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Festival of Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Festival of Psychology

...social care. When language brokering situations are challenging, these difficult encounters often take place between figures of authority and their families in predominantly white public spaces. The increased responsibility taken-on by child language brokers has been likened to the concept of ‘parentification’ or ‘role reversal’, which suggests parents’...
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Video 2 hrs
The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds
History & The Arts

The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds

...Social Sciences? Find out about Open University courses But that's very much the sort of sniffy attitude which is strenuously attacked in a new book called Radical Gardening – Politics, Idealism and Rebellion in the Garden. Its author is George McKay who's Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Salford. He now joins me in the studio together with Tim Jordan,...
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Article 15 mins
Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver
Education & Development

Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver

...social housing was to have a child. Due to this, a large number of young pregnant teenagers or mothers frequented Alexandra Park Surgery, (now known as Whitswood Practice). A substantial number of these young women grew up in the care system and subsequently were clueless about taking care of a baby. These young women, on attending clinical appointments, would remain at...
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Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...social status, health or wealth. In this section you will explore different meanings of inequality. Activity 2 Inequality in everyday life Timing: Allow about 10 minutes The images below show some examples of how inequality manifests itself in everyday life. [Described image] Figure 5 [Described image] Figure 6 [Described image] Figure 7 Reflecting on these images and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Take your teaching online Badge icon
Education & Development

Take your teaching online

...social networks and open educational resources. Understand how to create and evaluate approaches to online teaching that are appropriate for you. Moving around the course In the ‘Summary’ at the end of each week, you can find a link to the next week. If at any time you want to return to the start of the course, click on ‘Course content’. From here you can navigate...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration

...Social media and social networks Outside our work context, many of us use social media or networks to connect and share information about ourselves. It can be useful to understand the difference between social media and networking, as, to some extent, the terms are used and understood interchangeably. Here are a couple of definitions: ‘Social media is a collective ......
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age
History & The Arts

Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age

...social, economic and cultural patterns? Both perspectives, using the digital to study the documentary record of the Humanities (books, archives, artworks, etc.) and using Humanities perspectives (history, literature, art history, etc.) to study new digital documents, are legitimate. This course will both familiarise you with Humanities research in the digital age and help...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes
History & The Arts

Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes

...social media already for being too slim, not busty, and not fit enough to play the part, but this should not be surprising given that women tend to be more heavily criticised on appearances. Not only is there a complete lack of women in superhero films, but the women are either cast as damsels in distress (e.g. Lois Lane) which serves to infantilise women, or as sidekicks...
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Article 15 mins