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Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children
Education & Development

Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children

...economic climate is enormously challenging for any parent, especially in the context of ongoing cuts to disability support services. However, our research has demonstrated that intersecting forms of oppression faced by Black mothers consolidate and significantly exacerbate such struggles. This is why ‘Mothering at the Margins’ calls on researchers, policymakers, and...
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Article 5 mins
Back To The Future Part IV: What will 2045 be like?
Science, Maths & Technology

Back To The Future Part IV: What will 2045 be like?

...economic, social and environmental apocalypse will cause the collapse of existing infrastructure and telecommunications will be back to pencil and paper or something even more primitive. As many people have pointed out, it is hard to make predictions, especially about the future. Hamza Bendemra Research engineer, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian...
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Forth Road Bridge
History & The Arts

Forth Road Bridge

...economic disaster for the entire region. Forth Road Bridge Master, Alastair Andrew, is trying to keep the bridge going. ALICE ROBERTS The traffic across the bridge is pretty relentless. ALASTAIR ANDREW This is one of our quietest days, believe it or not. ALICE ROBERTS Really? ALASTAIR ANDREW Yes. ALICE ROBERTS So, Alastair, what is the problem with these cables? ALASTAIR...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Assessing risk in engineering, work and life
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing risk in engineering, work and life

...economic, societal or political. In addition, the failure of a project might itself be ‘risky’. The important thing is to recognise what is meant by risk and, as a result, plan for it as much as possible. Section 1 examines what is meant by risk and why it is important. Section 2 includes case studies of major accidents to illustrate some important aspects of risk and...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...economic situation. Examining some of the different forms that approaches to poverty take in different parts of the world allows us to draw out the important commonalities between them. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 2 study in Social Sciences...‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Babylonian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Babylonian mathematics

...economic and administrative records, literary, religious and scientific works, word-lists, and mathematical problems and tables. Nearly all of the texts that give us our fullest understanding of Babylonian mathematics—indeed, of any mathematics before the Greeks—date from about 1800—1600 BC. During this period, King Hammurabi unified Mesopotamia out of a rabble of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
An introduction to crime and criminology
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to crime and criminology

...economic and social decisions taken by the government? For example, Iceland prosecuted several bankers as a result of the 2008 Global financial crisis, but few other countries did so. Is it always against the law to take another life? What about conduct in wartime, in military or policing service or assisting euthanasia? Activity 3 Is it a crime? Timing: Allow about 10...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The American Civil Rights Movement
History & The Arts

The American Civil Rights Movement

...economic injustice. That year, while campaigning on behalf of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, King was assassinated, sparking another wave of urban riots across the country. There were uprisings in over a hundred cities, including Washington D.C., New York City, Detroit and Chicago...The American Civil Rights Movement: 9 ‘Black Power’ - By this...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs