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...out about The Open University's Open degree. What is Peace Education? In Peace at the Heart, a recent report on education in British schools commissioned by Quakers in Britain, David Gee and co-authors explain that: Peace Education is a critical approach to personal and social development rooted in a commitment to ‘peace’: not only the absence of violence but also the...

...out more about The Open University's Social Sciences courses and qualifications. 1969 was the year that a human first landed on the moon. It was also the year that I first saw a Black person on the telly. Both events were equally stellar for me. I was allowed to stay up late, even though it was a school night (I was only seven), to watch the grainy but miraculous pictures...

...out’ Justin Fashanu was a highly talented striker and the first major professional player to ‘come out’ as gay. Fashanu came out through an article in the tabloid newspaper The Sun. It became clear afterwards that he had been forced to do so by threats to ‘out’ him if he would not publicly acknowledge his sexuality himself. The media in the 1990s represented him...