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Who is in the wrong in the Ashley Madison hack?
History & The Arts

Who is in the wrong in the Ashley Madison hack?

...researchers, Edward Bernays and Ernst Dichter first uncovered the importance of the subconscious – including sexual desire – in the purchasing of products in the 1930s, sex has been important to marketing. Bernays and Dichter showed how marketplace decisions are driven by emotions and subconscious whims and fears. Doubtless Ashley Madison’s reminder that life is...
Extending your learning with postgraduate skills
Education & Development

Extending your learning with postgraduate skills

...children and young people, such as through youth work or charity activities, through educational provision, or to related policy contexts. The benefits might be changes in thinking which can then drive changes in practice. This could be your practice if you work in one of these settings. It could be the practice of others, if you share what you are learning with...
Melanoma: an emerging concern
Health, Sports & Psychology

Melanoma: an emerging concern

...children. Epidemiology and risk factors There are three main types of skin cancers: basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and cutaneous melanoma (CM). Although BCC and SCC (also known as non-melanoma cancer) are the most common, melanoma is highly malignant, meaning it is more likely for the cancer to spread. Melanoma requires an early diagnosis to...
The trouble with teaching physics
Health, Sports & Psychology

The trouble with teaching physics

...children in a classroom.] Why is physics so hard? Students can have difficulty with any subject, but science (especially physics), often deals with abstract concepts, such as magnetic fields, chemical bonds and electrical currents, which students find particularly tricky as they cannot see or touch them. Physics is also frequently counterintuitive. For example, many...
How does online intergroup contact compare with face-to-face?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How does online intergroup contact compare with face-to-face?

...researched area of psychology. However, as more and more contact takes place online, PhD student Julian Bond is working to understand whether this changes the effectiveness of intergroup contact and the potential implications for a more harmonious society...This content is associated with The Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications. In 1954, Gordon...
Being a boy
Health, Sports & Psychology

Being a boy

...contemporary boyhood, drawing on research conducted at The Open University and elsewhere...[The family are dining together at a table] Click on the image above, to start your interactive experience... Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....
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Could volunteering be bad for our health?
Society, Politics & Law

Could volunteering be bad for our health?

...research into health-care organisations. This concern is rather out-of-step with much current debate in my field. Discussion of volunteering in health-care organisations almost always mentions the thorny political issue of (paid) job replacement but rarely discusses the risks of public activism being diverted, or blocked, by the dominance of volunteerist models of...
Happy Birthday Harry Potter!
Miscellaneous

Happy Birthday Harry Potter!

...pal Ron Weasley did on his 17th birthday, you can dig into our range of magical resources. We've got articles on the a range of exciting themes, spells and observances in Harry Potter, a piece on the use of magical creatures in children's novels as well as free writing courses to help you pen a brilliant story - all allowing you to learn in a fun manner for free. Always....