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The Heidelberg Project: A Detroit Story

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Introductory Level Duration 20 mins Updated 14 Feb 2013
By The iTunes U team
Would you give up a successful career to work for a charity? Can art save a community?
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TEDxMiltonKeynes: Communities

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 22 Sep 2012
A shared sense of meaning might be enough to define a community - but is it enough for a community to thrive?
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Where I grew up: Spondon, Derbyshire

Community contribution
Updated: 28 Aug 2012
By Catherine Smith
A return to the places where I grew up, which once attracted families moving from local mining villages.
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Collyhurst, Manchester

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Updated: 02 Jul 2012
By Anne Forster
Slum clearance in 1960s Manchester
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Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent

Community contribution
Updated: 01 Jul 2012
By Marion Welch
As I started to type, different memories kept coming back to me. I have a lot more to add.....
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Chelsea Park Gardens 1949

Community contribution
Updated: 07 Jun 2012
By Joanna Cronin
post war life in Chelsea, a child's view.
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Watt Street, Greenock, In the 60's and now.

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Updated: 07 Jun 2012
By Jennifer Park
The street I grew up on from 1966-1971.
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The decline of neighbourliness

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 09 May 2012
By Emily Cockayne
Emily Cockayne, associate lecturer for the Open University discusses the social changes that have happened over the garden fence
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OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Neighbours no more

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 09 May 2012
In this week's Thinking Allowed, OU academic Emily Cockayne talks about the history of neighbours. Read our exclusive article from Emily herself 
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My town, your town, whose town?

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My town, your town, whose town?
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 27 Jul 2011
Step into the shoes of a community leader in this game and tackle crucial issues impacting UK towns right now.
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Mi'kmaq: First Nation people

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Advanced Level Duration 20 mins Updated 17 Apr 2013
By The iTunes U team
Can heritage continue to inform the way we live today? Is it possible to balance traditional ideas with a modern life?
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Regina Jonas: the first female rabbi

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Advanced Level Duration 35 mins Updated 13 Feb 2013
By The iTunes U team
Regina Jonas (1902-1944), who is now widely recognised as the world’s first female rabbi, was ordained in Nazi Germany in 1935.
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Introducing public health

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Intermediate Level Duration 6 hours Updated 19 Jun 2013
By The Open University
This unit introduces some key elements of public health and health promotion, using a video case study of Coventry. It focuses on the major determinants...
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History as commemoration

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Introductory Level Duration 4 hours Updated 19 Jun 2013
By The Open University
Commemoration – remembering and marking your past – makes an important contribution to our sense of community. Written texts, memorials, letters and photographs can all...
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What's in a title: Understanding meanings in community care

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What's in a title: Understanding meanings in community care Copyrighted imageCredit: Used with permission
Intermediate Level Duration 4 hours Updated 19 Jun 2013
By The Open University
What do we mean by ‘community’, ‘care’ and ‘welfare’? In this unit you will explore the meanings of these words in their historical and cultural...
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Campaigns and organisations

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Masters Level Duration 2 hours Updated 19 Jun 2013
By The Open University
If you've ever been involved in campaigning for change, you probably know that getting the desired result is much harder than it seems. Moreover, the...
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Religion today: Themes and issues

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Advanced Level Duration 15 hours Updated 19 Jun 2013
By The Open University
There is a widespread perception in the West that we live in a secular age, an age in which religion is at best an optional...
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Welfare, crime and society

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Intermediate Level Duration 1 hour 15 mins Updated 08 Mar 2010
By The iTunes U team
If you feel that you are being watched, it may well be that you are.
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