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The distance between us
History & The Arts

The distance between us

...everyday discourse is suggested by one of Presser’s participants, who, perhaps unconsciously, justified her own meat-eating with reference to The Lion King’s ideology: ‘The circle of life constitutes that some animals are bred to be nourishment’ (cited in Presser, 2013, p.57). Towards a revolution So what about the alternative resolution of the power paradox: to...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 2

...everyday examples. The course takes a look at measurement of length, mass and volume, negative numbers and how to use these, scientific notation (based upon powers of 10), shapes and how to calculate their properties before finally turning to how to construct and read from tables, charts and graphs. It provides a solid foundation for you to continue with studies in any...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Some merits of Manchester
History & The Arts

Some merits of Manchester

...English cathedral is without. The morning was fitly dim and chill, and one could move about in the vague all the more comfortably for the absence of that appeal of thronging monuments which harasses and bewilders the visitor in other cathedrals; one could really give one's self up to serious emotion, and not be sordidly and rapaciously concerned with objects of interest....
10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...English language. For example, in England we will say 'to cross the thin blue line' as a law enforcement symbol while in France they say 'franchir la ligne jaune' (to cross the yellow line). Emilia Wilton-Godberfforde explains how language idioms are useful for language learners: "There is an expression in French to denote how an individual may have tastes and ways of...
Pecyn cymorth gweithio hybrid a thrawsnewid digidol
Money & Business

Pecyn cymorth gweithio hybrid a thrawsnewid digidol

...English. Cyrsiau ar-lein am ddim Erthyglau a gweithgareddau Darllenwch fwy am y casgliad Mae'r casgliad yn clywed gan y rheini mewn sefydliadau addysg uwch (SAUau), sefydliadau a chyrff cyhoeddus sy'n rhannu eu taith tuag at ffyrdd newydd o weithio, yn ogystal ag arbenigwyr mewn cynaliadwyedd a chynllunio ar gyfer y dyfodol, ac unigolion sy'n rhannu eu profiadau o addasu...
Are things changing in world rugby?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are things changing in world rugby?

...English and the legacy of England’s dominance. Concerns with investment an revenue, or more specifically lack of revenue, seems more in line with the unremitting advance of sport as big business, although England’s early departure does upset the geographical axes of power of world rugby. The southern hemisphere, and especially the Commonwealth nations of Australia and...
How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein

...English language, such as articles, pronouns and prepositions. This simple wordlist can act as a springboard for our analysis of the novel. We can, for example, compare the high frequency of man (137 occurrences) and father (134) with the only 24 occurrences of woman and the 33 of mother. This can lead us to formulate hypotheses on how gender is represented within the...
Why has Sweden tightened its borders?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has Sweden tightened its borders?

...English-language posters at Stockholm underground stations apologising for immigrant begging and distributed leaflets on the Mediterranean island of Lesbos discouraging refugees from going to Sweden. To an extent, the restrictive turn taken by the government (a minority coalition between the Social Democrats and the Green Party) is an attempt to stop the growth of the...