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Creative Arts, Health and Wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Creative Arts, Health and Wellbeing

...think. The arts can also be a useful way of exploring the ideas, emotions and identities associated with health and wellbeing, whether in the present day or as part of historical research. While formal arts therapies have been in use for some decades, more recently health professionals and others have begun to recognise the broader role the arts might play in supporting...
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Article 5 mins
Discussing intersectionality: race, gender and social class
Society, Politics & Law

Discussing intersectionality: race, gender and social class

...inequalities based on social divisions of gender, race, class and the intersections of these? Transcript Why do you think it is important that students learn about race, gender, social class and intersectionality to better understand social research? Transcript These videos were filmed for the Open University course DD215 Social research: crime, justice and society....
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Video 20 mins
Do you have a photographic memory?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Do you have a photographic memory?

...of children and a smaller amount of adults have this special ability. This allows them to continue to see an image, in detail, for a short while even after it's taken away. Do you think you have this ability? Do you have a photographic memory? Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....
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Activity 5 mins
Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work
Society, Politics & Law

Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work

...think there are other aspects to access to justice, beyond the importance of advice and representation, that are additionally important. One of those is the work of reforming the law so that when that individual comes to navigate the justice system, they find that they can understand the basic rules in play, that their rights under it are meaningful, and that the system...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Understanding children: babies being heard
Education & Development

Understanding children: babies being heard

...think about some of the commonly held beliefs about babies. Study note Throughout this course you will be asked to pause in your reading and undertake an activity, such as the one that follows this note. Activities are not a test, but they are a central way in which distance learning works. They provide an opportunity for you to stop reading and start thinking, working...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design
Science, Maths & Technology

Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design

...think before rushing to declare the rise of “open-source architecture,” “open-source university,” “open-source democracy” and so on. [A convention held in a stadium] You can elect a presidential candidate with a massive committee - why can't a smaller group design a user interface? The Challenges Scratching an itch By going open-source, coders are fulfilling a...
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Article 10 mins
Queen Victoria on the Chartists
History & The Arts

Queen Victoria on the Chartists

...thinks the Baby, so like Albert. The accounts from Manchester are dreadful - such disturbances, as also in some other parts, near Sheffield, &c Drove out with Papa & Alexandrine, Albert & Ernest, &c, riding. We drove to the Stud & showed Papa all the horses. We also looked at the Hunters. I never felt anything like the heat On returning, found Sir Robert Peel & some of...
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Article 5 mins
Methods in Motion: Remaking self-help
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Remaking self-help

...thinking can be linked to new forms of investigation...My project is quite an unusual one for an academic. It doesn’t involve designing and conducting experiments or interviews, but it does include several different kinds of research. It fairly rarely involves me writing in academic language, but it does draw on academic theory. It doesn’t require much in the way of...
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