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Tracing your family history
History & The Arts

Tracing your family history

...work back a generation, you double the number of direct ancestors; thus you have four grandparents, eight great-grandparents and so on. Continue adding data to the tree until you've run out of information, or are unsure about how accurate it is. Your job is to fill in some of the blanks, or eradicate any questions you might have about the 'facts' you have unearthed to...
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Behind the camera
History & The Arts

Behind the camera

...working classes. Their 1930s cinema equivalents, the Grierson documentarists, did the same, with films like ‘Housing Problems’ giving slum dwellers a voice to highlight their conditions in the first filmed ‘vox pops’. Less campaigning and more anthropological was the photographic work of Humphrey Spender – who from 1937-38 documented the life and habits of the...
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The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction

...work that prioritises resilience, well-being and agency: emerging findings from a ‘cash plus’ intervention in Bangladesh’. BMJ Paediatrics Open 2025, 9:e002422. Human Rights Council (2022) Non-take-up of rights in the context of social protection Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter. A/HRC/50/38. New York: Human...
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The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series
Money & Business

The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series

...work here. [Peter headshot]Podcast 7: Peter John Nudging yourself to better money decisions Peter is Professor of Public Policy at Kings College London and is best known for his work on behavioural interventions to shape decisions, commonly known as nudges. In this interview, George and Martin discuss with Peter how time constraints can lead humans to make quick decisions...
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Stereotypes
Languages

Stereotypes

...work so well in humour? What aspects should we consider when talking about stereotypes and what might be the origins and functions of stereotypes? The activities in this unit address these questions. After looking at some concrete examples of national stereotypes you will try your hand at giving your own definition of the term ‘stereotype’, and reflect on stereotypes...
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OpenMinds-Talk: What does Brexit tell us about Britain?
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds-Talk: What does Brexit tell us about Britain?

...works in the field of comparative politics and specialises in British politics and is presently researching the British prime minister. Anne Wesemann, Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Business and Law , specialises in European Union Law and comparative constitutional law. Anne's research focusses on the constitutional construct of the European Union and the interrelations with...
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The Great Fall: A personal perspective, before and after
Languages

The Great Fall: A personal perspective, before and after

...working order – it wasn’t so much grey uniformity as a refreshing lack of consumer capitalism. Our young daughters were entranced by the double-decker train we boarded to the centre of Berlin. We wandered around and waved to those waving from the Western side. On the way back to the campsite we veered off in the wrong direction from the station and ended up in the...
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Using art and creative methods to interrogate identity, citizenship and migration
Society, Politics & Law

Using art and creative methods to interrogate identity, citizenship and migration

...work on citizenship, migration and the ethics and politics of the refugee crisis might be shared with wider audiences through creative expression. You can reflect on how research, arts, culture, audience participation and education might learn from each other. You will have the opportunity to first explore a number of conversations from OU academics with artists and media...
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