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Greek Heroes in Popular Culture Through Time
History & The Arts

Greek Heroes in Popular Culture Through Time

...projected its own values. Heracles is the original strongman. And Achilles is the fighter whose sexuality vies with his heel for popular attention. The videos mix archive film and TV clips with character animation, bringing a playful approach to classical myth, while the audio discussions shine a more scholarly light on how today’s popular culture sees these myths...
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Video 55 mins
Learning from sport burnout and overtraining Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

...Managing those on a burnout path: Introduction - Managing people you think are on a burnout path is not a case of simply working through a mechanistic checklist of symptoms and solutions – instead it is a far more nuanced process. Excellent interpersonal skills are required to establish rapport and trust, and to encourage the person to begin to disclose their...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Redundancy - what are your next steps?
Education & Development

Redundancy - what are your next steps?

...manage and come through the other side of redundancy. You can find out about support that may be available to you, advice on finance, wellbeing and career planning. Listen to those who have experienced and successfully reframed their redundancy journey, plus from recruiters on how to present yourself positively in future applications. To start with, it’s perfectly...
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Article 5 mins
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Education & Development

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

...managing employees for the first time, you'll find a course designed to support you. [Logo for British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy] Why study an OpenLearn course? Easy to register online All courses are free Start and complete your training in your own time Printable statement of participation on completion Track your progress and completed courses We've...
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Article 5 mins
Methods in Motion: The things we don't know
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: The things we don't know

...projects, I’m driven by the need to step outside the perspectives of the minority, affluent worlds in which I live, to find out what it is ‘we’/I don’t know. Knowledge needs to be diverse and flexible – while remaining robust – if it is to become something really useful in a complex and often intolerant world in which globalisation and technology increasingly...
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Article 5 mins
Methods in Motion: The middle children
Languages

Methods in Motion: The middle children

...project was to raise awareness and visibility of the practice of language brokering and, as part of this, we ran two workshops, one involving drawing and the other sculpture. The drawing workshop was led by Evangelia Prokopiou, a cultural psychologist with a background in using art for family therapy. Nine young people joined the workshop on a Saturday morning (a feat in...
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Article 5 mins
TOTEM LATAMAT: an Indigenous reminder we are all part of the ecosystem
Nature & Environment

TOTEM LATAMAT: an Indigenous reminder we are all part of the ecosystem

...projects to engage UK audiences with Indigenous worldviews, either through participation in Indigenous music projects, walks at sites of Indigenous significance, or encounters with Indigenous artworks. The most important of these is TOTEM LATAMAT, carved by Totonac artist Jun Tiburcio and brought by sea from Mexico. In this 4.5m tall sculpture, Jun shows birds emerging...
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Article 10 mins
Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London
History & The Arts

Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London

...project funded by the Norwegian Research Council called ‘Re-Assembling Democracy: Ritual as Cultural Resource’. My research for the project has included a field trip to Hong Kong to document the Occupy camp that was established under the HSBC (Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) building (designed by Norman Foster) in Central Hong Kong on October 15, 2011, and...
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