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EU Referendum - Sovereignty
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Sovereignty

...Latin America and Africa, and in a US economy which most forecasters say is now on a substantially faster growth path than the EU. While criticising their opponents’ ‘scare tactics’, the Leave side also argues that the risks of abandoning EU membership have now become lower than the risks of staying in. They worry, in particular, that staying in the EU would expose...
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Sense of self during ageing: how mindfulness and nature can help
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sense of self during ageing: how mindfulness and nature can help

...Latin). Ageing and the self Older age can sometimes be a challenging time for maintaining a full sense of self, as there can be so much change in this period of our lives, some of which may be associated with loss. People in later life are often retiring from work, an experience which may have provided them with a sense of pride or value. During later life, they may also...
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Decolonising computing?
Digital & Computing

Decolonising computing?

...Latin American inter-disciplinary network cultures characterised by “a de-centring politic, less concerned with a replication of its own ‘centres’” (p. 3). However, I remain somewhat undecided about the need to commit to decentring per se, being more concerned with decentring Eurocentrism cum West-centrism cum core-centrism. On my reading of ‘pluriversality’...
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Seeing the internet
Digital & Computing

Seeing the internet

...Latin America Red: Asia Pacific Orange: Africa White: the backbone of the internet: the most highly connected networks The world online [The World Online map as described in the text] Wherever you are in the world, though, if you have a computer, a tablet at work or at home, a smartphone or a smart TV, then the chances are that you're on the internet a lot. You'll be...
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Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...Latin word imaginatio, while ‘fantasy’ and ‘fancy’ derive from the ancient Greek term phantasia. In the works of Plato and Aristotle, phantasia meant the power of apprehending or experiencing phantasmata (‘phantasms’). Arguably, what phantasma originally meant was an ‘appearance’ – an occurrence of something appearing to be such-and-such, as when the sun...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Exploring the English language
History & The Arts

Exploring the English language

...Latin and Greek entering English especially in the realms of scientific and other intellectual domains. Implementation: the distribution of texts; through formal education and other means encourages the prescriptive promotion of the standard variety. The Bible itself was an important ‘focusing agent’ through which the standard language was spread among the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Understanding Alice
History & The Arts

Understanding Alice

...Latin, adapted for stage, film and television multiple times, and illustrated by countless artists, from John Tenniel and Salvador Dali to illustrators in the Disney studio. Alice has also been turned into many game-related products including puzzle books, board games and sophisticated computer games such as American McGee’s Alice (2000), which follows Alice into a...
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Article 10 mins
52 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

52 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...Latin free course. We’ve tapped into the sofa psychologist trend and have a range of interactives to help you become the next Luther from Are you a Super Recogniser?, for those of you who think you can spot a criminal offender, to Detecting Deception (our most popular interactive on Facebook) where you’re asked to sniff out the liar. Transcript ABOUT THE TEAM Some of...
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