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Aberdulais Falls: a case study in Welsh heritage
History & The Arts

Aberdulais Falls: a case study in Welsh heritage

...community - Other potential areas of conflict are with the local authority and local residents, who see the site as of value to themselves and have differing views about how it should be utilised. The desire to accommodate, to some extent, the demands of the local community, and to engage with that community, has led to a number of initiatives. Examples of these include...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds
History & The Arts

The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds

...commune with them. And also just a - may I say - feminine [place]; the idea of the cultivation of flowers in the garden, all those plays in which women enter through the French windows carrying their - are they trugs? - of flowers? Yes, feminine. [A bust of Geoff Hamilton in Barnsdale Gardens] Geoff Hamilton Tim Jordan: Maybe this is something to do also with different...
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Article 15 mins
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...communities and what evidence is available to support claims that are made about crime rates...Tough on the causes of crime'. A famous phrase, but what is crime? This free course, The meaning of crime, examines how we, as a 'society', define crime. You will look at the fear that is generated within communities and what evidence is available to support claims that are made...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...communication seen in anthropoids and explain how playback experiments contribute to understanding vocal communication compare and contrast adaptations in primates with adaptations in other mammals compare and contrast how species reduce the risk of predation and avoid competition with other species...Studying mammals: The social climbers: 1 The anthropoids - As you work...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?

...community involvement in decision making. Their study supported the notion that leadership is a social process, one that is shared among all members of a group and not restricted to a particular person, position or role. Activity 1: A model leader? Timing: 20 minutes Explore two notions which are frequently mentioned when talking about how to encourage inclusionary change...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Building relationships with donors
Money & Business

Building relationships with donors

...communication you then develop with them, which determine the ways and the extent to which they continue to give you their support. You may rarely meet your donors or supporters in person. The whole asking–giving relationship is often formed and developed at a distance. That distance means that your work with donors and supporters has to tackle some apparently...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows
Nature & Environment

Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows

...community space, or several hundred hectares, you can make it richer in grasses and wildflowers by following these simple steps: Stop To make a meadow, you could simply stop cutting your grass so regularly and see what grows. Cut once in summer and again in winter, removing all the cut material each time. If the diversity is not improving after some time, consider adding...
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Article 10 mins
The Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade
History & The Arts

The Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade

...communities, meant that a continual influx of new slaves from Africa was demanded by the plantation owners. Britain did not create the Atlantic slave trade, but there is no denying that it was heavily involved with the trade at its height during the eighteenth century. In these years, well over one-and-a-half million slaves were carried to the British Caribbean and to...
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Article 10 mins