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Society, Politics & Law
Grenfell Tower Timeline: Was the disaster inevitable?
A total of 72 lives were lost in the Grenfell disaster and anger has grown amongst local residents towards their council.
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Society, Politics & Law
Who needs research ethics? Take the challenge!
Take our short interactive experience to learn why research ethics is really a researcher's best friend. You'll be taken through a case to look at where and when you think the ethics committee might step in and why this would be necessary. Meet a fictional committee and become a member!
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Shopping for citizenship: A conversation at the Citizenshop
Nele Vos’s interactive installation, The Citizenshop, is also part of the ‘Who Are We?’ project at Tate Exchange. Agnes asked Nele what kinds of issues The Citizenshop was meant to highlight.
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History & The Arts
The poetry of Sorley MacLean
Sorley MacLean (1911-1996) is regarded as one of the greatest Scottish poets of the twentieth century. This free course, The poetry of Sorley MacLean, will introduce you to his poetry and give you an insight into the cultural, historical and political contexts that inform his work. MacLean wrote in Gaelic and the importance of the language to ...
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Society, Politics & Law
Climate change's causes, effects and geographies of responsibility
The idea of climate change is increasingly well-known, but it can be hard to understand its effects in human terms. Professor David Humphreys describes how he experienced Climate Change first hand when working in Bangladesh for The Open University.
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Society, Politics & Law
Key events in Scotland, 1920s-2016: A timeline
An interactive timeline of the most important events in Scottish political, cultural and economic history.
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Brexit's two tribes: can they be brought together?
Is there a third way that the country can unite around?
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Northern Ireland’s dance to the music of time of Brexit
A Brexit settlement is dependent on Northern Ireland and Dr Leslie Budd discusses the complexed border issue.
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Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)
It's been over two years since the UK voted to leave the EU. What's the current situation with Brexit? Professor Norman Clark provides an update.
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The hostile environment for immigrants is drawn from a well of taken-for-granted assumptions
Are vulnerable citizens being neglected by the elite who can decide their fate? Dave Middleton investigates.
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The growing demand for drugs in UK prisons
With prisons and the justice system in the headlines once more, Dr David Scott explores the issue of drug smuggling in UK prisons.
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International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour
Potential NHS staff from outside of European Economic Area (EEA) will shortly find it easier to secure permission to work in the UK. Yet doctors and nurses from the EEA may no longer have the right to do so. Dr Parvati Raghuram looks at how the NHS has depended on foreign workers since its creation.