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Introducing Union Black
Education & Development

Introducing Union Black

...Based on the ethnic group categories on the last census – Black/African/Caribbean/Black British – these individuals only make up 3.5% of the UK population. It may well be that you live in a part of the UK where you do not come into contact with Black people regularly, or perhaps ever. The reference to skin pigmentation as a classifier was still present in the 2021...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Internet of everything
Digital & Computing

Internet of everything

...based in the USA. Therefore you may notice that some of the images contain the original American spellings. This free course, Internet of everything, presents introductory material and is intended to be easily accessible for those with some basic knowledge of computer systems and how they operate. When you have read this chapter, you will have explored: the sheer scale of...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
UK must balance food farming impacts
Nature & Environment

UK must balance food farming impacts

...de Ruiter, an environmental scientist at the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen, and colleagues. At present, two-thirds of all cropland needed to produce the UK’s food and feed is located overseas, while 64% of associated carbon dioxide emissions are emitted abroad. The report concludes: “These results imply that the UK is increasingly reliant on external resources,...
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Article 10 mins
Charity Reed
Education & Development

Charity Reed

...de Beauvoir and the Feminist Revolution, Introducing philosophy and she's currently working on Exploring languages and cultures... as she said, there’s been plenty and quite a variety too. ‘The great thing about OpenLearn is that there’s no pressure, I can just pick a subject and study as I like,’ Charity added. ‘Some I’ve covered entirely within a couple of...
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Article 5 mins
Coaching neurodivergent athletes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching neurodivergent athletes

...based authors, the condition first approach is adopted throughout. This reflects the lived experience of neurodivergent people in the UK, and how they feel their condition is an important part of them and their identity – hence ‘autistic person’. However, it also important to note that some people do prefer person first phrasing. As many elements of this course will...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Seeing foreigners as weird and different: What is orientalism?
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing foreigners as weird and different: What is orientalism?

...de Banyoles", or "The Negro of Banyoles") published by Francesc Darder in a booklet for Barcelona Universal Exhibition at 1888.] Picture of "El Negro" ("Negre de Banyoles", or "The Negro of Banyoles") published by Francesc Darder in a booklet for Barcelona Universal Exhibition at 1888 During the ages of European exploration and colonial expansion, the west delighted in...
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Article 5 mins
Hedd Wyn: y modd y cafodd bywyd un o feirdd mwyaf addawol Cymru ei dorri’n fyr gan y rhyfel byd cyntaf
History & The Arts

Hedd Wyn: y modd y cafodd bywyd un o feirdd mwyaf addawol Cymru ei dorri’n fyr gan y rhyfel byd cyntaf

...de-lis’. Bu’n gweithio ar y gerdd tan y funud olaf. Yn gynnar ym mis Medi y flwyddyn honno, daeth criw mawr o bobl ynghyd i wylio seremoni’r cadeirio ym Mhenbedw. Roedd y prif weinidog ar y pryd, sef David Lloyd George, yn eu plith, ac yntau’n siaradwr Cymraeg. Heb wybod ei fod wedi marw o’i anafiadau sawl wythnos yn gynharach, roedd y beirniaid yn unfryd unfarn...
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Article 5 mins
Are you a secret hoarder?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are you a secret hoarder?

...de-clutter'. Both the BBC and other channels have television series about ‘collectaholics’ and hoarders who meet counsellors persuading them to ‘de-clutter’. There are of course structural and economic contexts making it possible for members of our society to collect and hoard so many objects: First, people at all income levels now can afford many more material...
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Article 5 mins