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The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK
History & The Arts

The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK

...human or animal was present inside. The country house of the leading Liberal politician David Lloyd George was fire-bombed in February 1913. Another tactic was vandalising paintings and other valuable objects in galleries and museums (targets included the Velázquez painting popularly known as ‘The Rokeby Venus’, which represented the Goddess of Love as a female...
The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present
History & The Arts

The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present

...resources - Reading Anderson, D. (2000) The Story of the Olympics. New York, Harper Collins. Finley, M.I., & Pleket, H.W. (1976) The Olympic Games: the first thousand years. New York, Viking Press. Paleologos, C. (1976) The Ancient Olympic Games, in Killanin, L. & Rodda, J. (Eds.), The Olympic Games (pp. 24-26). New York, Macmillan. Web links Olympic History The Ancient...
Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes
History & The Arts

Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes

...resource, and sexuality. They do little to challenge a gender ideology that is based on a simple binary classification model which comes with quite fixed ideas about how to understand sex and gender. This binary model suggests that all people can be classified into one of two sex categories: male or female. These sex categories are identified as oppositional and defined...
Working as a researcher | Developing research and study skills
Education & Development

Working as a researcher | Developing research and study skills

...resources on the OU Library Training site. Collecting and managing references What others said: I saved all refs in a file as I went on. I … found that the best way for me was to go into Google Scholar and to press cite, grab the APA version which needed less modifications, and to save it in alphabetical order. [EdD student, Year 3] I think I would have tried to find a...
Teaching Spanish pronunciation
Languages

Teaching Spanish pronunciation

...resources. This choice is partly based on its association with other educated norms in Hispanic culture and on its prestige, although emphasis is placed on the pluricentric nature of Spanish. The treatment of dialectal varieties in the classroom generally depends on three main factors; where teaching staff come from, who is authoring teaching materials, and the...
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El Niño and war drive aid agencies to the brink
Nature & Environment

El Niño and war drive aid agencies to the brink

...catastrophe affecting millions...[A woman scoops water in a dry riverbed near Kataboi village in remote Turkana in northern Kenya. In 40 degree heat and with no access to clean water, she resorts to collecting unfiltered water for her family in containers.] The global humanitarian system, designed to save those at risk of dying because of human or natural...
Do people really behave in a rational way?
Money & Business

Do people really behave in a rational way?

...human behaviour as the basis for weighing the benefits and costs of decisions affecting trillions of pounds every year. Psychologists are also interested in people’s choices, particularly the effect of emotions. Much of this complements economists' standard view of us. Take emotions related to the object of choice, for instance. If I choose to watch my local football...
The Odyssey: List of characters
History & The Arts

The Odyssey: List of characters

...human and mythical. In this article Dr Emma Bridges gives us the lowdown on the main characters. ...Find out more about The Open University's Classical Studies courses Odysseus is the king of Ithaca, and one of the Greek heroes who joined in the Greek expedition to Troy, leaving his wife Penelope and infant son Telemachus behind. He has a reputation for clever speaking...