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Selling Empire: Film
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Film

...creative treatment of actuality, and as having a wider social role. When the EMB closed in 1933, key personnel were absorbed into the General Post Office film unit under John Grierson, and later still into the Crown Film Unit. The GPO Film Unit famously made Basil Wright’s Night Mail (1936, overlaid with rhythmic poetry by Auden and music by Benjamin Brittan), and the...
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A ‘disorder’ or just me? Life with bipolar
Health, Sports & Psychology

A ‘disorder’ or just me? Life with bipolar

...Foundation (2022) What it’s like to have bipolar, by people who have bipolar Available at: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/blogs/what-its-have-bipolar-people-who-have-bipolar (accessed 03/03/23) Image 1 for banner available at Brain Colors Creativity - Free image on Pixabay Image 2 available at Psychology Mind Thoughts - Free image on Pixabay...
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Introduction to Green Social Prescribing — Mental Health and the Workplace Environment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to Green Social Prescribing — Mental Health and the Workplace Environment

...creative nature pursuits for both workers and their families. Open parts of outside areas for cultivation and use by local communities alongside workers. Liz Middleton is an Associate Lecturer for the Open University and a Chartered Educational Psychologist with a keen interest in exploring ways to support Mental Health and Wellbeing. She is also an OpenLearn Champion for...
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Entrepreneurial resilience or moving the goal posts?
Money & Business

Entrepreneurial resilience or moving the goal posts?

...creative use of existing resources, flexibility, experimentation and learning-by-doing that characterise an effectual approach may help some businesses to be more resilient – and even to find new and more profitable business opportunities. References (1) Sarasvathy, S.D. (2001) 'Causation and effectuation: Toward a theoretical shift from economic inevitability to...
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Why New York-style rent controls would not work in London
Society, Politics & Law

Why New York-style rent controls would not work in London

...creativity at risk. They have forced artists, small businesses and lower-income households out of the central areas, leaving them a monocultural wasteland of bankers and businessmen. Those who stay are crammed into ever more cramped and unsanitary accommodation, while those who now commute from distant suburbs make this the country’s capital of gridlock. To avoid a...
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Nos Galan Gaeaf: the traditional Welsh celebration being eclipsed by modern Halloween
History & The Arts

Nos Galan Gaeaf: the traditional Welsh celebration being eclipsed by modern Halloween

...to stand out from the crowd of mummies and vampires this October 31, you could do worse than dressing as one of these gruesome characters instead. About this article This article was written by Simon Rodway, Lecturer in Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth University. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article....
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Concussion, identity loss, depression: boxing’s toughest opponent isn’t in the ring, it’s mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Concussion, identity loss, depression: boxing’s toughest opponent isn’t in the ring, it’s mental health

...screening, career-transition programmes and open conversations about emotional wellbeing, boxing can continue to transform lives long after fighters hang up their gloves. Winning at all costs should never mean losing yourself outside the ring.[The Conversation] This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article....
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How do we learn language?
Education & Development

How do we learn language?

...creative power in action when grammar nests one idea within another, as in ‘John thinks, that Mary knows, how people suspected, his sister saw...’. A combinatorial grammar like this, has the potential to generate infinite well-formed sentences. A child doesn’t have an infinite amount of time to learn them, so they have to generalise and make predictions about the...
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