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Opening up history: religion and politics in the Elizabethan era
History & The Arts

Opening up history: religion and politics in the Elizabethan era

...Humanities courses and qualifications. 1. What first got you interested in history? [Dr Neil Younger]Honestly, I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t fascinated by history. 2. What is your specialist area and how did you end up focusing on this? Like many, I studied the Tudors at A-Level, and loved the period, especially the reign of Elizabeth, though I never did (and...
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‘Shut up and play’: a brief history of athlete activism
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Shut up and play’: a brief history of athlete activism

...human rights, in one of the most iconic images in sports history. Many of these athletes faced backlash for their activism; for example, Smith and Carlos were stripped of their Olympic medals and forced to withdraw from the Olympics. Athlete activism appeared to decrease from the mid-1970s to around 2005. Interestingly, while many athletes were reprimanded during the...
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Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list
Science, Maths & Technology

Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list

...human intervention. This caused a storm at the start of summer, with some observers calling the company out for bias: Facebook has denied allegations that the team responsible for its trending topics section deliberately suppressed conservative views – but says it will improve the feature. Allegations have been made anonymously that the team responsible for choosing...
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Straen a phryder yn yr oes ddigidol: Ochr dywyll technoleg
Health, Sports & Psychology

Straen a phryder yn yr oes ddigidol: Ochr dywyll technoleg

...Human Behavior, 37, 290-297. Corcoran, K., Crusius, J., & Mussweiler, T. (2011). Social comparison: Motives, standards, and mechanisms. D. Charee (Ed.), Theories in Social Psychology, Wiley (2011), pp. 119-139 Deloitte (2017). There’s no place like phone. Consumer usage patterns in the era of peak smartphone.
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Download free eBook guides to famous literary works
History & The Arts

Download free eBook guides to famous literary works

...resources is accurate at the time of their creation and/or modification. However, OpenLearn cannot guarantee the completeness or accuracy of information contained in these digital publications, and shall not be responsible for any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies and accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damage howsoever arising. OpenLearn reserves the right...
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Some thoughts on Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Some thoughts on Brexit

...resources such as health and housing. I take a different view. Since 2010 our finance minister (Osborne until recently) has returned to the 1930’s and instituted an economic policy regime of “austerity”. The Keynesian notion of boosting aggregate demand (and incomes and growth) through publicly supported aggregate investment has been replaced with an attempt to cut...
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'Good' food destroying biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

'Good' food destroying biodiversity?

...resource materials as well as through ecosystem services, which are often mediated by different forms of life. Ecosystem services could include support and regulation of environmental processes eg, nutrient cycling, crop pollination. Sadly, these benefits are often difficult to monetise and often are ignored by far removed consumers and even producers. Watch this talk by...
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Welcome to the OpenLearn schools hub
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Welcome to the OpenLearn schools hub

...a teacher and you wish to enrol students who are younger than 13 on one of our courses, please email us at openlearn@open.ac.uk and we will deal with your enquiry separately. We are currently working on lowering our age of consent to 11 years old to enable OpenLearn resources to be used by all children at secondary school who wish to earn certificates and digital badges....
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