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Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...Class (1963) E.P. Thompson emphasised the role of Methodism both in reconciling the poor to industrial work discipline and in deflecting them from revolution by turning their hopes for a better world towards the next life rather than this one. [Figure 2] Figure 2 James Gillray, Copenhagen House 1795, etching on paper, Corporation of London Libraries and Guildhall Art...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
How are tiny air pollutants causing massive storms in the Amazon?
Nature & Environment

How are tiny air pollutants causing massive storms in the Amazon?

...de Oliveira Andrade...[Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest, near Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Brazil.] Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest, near Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas Ultrafine aerosol particles found in polluted urban air can contribute to more intense storms in the Amazon rainforest, with potential knock-on...
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Bringing up problems at work (without making things worse)
Education & Development

Bringing up problems at work (without making things worse)

...De Felice and Garretson (2021) define a workplace problem as ‘a state of affairs that affects one or more people negatively, and which requires some type of action’. In other words, it is something that can plausibly be solved, as opposed to a general complaint about a state of affairs. For example: For example: ‘This rain is so annoying!’ = a complaint, as there...
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Tarddiad corau meibion yng Nghymru
History & The Arts

Tarddiad corau meibion yng Nghymru

...De Cymru, honnir mai i'w chwareli llechi y gall baswyr taranol gogledd Cymru ddiolch am eu cyseiniant cymaradwy. Mae'r cyhoedd, yn gywir ddigon, yn cysylltu'r côr meibion yng Nghymru a hanes diwydiannol Cymru. Gellir olrhain ei darddiad i ganol y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg. Ymhen fawr o dro, sicrhaodd ensembles a oedd yn cynnwys dynion yn unig, a ddechreuodd fel cangen...
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Decolonising computing?
Digital & Computing

Decolonising computing?

...de-centring politic, less concerned with a replication of its own ‘centres’” (p. 3). However, I remain somewhat undecided about the need to commit to decentring per se, being more concerned with decentring Eurocentrism cum West-centrism cum core-centrism. On my reading of ‘pluriversality’ as an alternative to Eurocentric universality, for example, it might be...
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African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation
History & The Arts

African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation

...De Brosses to describe African religions in general. In doing so De Brosses extended the term fetishism to African people, cultures and traditional religions by placing this term in opposition to the European Enlightenment ideal of rational thought and to the Catholic Christian dogma of idolatry (Böhme, 2014). As reported by Böhme, fetish gradually replaced the concept...
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What are bed blockers - and are they signs of a failing NHS?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are bed blockers - and are they signs of a failing NHS?

...classed as older people continues to rise, along with the increase in their non-medical care needs, so will the issue of delayed discharge. In itself the delayed discharge of patients should not be seen as evidence that the NHS is failing. It is a problem and it is one that needs to be addressed. It is often the interface between the health service and social services...
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David Lucey
Education & Development

David Lucey

...evening classes in a few years time. ‘I also want to explore the tourism and media studies content on OpenLearn, as I think that would be really helpful, but I will definitely do more courses, if they interest me. It’s good to be open-minded about new things.’ We couldn’t agree more David – here’s to many more, and to building on those OpenLearn foundations....
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