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Health, Sports & Psychology
The Z Files: Chi Onwurah
Poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah interviews Chi Onwurah, an Engineer and MP with a deep love for the art and beauty of engineering
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The Z Files: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock shares her childhood memories of wanting to be a space scientist with the poet Benjamin Zephaniah
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Science, Maths & Technology
The Z Files: Tony Waithe
British inventor Tony Waithe shares his passion for design and innovation with the poet Benjamin Zephaniah
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The Z Files: Professor Geoff Palmer
From grain to whisky, poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah interviews Professor Geoff Palmer about his journey to becoming a respected scientist
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Science, Maths & Technology
The Z Files: Jon Chase
Poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah interviews Jon Chase about his passion for communicating science to young people
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History & The Arts
Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
This free course concentrates on Sam Selvon's twentieth-century novel, The Lonely Londoners. It considers the depiction of migration in the text as well as Selvon's treatment of memory as a vital part of the migrant's experience.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Cultural differences in mental health?
The OU's Jonathan Leach asks: Are mental health problems the same across the globe?
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History & The Arts
The Partition of British India: Timeline
Track the key events during British colonial rule leading to the emergence of the independent nation-states of India and Pakistan in 1947.
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Languages
What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?
'Why don't migrants learn English if they want to live here?' is one of those sentiments you'll have come across a lot if you've spent much time on Twitter. Maybe it's even flittered across your own mind from time to time. But, as Dr Ingrid Piller explains, just learning a language isn't as simple as that.
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Education & Development
A brief introduction to the Chinese education system
This article outlines the structure of the Chinese education system and the study hours expected at a Chinese school.
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Society, Politics & Law
A brief history of Harlem
Explore the history of the New York neighbourhood of Harlem to understand why investment can cause as many problems as lack of investment and how this has considerable impacts on the African-American community.
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Education & Development
Children and ethnicity
Dr Paul Connolly explores the role the ethnicity has on children and their development