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Enduring Love
Health, Sports & Psychology

Enduring Love

...think when I saw him I was 18 and Owen was 31, and he was the one, I knew immediately he was the one I was going to marry. Title: for better or worse Ann Well I did actually ask you to marry didn’t I? Owen No, yeah. Well we were sitting on these… Ann Because you were not going to get round to it. Owen I wasn’t holding back particularly, but the thought hadn’t...
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Working mathematically
Science, Maths & Technology

Working mathematically

...think about mathematics, do you see it mainly as a collection of topics (mathematical content) or as a way of thinking (mathematical process)? Later in the course you will be asked to consider further the distinction between content and process in mathematics. You will also be asked to consider a particular organising framework for thinking about your teaching. It is...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
DEBATE: Should we have a smaller financial services sector?
Health, Sports & Psychology

DEBATE: Should we have a smaller financial services sector?

Do you think we should have a smaller financial services sector? Vote in our poll and leave your comments...Read the academic articles below, then share your views by voting in our poll and using the comments facility. Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey , the world's leading questionnaire tool.
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Introducing ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing ageing

...think about this issue by introducing you to some key ideas in studying later life...Everyone is ageing, whatever their current age, and we live in a world where many people are living much longer than previous generations. This is often seen as a problem. But is it? This free course, Introducing ageing, will help you to think about this issue by introducing you to some...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?
Science, Maths & Technology

Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?

...think I’m a Replicant, don’t you? - Rachel, Blade Runner Other discussion following the film centred on how the biotechnology depicted in Blade Runner would need to be updated in the upcoming sequel, how different types of bionic eyes function, recent advances in synthetic organ production and their potential in personalised regenerative medicine. Dispelling...
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Batman v Superman: Are superheroes always good?
History & The Arts

Batman v Superman: Are superheroes always good?

...system and set himself up as a tyrant, yet they also expected their leaders to come from an aristocratic background, and mocked politicians who had more humble origins. What to do about powerful individuals was a constant source of tension, and this explains the appeal of the heroes of myth. The heroes were the aristocrats of their own day, but were safely enclosed in the...
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Did Donald Trump ride a tide of anti-feminism to the White House?
Society, Politics & Law

Did Donald Trump ride a tide of anti-feminism to the White House?

...System Is For The Birds”, “All Married Women Are Bad, Yes?” and “The Sorry Plight Of The Human Male”. A 1955 article by Jay Archer, “Don’t Hate Yourself In The Morning: You Weren’t The Only One Having Fun”, provides an early precedent for Trump’s later justification-cum-defence of his “locker room” talk. Transcript Archer advises his readers that...
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Can quotas make gender equality happen in politics? Lessons from business
Society, Politics & Law

Can quotas make gender equality happen in politics? Lessons from business

...think about equality and discrimination in professions and organisations – a legacy that will take a long time to fade. Change is happening. But it is slow, and it is tempting to assume that all is well because there is some progress made on the numbers. Politics has a few lessons to learn from business on this front. A long legacy Beyond the numbers, the culture of...
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