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Challenge: Make paper and ink
Science, Maths & Technology

Challenge: Make paper and ink

...Forest by Lynn Cherry, pub 2000 Voyager Books; ISBN: 0152026142 El Gran Capoquero: UN Cuento De LA Selva Amazonica by Lynn Cherry, translated by Alma Ada, 1994 Harcourt; ISBN: 0152323201 This page was updated in April 2017 to remove some dead links, include the video tutorials, and to redraft the text to make better sense outside of the context of the original programmes....
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Young people and religion: creative learning with history
History & The Arts

Young people and religion: creative learning with history

...de la Alhambra. Now we go to a place where we can see the Alhambra. And we are going to record the part of the Alhambra. MARYAM: Y aquí estamos en el Reino Nazarí de Granada, es decir, Alhambra. Esta fue la última ciudad en la que estuvieron los moriscos, conviviendo con otras religiones. And here we are in the Nasrid kingdom of Granada, that is, the Alhambra. This......
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...classes in Lothian and the south-east as far south as the border with England (and perhaps even across it), was ever numerically dominant in that part of the country. In 1091, when a Gaelic-speaking king ruled the lands north of the Tweed, except the far north and west which was under Norse control, the Anglo-Saxon chronicle records that Malcolm III (1058-93) went with...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Should the Americans consider the lessons of Brexit before voting this November?
Society, Politics & Law

Should the Americans consider the lessons of Brexit before voting this November?

...class labor interests. Polls suggest that such populist appeals that blame immigrants or globalization for domestic problems are an effective way to frame economic policy debates, even if the facts are wrong. A growing number of voters face stagnating wages and greater job insecurity. The result is widespread economic disillusionment. It’s therefore no surprise when...
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Why the economy can't explain Trump or Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Why the economy can't explain Trump or Brexit

...class losers from globalization that have put Trump over the top. Only a few clairvoyants – Michael Lind, Jonathan Haidt – have seen through the stereotypes. But, as in Britain, there’s precious little evidence this vote had much to do with personal economic circumstances. Let’s look at Trump voting among white Americans from a Birkbeck College/Policy...
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Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency
Society, Politics & Law

Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency

...classed as extravert and were lively, sociable, thrill seeking and impulsive. Those who scored low on the E scale were classified as introvert, and were quiet, retiring and may like books more than people. On the N scale, those who score more highly may be anxious, depressed and preoccupied that things may go wrong. Those who had low scores on the N scale were relaxed,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi
Education & Development

Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi

...class and age relations in Delhi (Atluri, 2013; McLoughlin, 2019; Dattatreyan, 2020). Delhi’s urban complexity is an important characteristic of the city’s hip hop scene in which I participated in 2013. On the most basic level, this complexity becomes relevant because all of my research participants are domestic or international migrants. They either themselves...
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Start writing fiction
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction

...de Bernières, Abdulrazak Gurnah and Monique Roffey. This enlightening and engaging series tackles the practicalities and pitfalls of writing fiction. It contains invaluable advice on the creation of characters, the structure of narratives and how to turn an idea into the book you’ve always wanted to write. This material forms part of The Open University course A174...
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