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Challenging Workplace Gender Roles: One Woman’s Story
Society, Politics & Law

Challenging Workplace Gender Roles: One Woman’s Story

...History and Social Sciences qualifications. Background Women have frequently faced struggles to enter the workplace in roles considered traditionally male. Women’s workplace roles were often those associated with caregiving, such as nursing or teaching. This is because certain jobs were labelled and allocated according to gender and viewed by society as either masculine...
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Article 10 mins
Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits Badge icon
Education & Development

Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits

...history is. If you've got the enthusiasm, do it. End of the day, if you've got it, you can do it. Studying a multidisciplinary qualification at The Ope University. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course survey. Participation will...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations
History & The Arts

Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations

...history of Britain, including its colonial history. It has been held that the mainstream realist novel did much to ‘normalise’ imperialist attitudes. I do not think things are quite so straightforward: apart from anything else, this presumes a very limited idea of the genre. Nevertheless, it takes us beyond the familiar, towards a reading that raises yet more...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Understanding Alice
History & The Arts

Understanding Alice

...family name for Edith, while Lacie is an anagram of Alice. The Treacle Well refers to holy well associated with St. Frideswide, the patron saint of Oxford (‘treacle’ is an ancient term for a healing compound). Alice’s father, the Dean of Christ Church College where Charles Dodgson lived and taught mathematics, had recently commissioned a window in the saint’s...
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Article 10 mins
Is English squeezing out local languages in Uganda?
Languages

Is English squeezing out local languages in Uganda?

...history in Uganda. By the time European Protestant explorers arrived in Buganda in 1877, followed by Catholics in 1879, Swahili was used as a language for inter-ethnic communication, in the courts and as a language for trade in East Africa. In 1928 it was declared the official language in education and administration. This was met with stiff opposition from Buganda and...
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Robert Burns: a man of his times for today
History & The Arts

Robert Burns: a man of his times for today

...History qualifications. At this time of year, people across the globe will attend Burns suppers. They’ll dine heartily on a meal the centrepiece of which will be haggis, enjoy refreshments which will often include a glass or more of whisky, and listen to several of Robert Burns’s songs, speeches and, if they’re lucky, a spirited performance of ‘Tam o’...
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Week 7 Civilisations: The debate
History & The Arts

Week 7 Civilisations: The debate

...History, will be reflecting on episode seven of Civilisations on Friday 13th April between 12pm - 2pm. Let us know your thoughts in this discussion hub...[Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian] Welcome to this post-viewing discussion of Civilisations! Episode 7 ('Radiance’) was presented by Simon Schama, and explores the role of colour in different civilisations across the...
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What is OpenLearn Scotland?
Society, Politics & Law

What is OpenLearn Scotland?

...history, law, literature, politics, social care and social sciences. The collection of FREE courses, academic insights via articles, interactive videos and audio, and broadcast material as a whole demonstrates The Open University's commitment to delivering a curriculum that is appropriate for the differing requirements of each of the countries within the United Kingdom....
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