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Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts

...skills. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DD126 Economics in context...Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define a supply chain and understand how different stages of the t-shirt production chain can be organised differently engage with different...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
How does Coronation Street bring politics home?
Society, Politics & Law

How does Coronation Street bring politics home?

...study of politics is often the study of war, conflict, terrorism, and statecraft, of the exceptional rather than the everyday. But political identities and ideologies also take shape in the space of ordinary life, in daily routines and banal interactions. The difficulty is that the ordinary and the everyday often elude study. In a recent paper published in Politics,...
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Article 5 mins
Read this before you fall for a personalised book
History & The Arts

Read this before you fall for a personalised book

...study, personalised books, as opposed to their non-personalised equivalents, did not help children understand the moral of a story or apply it to their own lives. Personalised books could serve therapeutic purposes, but studies are missing and claims about their healing properties are based on authors’ own evaluations.As a new literacy genre, personalised books leave...
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Article 15 mins
How afraid of death are we?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How afraid of death are we?

...studies using questionnaires, we seem more bothered by the prospect of losing our loved ones than we do about dying ourselves. Such studies also show that we worry more about the dying process – the pain and loneliness involved, for example – than about the end of life itself. In general, when we are asked if we are afraid to die, most of us deny it, and report only...
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Article 5 mins
Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic

...study, 12% of those in relationships reported that their sex life had worsened during the pandemic.3 3. Changes in relationship quality The crux of Natsal-COVID study findings is that many people were still having sex during the lockdown, but this didn’t mean that relationships were the same as before. Couples in ‘steady’ relationships reported that the quality of...
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Article 2 mins
Milton Keynes and the roots of 'Smart' transport
Society, Politics & Law

Milton Keynes and the roots of 'Smart' transport

...part of the experiment. ...Professor Stephen Potter has studied and lived in Milton Keynes since the 1970s. In the following interview, he explains how Milton Keynes was built, the unique vision of the Milton Keynes Development Corporation, and how the New Town’s culture of social radicalism is incubating a new era of digital, transport and design innovation. Transcript...
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Video 10 mins
What is Applied Linguistics?
Languages

What is Applied Linguistics?

...is, start here...Transcript Want to know more? If you're curious - and feel this could be the perfect subject for you, discover how to study Applied Linguistics as a student with The Open University This video was produced at The Open University with the help of: Zsófia Demjén, Vicky Eves, David Hann, Matthew Holley, Sue Lowe, Barney Savage, Sean Scrivener, Jackie Tuck...
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Video 5 mins
Perspectives on social work: individual stories
Health, Sports & Psychology

Perspectives on social work: individual stories

...studying this unit, you should be able to: think about the impact of biography on personal lives. consider the role of relationship in social work practice. consider the importance of context in social work practice...Perspectives on social work: Individual stories: Video interviews - Allow 45 minutes As you watch the videos, jot down the different life experiences of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs