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Society, Politics & Law
Family photos and what they mean
What can family photos tell us about households, gender roles and emerging technology? Professor Gillian Rose explores her research on family photography, and how this work interacts with her own experiences.
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Society, Politics & Law
Another spoonful? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part Two
Steve Pile looks at the changing geographies of sugar.
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Society, Politics & Law
One Lump or Two? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part One
Sugar is a Contradiction - explore the cultural paradox of this ubiquitous ingredient, with Professor Steve Pile.
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Money & Business
Why is the iPhone X a thousand-dollar gamble?
As it launches a new model, Apple is hoping that its brand will persuade enough people to dig deep into their pockets. Loizos Heracleous explores Apple's thinking.
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Education & Development
Hinglish, Pinglish, Binglish, Minglish
The head of the Rewachand Bhojwani Academy finds the multilingualism of Indian society has positive advantages, even though it makes it harder to maintain standards.
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Education & Development
Space for reflection
Madhavi Kapur, head of the Rewachand Bhojwani Academy, explains why many schools in Asia find students benefit from a little breathing space.
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History & The Arts
Four weird ideas people used to have about women’s periods
Professor of Classical Studies Helen King takes a look at historic beliefs around menstrual periods.
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Society, Politics & Law
Methods in Motion: The things we don't know
As debates about 'truth' continue to hit the headlines, sociologist and Visiting Fellow Dr Jane McCarthy explores what we 'don’t know' in cross-cultural research.
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Society, Politics & Law
Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter
Does geography influence peoples’ sense of security and well-being?
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Education & Development
Business development skills for apprentices
Are you an apprentice who needs support in developing and improving your business skills? Whether you need to work on your 'soft skills' (like assertiveness and self-confidence) or become adept at 'hard' skills (such as project management or IT applications), The Open University is here to help with our collection of free courses.
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Education & Development
Are we taking the fun out of reading?
Enforcing reading on small children - and treating books as unclean - risks putting kids off literacy before they've even started, worries Ingrid Piller.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Meiosis and mitosis
This free course, Meiosis and mitosis, looks at how units of inheritance are transmitted from one generation to the next. First you will look at what happens to the chromosomes of animals and plants during the process of sexual reproduction. Then you will examine how genes are transmitted in particular patterns from generation to generation. ...