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Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour
Digital & Computing

Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour

...English. Hiding in privacy Telegram is an app, launched in 2013, that can be set up on almost any device and allows messages to be sent to users, with a strong focus on privacy. IS utilises the service of Telegram channels because it is more difficult for security agencies to monitor and disrupt than other platforms such as Twitter or Facebook. An important tool that...
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From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK
Society, Politics & Law

From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK

...everyday life for some of our interview partners, we also heard about exploitation, such as Amelia’s experience in the workplace: ‘I had an experience, working as a waitress and they… didn’t pay me.’ For most, this type of experience was part of their early days in the UK and the more they had access to local knowledge, the better they were able to organise...
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Approaching leadership with care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Approaching leadership with care

...English in his local community: As you watch, reflect on how people describe José and his current leadership journey: What skills does he bring with him? What challenges does he face? Who helps him along the way? JULIE MCKIRDY (LIBRARY SUPERVISOR, THIMBLEMAILL LIBRARY) So José told me his story, and I loved José the minute I met him. He felt like he was my younger...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Creativity, community and ICT
Education & Development

Creativity, community and ICT

...everyday life, its purposes and problems … creative activity is also pervasive … creativity can be expressed in collaborative as well as individual activities, in teamwork, in organisations, in communities and in governments. (DfEE, 1999, p. 28) It seemed appropriate to begin this unit with accounts of two of the western world's most celebrated works about...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
The Belfast linen industry
History & The Arts

The Belfast linen industry

...English traders. The port of Belfast quickly came to dominate linen cloth exports. [Old black-and-white photograph showing the White Linen Hall, Belfast.] Technical innovations in cotton spinning meant that by the end of the eighteenth century, cotton could be produced much more cheaply than linen. By 1811 the cotton industry employed over 50,000 people in and around...
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Star Wars: La syntaxe du français avec Maître Yoda
Languages

Star Wars: La syntaxe du français avec Maître Yoda

...English and Italian. In languages such as Czech where the word order is less prescribed, Yoda is switched back to the "Subject – Verb – ​Object" word order you would typically expect in normal French, which is actually stranger sounding to native Czech speakers! Will you be able to help Maître Yoda to correct his French syntax? Here is a little exercise for you to...
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Year of the Tiger: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Tiger: Chinese New Year

...English poems and novels. Dr Frank Pearson (ex-OU student in Geoscience) presents his interpretation of William Blake's 'The Tyger' as a contradictory force, both creative and destructive, within the context of the French Revolution and our current situation. He explores Blake's ideas of art, poetry and perception traced in this poem and his wider writing and how they are...
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Yes, we still need International Women's Day
Society, Politics & Law

Yes, we still need International Women's Day

...Everyday Feminism and Feministing have certainly captured the public interest and, particularly, that of young women. Celebrities support it) and magazines we once associated with traditional femininities now tell us that feminism is cool. To this we can add the complex political events of the last 12 months, which appear to have had a “radicalising” effect on...
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