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Rosa Parks and Rob Williams sparked a revolution against racism – but has the US squandered their legacy?
Society, Politics & Law

Rosa Parks and Rob Williams sparked a revolution against racism – but has the US squandered their legacy?

...become an iconic figure renowned throughout the world as a pioneer of the freedom of movement. In comparison, Williams’ story has largely been erased from history. His insistence that black people bear arms in order to defend themselves against violent racism led to his falling out of favour with the national leadership of the NAACP. On the run from the FBI between 1961...
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Investigating psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating psychology

...OU student or not. Also, remember you can click ‘share’ on the star field to get a link to the exact star field you have been working on for later study! You can now move on to Session 3...Session 2: Exploring psychology: Acknowledgements - Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
I-SPY: Internet infidelity and its impact on couple relationships
Health, Sports & Psychology

I-SPY: Internet infidelity and its impact on couple relationships

...OU’s School of Psychology shows that relationship boundaries can be blurred online. This means that people in a relationship may be uncertain what online behaviours count as cheating. Their partners also may see things differently than they do. In addition to a lack of certainty about what online infidelity is, this and other research also suggests that it may be easier...
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Video 10 mins
Open Education Week 2017
Education & Development

Open Education Week 2017

...OU's commitment to free learning. We have 900 free courses on OpenLearn, as well as a great deal more. We have collections of Skills for work courses aimed at those who need to enhance their work skills but can't commit to full-time study, and courses focusing on Skills for study, which help to refresh key study skills which might not have been used for a while. We're...
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Article 5 mins
Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision

...become sort of the ‘E’ word, which everybody thinks, ‘Oh dear, now I’m going to be told what to do and how to think and be blamed,’ we have a redefinition of that and say, ‘Let’s start telling stories about people and nature.’ Are environmental issues bad box office? I don’t know if much research is done into the relationship between audience figures and...
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Video 20 mins
Question Time for Yanis Varoufakis
Society, Politics & Law

Question Time for Yanis Varoufakis

...becoming noisy, or even incoherent, by giving so many interviews? Varoufakis: Yes. I have regretted several interviews, especially when the journalists involved took liberties that I had not anticipated. But let me also add that the “noise” would have prevailed even if I granted far fewer interviews. Indeed the media game was fixed against our government, and me...
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Politics, knowledge and social change during the COVID-19 pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Politics, knowledge and social change during the COVID-19 pandemic

...become more authoritarian which closes down space for the public as well as for civil society organisations to legitimately make claims.Societies across the globe have been facing increasing inequalities for many years, as growth has tended to polarise the gaps between rich and poor. At the same time, many countries’ leaders have become more authoritarian which closes...
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Article 10 mins
The new politics of climate change
Nature & Environment

The new politics of climate change

...become more and more dangerous. The longer there is continued inaction the more difficult it will become to maintain climate change below the critical 1.5 degree threshold in future. This crosses into the territory where humanity will risk causing irreversible climate tipping points with catastrophic consequences to all life on earth including humans. With a cycle of...
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