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War, Intervention and Development
Nature & Environment

War, Intervention and Development

...study. This material is taken from The Open University course TU875 War, intervention and development... War, Intervention and Development A short introduction to this album. The Sierra Leone Sanctions Debate A discussion of sanctions, with specific reference to Sierra Leone, and how they have an impact on the population concerned Pushing too hard for elections An...
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Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...skill, and the liberal arts pertaining to the leisured classes and studied for their own sake. Self-evidently, the distinction is a false one in that all artists needed to earn a living. To claim that painting was a liberal art narrowed the social gap between artist and patron, however, and put painting on a par with educated activities to do with reading and writing,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration
Nature & Environment

World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration

...studied in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment initiatives of the UN. From Healthy Environment to Healthy People This year, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)’s just released, thematic report is aptly entitled ‘Healthy Environment, Healthy People’ and aims to highlight the important role the environment plays to the health of its inhabitants. This...
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Methods in Motion: How do researchers know?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: How do researchers know?

...study, we used free association narrative interview and psychoanalytic observation. Since, I have used the visual matrix (transitions to ageing) and plan to use this and the social dreaming matrix to investigate the impact of art on climate change awareness. This topic too provides a methodological test case, because aesthetic experience eludes scientific or cognitive...
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Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside
Society, Politics & Law

Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside

...study, embracing recent and mostly new research, places Red Clydeside in context and gives perspective to the role of the First World War as an incubator of heightened class consciousness and militancy in the region. The extent to which the years 1910-1914 marked a watershed in industrial relations has been widely debated in the British literature, but hitherto there has...
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Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?

...skills such as resilience. Tokyo: The games of the resilient athlete? [Gymnast athlete on rings] Resilience is considered to be an important quality in athletes, and those who have come through a pandemic and successfully qualified for the delayed games have certainly had the opportunity to demonstrate resilience. It will perhaps be the athletes who have the best skills...
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Identifying Values – Finding the Things that Matter the Most to You for the Way You Live and Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Identifying Values – Finding the Things that Matter the Most to You for the Way You Live and Work

...skills, character or life experience Self-Control act by my own ideals Sensuality create, explore and enjoy experiences that stimulate the five senses Sexuality explore or express my sexuality Spirituality connect with things bigger than myself Skilfulness continually practice and improve my skills, and apply myself fully when using them Supportiveness be supportive,...
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Success in Interviews - How to Use Psychology to Gain that Job!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Success in Interviews - How to Use Psychology to Gain that Job!

...studies have shown that 65% to 93% consist of nonverbal cues (e.g., Bonaccio et al., 2016). Therefore, vocal elements, such as tone, plus facial expressions, eye contact, attentiveness and posture have much more of an impact than we may consciously realise. Moreover, nonverbal communication can influence interview outcomes, even if these are very discrete. For example, in...
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