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Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution
History & The Arts

Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution

...mental ill health are called upon by journalists to dismiss or “other” female performers’ (Leonard, 2007, p. 69-70). Shadoian’s review casts Joplin in the role of erratic female ‘Other’. It implies that her instinctive musicality as a singer (which, as we have seen, has been constructed as natural and innate for women) needed to be reined in and controlled by...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Political ordering
Society, Politics & Law

Political ordering

...mental list of things to be done: renew the car’s MOT; make an appointment with the health visitor for her toddler’s two-year check-up. And there was the inspection they were facing at the school where Jill worked as a receptionist. The sound of the alarm forced her out of bed and into the shower. Jill managed to leave the house on time, bundling her toddler into the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
‘Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves’: From fishing patriotism to pragmatism
Nature & Environment

‘Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves’: From fishing patriotism to pragmatism

...mentality of ‘bloody foreigners stealing our fish’. On top of that, the fishing industry has had its expectations raised, probably unfairly, by promises of ‘total control’, exclusion of other fishing fleets, and increases in fishing quota available to them. But can Brexit deliver? Is the fate of the UK fishing industry going to be the litmus test for a successful...
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Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...mental process of knowing and developing knowledge) and what motivates human behaviour, particularly in the areas of medical decision making and psychology (e.g. Schwarz (2000) and Ubel (2005)). Activity 2 Information constraints Read the extract below from March (1994) and complete the following activity. What are the four main information constraints that March believes...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Should the Americans consider the lessons of Brexit before voting this November?
Society, Politics & Law

Should the Americans consider the lessons of Brexit before voting this November?

...health of markets is to retirement and savings accounts. It also reminds us how important stability is for consumer confidence, employment and overall growth. It is perhaps a small irony that echoes of 2008 are a key driving force behind the current push toward populism. If nothing else, the Great Recession should highlight the need for greater certainty in the political...
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Fake news during COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news during COVID-19

...health situation? How do you think this can be controlled? Elisabeth: Yes, there are some people who claim that the COVID-19 pandemic is not too bad. Some are ignoring shelter-in-place orders, demanding that sports events, cinemas, and other large gatherings will reopen. They do not realise that the situation might have been far worse without these social distancing...
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Life-changing scholarships and bursaries at The Open University
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Life-changing scholarships and bursaries at The Open University

...health deteriorated. Since April 2019, I have been her full-time unpaid carer and look after her 24 hours a day, seven days a week with intermittent respite. Caring for a loved one means it’s very easy to stop being yourself. Thanks to this chance I feel alive, reborn like I am back in control of my life and I am going to succeed. This scholarship has given me the hope...
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Behind the camera
History & The Arts

Behind the camera

...health, housing, childcare and education. The state often branded the unofficial users of the film as ‘ideological’, missing the point that they themselves were ideological, and the even larger point that we understand today – thanks to the work of theorists like Roland Barthes – that all images and audio-visual end-products are ideological. They all have meaning...
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Article 10 mins