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Shakespeare: A critical analysis
History & The Arts

Shakespeare: A critical analysis

...changed when viewed in an alternative context. Gender and gender relations in Shakespeare's plays Different themes often examined such as relationships and femenism and how they're explored within Shakespeare's texts. Shakespeare and performance The importance of a performance and the impact diferent depictions of his work. Shakespeare and audience experience Audience...
Growing up with Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Growing up with Disability

...changing schools. And it's even harder for children with disabilities. This album looks at PLUS, an organisation working towards the inclusion of disabled children and young adults in social activities and organisations, encouraging friendships and fun. It looks at PLUS from the view of the children, the carers and the families. This material forms part of The Open...
Introduction to sport, fitness and management
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to sport, fitness and management

...changes in training and how the workouts have been developed to mimic actions in the sport to avoid injury. How these techniques are implemented at a youth training level and the effect nutrition has on training. Community leisure: centres and PR A look at a community led leisure centre and the focus on customer care. Community leisure: Quality and staffing A look at the...
Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...changing value of an asset is difficult to evaluate; asset prices might be rising but unless the asset is sold it is difficult to determine its actual value. As a result of these difficulties in measuring wealth, the remainder of this course will focus on income inequality rather than wealth inequality...Understanding economic inequality: 3.1 Income for whom? - [Described...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Do people really behave in a rational way?
Money & Business

Do people really behave in a rational way?

...changing careers, the act of signing up can evoke feelings of fear and even pleasure that help explain the choice. Where the previous example was about choosing in anticipation of excitement to come, here you experience it immediately. Again, however, it is a rational choice to experience the feeling as part of the decision. But there’s a third category of emotions that...
Bird ringing in Bog Meadows
OpenLearn Ireland

Bird ringing in Bog Meadows

...change. This video shows how it works in Bog Meadows, a city nature reserve a few metres from the M1 motorway in Northern Ireland...Bird ringing is a world-wide method of finding out where birds migrate and how population levels change. See here how it is done on the Bog Meadows, a city nature reserve a few metres from the M1 motorway near Belfast. Video Transcript AIDAN...
War Memorials
History & The Arts

War Memorials

...changing national life. They are vital historical sources that offer tantalising clues about past belief systems: witness the frequent references to God, nation, king, and empire on First World War memorials. They also illustrate altering (and persisting) artistic tastes: compare the Islington memorial – which is an example of art nouveau – with the Poplar one, which...
Article 10 mins
Theresanomics explained
Money & Business

Theresanomics explained

...changes that appeal to a sense of nostalgia and traditional 'Britishness' that echo the national mood. This has been the case, for instance, according to many commentators with grammar schools. Gaby Hinsliff talks about this new politics in her article The May Doctrine: Just Go with the Populist Flow in The Guardian. An abiding theme throughout her career has been that of...