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Imagery and metaphor
Money & Business

Imagery and metaphor

...change... Imagery and metaphor An introduction to this album. Engaging the imagination Ways of solving problems using the power of imagery and metaphor at work. Group metaphor development Employees start to map their metaphors for the companyís work. Storytelling warm-up Techniques for a group to make up a story together, a powerful technique for working on problematic...
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Audio 44 mins
The Four Generations of Computers
Science, Maths & Technology

The Four Generations of Computers

...changed throughout these years. Visiting locations such as The National Museum of Computing in Milton Keynes and The Centre for Computing History in Haverhill, we see an array of fascinating machines and learn about them along the way. This material forms part of The Open University course TU100 My digital life... Colossus: The World's First Electronic Computer A look at...
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Video 16 mins
Partnerships: working across boundaries
Money & Business

Partnerships: working across boundaries

...change... Working across boundaries An introduction to this album’s content Regeneration How partnerships can bring in the essential finance needed for regeneration of Stoke-on-Trent Tourism How the City Council and Royal Doulton worked together to develop visitor services at the pottery. Neighbourhoods The way in which partnerships and collaborations can improve the...
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Audio 38 mins
Heritage, whose heritage?
History & The Arts

Heritage, whose heritage?

...heritage mean? A professor of cultural studies discusses how concepts of heritage have changed. Perceptions of heritage Comparisons between British and Afro-caribbean values and concepts of heritage. Save Britain's Heritage How architectural heritage is fundamental to a sense of nationhood and identity and why it's vital to preserve it, according to campaign group Save....
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Audio 1 hr 7 mins
Evolution of human rights
History & The Arts

Evolution of human rights

...changed since they were first conceived? This audio collection examines the role the League of Nations and United Nations played in the implementation of this idea and both the pros and cons of assigning rights to individuals and to groups. This material forms part of the Open University course ‘A327 Europe 1914-1989 War, Peace Modernity’... End of the League of...
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Audio 15 mins
An introduction to visualising development data
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to visualising development data

...change across space and/or time, which allows us to make comparisons across them. Typically, we might compare measures made at different locations at the same time, or at different times for the same location. When investigating particular sorts of development, we can use indicators to help us keep track of how particular concepts or ideas we associate with different...
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Video 45 mins
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...change things, either. I started seeing my now-husband in 2003 – a courtship unofficially sponsored by Stella Artois (lager; 4.8%) and Smirnoff (vodka; 37.5%). We’d go to a pub near one of our houses, get drunk on lager and then, when we should have been calling it quits, switch to spirits. None of this seemed particularly remarkable. I didn’t feel that I had a...
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Article 10 mins
Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?

...changes in cognition following brief induced periods of stress. After years of study, O’Connor found something about suicidal minds that surprised him. It’s called social perfectionism. And it might help us understand why men kill themselves in such numbers. [A man runs on a treadmill] At 22, Drummond married his brown-eyed girlfriend Livvy. Eighteen months later he...
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Article 15 mins