1,813 search results
Charles Dickens, Race and Colonialism
History & The Arts

Charles Dickens, Race and Colonialism

...writing plays with inferences about the comparative savagery of Victorian society and in his memorable figure of Mrs Jellyby in Bleak House (1850) he suggests that the British should pay attention to the mounting social problems at home before practising ‘telescopic’ philanthropy and missionary work abroad. (In this last concern, his writing anticipates one of the...
View article Charles Dickens, Race and Colonialism
Article 10 mins
Forth Road Bridge
History & The Arts

Forth Road Bridge

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Course image Lauren in Flickr made available under Creative Commons...
View course Forth Road Bridge
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum
Society, Politics & Law

Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum

...writes about the changes in the political landscape during the past year and Scotland's future...[illustration of scotland] One year on from the September 18 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum and Scotland – and the UK – are rather different places when it comes to the political landscapes that characterise the countries of these islands. The 2014 Scottish...
View article Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum
Article 10 mins
Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...writing (2020) three new vaccinations for COVID-19 are in the process of being formally approved following trials which have been completed at unprecedented speed. The urgency for a vaccination in this context created the unusual actions of pharmaceutical companies, in the face of government pressure, insisting that trial protocols are fully complied with to ensure...
View course Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list

...creative role of ethics Kristin Hübner, writing at The Economic & Social Research Council blog, suggests that in half a century's time, we may have made those desicions: I argue that this case perfectly illustrates the importance of feminist sociology and of incorporating its research findings and theoretical concepts into a wider scientific and social context. If this...
View video Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Video 10 mins
Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities

...creatively and in new ways about possible solutions, especially around difficult and contested issues. In planning an intervention diagramming also serves three more specific operational tasks: brainstorming, in which all ideas, concepts, issues, stakes, stakeholders, etc. relevant to an intervention are noted; analysis, where the relationships and links between the items...
View course Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities
Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence . The material acknowledged below and within the course is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Images Course image: Every effort has been made to...
View course An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Passports: identity and airports
Society, Politics & Law

Passports: identity and airports

...write some notes on how the video uses these concepts to analyse the airport. (You may wish to watch the video again.) Security Discussion Surveillance is essential for modern airports. Airports constantly rehearse for emergencies. Passengers are all treated as a potential threat. The passport is central to controlling security via use of ‘gateways’ and ‘choke...
View course Passports: identity and airports
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs