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Stories of Change Introduction
Nature & Environment

Stories of Change Introduction

...public and political conversations about energy transitions. We asked the BBC’s Environment Analyst, Roger Harrabin, to go out to capture interviews with leading figures from research, business, politics, from a wide range of views, but we asked him to do something slightly different to his normal day job. If he goes to get an interview for a news programme then he will...
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World-Changing Women: Nur Jahan
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Nur Jahan

...public view behind high-walled screens and curtains within the home. It is all the more remarkable then, that during the reign of the fourth Mughal Emperor Jahangir, real power was known to be exerted by his favourite wife, Nur Jahan. Born to a Persian family, Nur Jahan was brought to court as a widow in 1607, to serve as lady-in-waiting. Reputedly very beautiful, she...
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World-Changing Women: Cynisca
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Cynisca

...public role, and more freedom than in most other cities. Although they did not have the vote, Spartan women were allowed by law both to inherit and to bequeath land, which was unknown elsewhere in Greece. In the early 4th century BCE, women owned about 40% of Sparta’s agricultural land. Girls had access to education and women had freedom of movement. In addition,...
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Belfast murals
History & The Arts

Belfast murals

...rights in Australia. [A mural reflecting the struggle for Aboriginal land rights in Australia] Take it further Material Conflicts: Parades and Visual Displays in Northern Ireland Neil Jarman, Berg Displaying Faith Neil Jarman, Institute of Irish Studies Drawing Support: Murals in the North of Ireland Bill Rolston, Beyond the Pale Publications - a series of three titles...
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How religious groups support peacebuilding in the UK
History & The Arts

How religious groups support peacebuilding in the UK

...enabling people working in the public sector and schools to better understand the identities and needs of different communities. In this film, Dr John Maiden interviews Riaz Ravat, Deputy Director, about its work. Transcript These OpenLearn materials are an adapted extract from the Open University course DA332 Religion and global challenges in the past and present....
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Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list

...health as fodder for media flim-flam, Dr Andrew Bell points out that passing off out-of-thin-air equations as science undervalues science as a whole: First, stories like this devalue real evidence: real findings about the world that actually do matter to people. Hundreds of researchers across the world are working to find things out that will better society. When they...
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What is Locus of Control?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is Locus of Control?

...health, i.e. “It’s my fault as I didn’t try hard enough”. This is particularly relevant to situations where people have little actual control over events and are unable to frame being out of control as being due to external circumstances. [Over the Shoulder shot of a Pilot in a Cockpit] Locus of control at work There is a lot of research on how locus of control...
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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

...health services (Bastagli et al., 2016). At the same time, effects on wellbeing such as nutritional, education and health outcomes are more mixed (Little et al., 2021). While cash lays the foundation for poverty reduction and improved wellbeing, complementary support is often required to go the extra mile. So-called ‘cash plus’ programmes do exactly this (Roelen et...
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