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Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision

...World for BBC2. Morris brought animal behaviour to television audiences, as opposed to simply showing live animals in studio settings, where behaviour was difficult to capture. He returned to television in the late 1970s with a series The Human Race, which went beyond the traditional notion of animal behaviour to look at human behaviour. Transcript Desmond Morris Earth in...
‘Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves’: From fishing patriotism to pragmatism
Nature & Environment

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

...heritage and island 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...
Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching
Education & Development

Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching

...Heritage Month. Critics of multiculturalism have called it the 3 Ss: saris, steel drums and samosas. It’s argued that it gives us a false idea of culture as simply about colourful artefacts. It doesn’t engage in a critique of the underlying discriminatory processes that can make education exclusive rather than inclusive. It’s argued that [multiculturalism] gives us...
Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...world entirely run by benevolent, all-knowing machines in this dialogue between characters in his short story The Evitable Conflict': '... Stephen, if I am right, it means that the machine is conducting our future for us ... How do we know what the ultimate good of humanity will entail? We haven't at our disposal the infinite factors that the Machine has at its! ... We...
Living with MS: Not just surviving but thriving (with a little canine care)
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living with MS: Not just surviving but thriving (with a little canine care)

...world diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), you may have seen recent media stories about advances in the use of drugs to treat this complex and unpredictable neurological condition. I have read many such stories over the last 15 years since being diagnosed. Often these have been sent to me by well-meaning friends or family desperate to let me know there is hope, the...
Being heard
Education & Development

Being heard

...world. I am curious about our diversity in communicating and the challenges for those individuals or groups who find themselves struggling to be heard. I have found it tough to whittle down my course selection, but I would prioritise the following areas of study on OpenLearn: The history of communication from earliest pictorial characters to our modern emojis. Maybe we...
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Hard Choices: How Would You React?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Hard Choices: How Would You React?

...world, social workers would be able to ask further questions before coming to a decision. Obviously, that's not possible online, but we've tried to give you enough information to make an informed choice. This activity uses JavaScript - a feature included in most recent web browsers. If the activity doesn't work then you should check that this feature hasn't been switched...
Finding creativity in orbit?
Science, Maths & Technology

Finding creativity in orbit?

...of usage of the English language. Let’s get our priorities right! Maybe if so-called “creative" get a few minutes exposure to the space environment, it may help to educate them as to what is really important – namely the Universe beyond their little worlds! [A branch of FCUK and the large Hadron collider] FCUK versus CERN: Where is the real creative thought?...