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They can cage a child, but they can't frame the agenda
Society, Politics & Law

They can cage a child, but they can't frame the agenda

...thinking about an important lesson from sociology for following politics in 2018: we’re not powerless in the face of “fake news.” Political sociologists talk a lot about framing—the way movements and leaders select different interpretations of an issue to define and promote their position. Frames are powerful interpretive tools, and sociologists have shown how...
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Article 5 mins
Open Pathways
Education & Development

Open Pathways

...thinking about getting back into learning...[Image of Open Pathways guide showing someone on their phone drinking coffee in a café. ] Click on the image above to view PDF Open Pathways can get you started on your learning journey, helping you navigate your way through OpenLearn to find something that interests you, while building your confidence learning online. Where...
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Activity 1 hr
"I was so depressed yesterday..." - or were you?
Languages

"I was so depressed yesterday..." - or were you?

...think they had a rough time. There is nothing inherent in the expression ‘went through’ that would explain this. But through corpus linguistic analyses we know that ‘went through’ is most frequently used to describe challenging, painful and difficult experiences. This usage has coloured its meaning. In a similar way, when words like ‘depressed’ are used...
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Article 5 mins
Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...think is most influential for me personally in exploring, understanding climate change and the environment is actually Blue Peter. So when I was young, in the nineties, they were always doing things about global warming, the greenhouse effect, even things like light pollution, and as a child that was a window into the reality of that. I think people can try and cotton...
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Video 30 mins
Everyday English 1
Languages

Everyday English 1

...thinking about the speaking and listening you do in your everyday life. How can you speak so that people understand you? Why is this course about listening as well as speaking? And just how important is body language?...Speaking and listening: 1.1 Speaking - Whether you consider yourself to be quiet and shy or bubbly and chatty, you have to do some speaking from day to...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...systems, Making health care affordable to all And we can do this not just because we care for them, because we also care for those to come. Read more about aging in the June 2011 issue of Finance and Development, a publication of the International Monetary Fund. www.imf.org/fandd Produced by Babar Ahmed for The International Monetary Fund Original music composed by...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...think it is! This free course, Religious diversity: rethinking religion, introduces you to a selection of the vast variety of religious beliefs and practices in Britain today. Having some familiarity with religion and belief is increasingly required to make sense of issues of local, national and international importance. The course will introduce you to issues and skills...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
What do historians do?
History & The Arts

What do historians do?

...think of a historian? Figure 1 shows Asa Briggs (1921–2016), an influential and successful historian, a Cambridge and London University graduate, former soldier, codebreaker at Bletchley Park and the third Chancellor of The Open University (1978–1994). Asa probably fits many people’s ideas of how a friendly historian might look. These days historians are more...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs