...History Unit 24 years ago and went on to make over 20 award-winning films for 5 highly internationally acclaimed global landmark series – Planet Earth, Frozen Planet, Life of Mammals, Land of the Tiger and the Human Animal – as well as for major long-running strands and series such as The Natural World, Wildlife on One, Animal Peopleand Postcards from the Country....
Universities, empires and refugees
Society, Politics & Law

Universities, empires and refugees

...histories has a longer history. In the United States, for example, there has long been calls for education to be more representative of Indigenous peoples and Black communities. More recently, since 2015 the UK National Union of Students has been running two campaigns, ‘Why is my curriculum white’ and #LiberateMyDegree, to examine the issue of decolonisation....
The Dates of the Buddha
History & The Arts

The Dates of the Buddha

...History of India”, vol. 1 (1922), we find the following statement: There is now a general agreement among scholars that Buddha died within a few years of 480 B.C. Statements like this are found in many books of world history, Indian history and history of religions. If this claim were correct, then it would be the earliest accurate date known in Indian history. The...
Reflecting on Race at The Open University
Education & Development

Reflecting on Race at The Open University

...History Month reflects on race and ethnicity at The Open University...In October 2020, The Open University’s BME network put on over 30 events for Black History month, facilitated by colleagues from all four faculties and other units across the university. One of the events was a full-day online conference, which was focused on Reflecting on Race. The event was opened...
Today’s immigration laws have teeth, and their bite is toxic for people seeking asylum
Society, Politics & Law

Today’s immigration laws have teeth, and their bite is toxic for people seeking asylum

...family at any point, without choice or negotiation, with little notice, to a place they may have never been. Eventually, from speaking with the two women, it transpired that they had been approached by staff from one private sector provider at the accommodation block they lived in at 1pm on a Friday afternoon and informed they would need to move “temporarily”. They...
The People on the Notes: Jane Austen
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Jane Austen

...family and eventually inherited this estate. The biographical record suggests that Austen spent a total of some ten weeks in this house on a number of visits, during which she made use of the library. This image is based on a contemporary engraving, and the horse-drawn carriage clearly engaged in a pleasure outing that trots briskly through a Capability Brown landscape...