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David Bowie and science fiction
History & The Arts

David Bowie and science fiction

...becomes a rock star, though structurally the record breaks down into two sections, sf songs on Side One, and songs about a rock star on Side Two. The sf elements in Bowie’s early work are discussed by Maureen King in a paper written in 1994 – ironically, King viewed sf as something Bowie had left behind shortly before Bowie himself returned to sf with his Outside...
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Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age
Education & Development

Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age

...be limiting the ability for those selling unhealthy items to cultivate relationships with children online. As digital media become ever more part of our lives, at all ages, it is essential we find ways to protect children and young people’s right to health while at the same time protecting their right to use these media to avail of information and engage in civic life....
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What is RSS and how can I use RSS feeds?
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What is RSS and how can I use RSS feeds?

...become available. Transcript What kind of new content can I get? In OpenLearn, you can specify the type of content you want sent to you according to areas and subjects. This means you can receive feeds from, for example, the Body and Mind section or items that have been tagged with a particular keyword (for example, science or politics). Where is new content sent?...
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What's the difference between a tall organisation and a flat organisation? The one-minute guide
Money & Business

What's the difference between a tall organisation and a flat organisation? The one-minute guide

...become flat organisations by the removal of various levels in the hierarchy. This has been facilitated by: Information technology, which has reduced the need for many middle management jobs, which were largely concerned with processing information to facilitate control within the organisational hierarchy. The management philosophy of empowerment, where people at lower...
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Buddhist Economics
Society, Politics & Law

Buddhist Economics

...become a ‘public limited company’, and whose market leadership adds to the pressure to reform the shareholder model. How would conventional accounting change? Dr Mike Lucas assesses the changes to conventional accounting methods, and management teaching, that would be needed to establish a new business model based on Buddhist economics. Economics and accounting of the...
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Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?

...OU Professor of Social Psychology Paul Stenner considers the arguments. Researchers talk of a textual or discursive turn that happened in the social sciences a few decades ago. In social psychology, this turn happened around the time I was doing my undergraduate degree in Psychology and Sociology (1985-88). It was closely connected with ‘social constructionist’...
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I-SPY: Find out more about the research on Internet infidelity
Health, Sports & Psychology

I-SPY: Find out more about the research on Internet infidelity

...OU’s School of Psychology and practitioners in the field of counselling. It is their aim to improve understanding and awareness for both the public and counsellors at a time when there are growing opportunities to participate in activity online which could lead to infidelity. - Dr Andreas Vossler: http://www.open.ac.uk/people/av2585 - Dr Naomi Moller:
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How to start a course
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How to start a course

...OU curriculum. Many are based on Open University course materials while others are written specifically for OpenLearn. All of our courses enable you to earn a Statement of participation and some also allow you to earn a free digital badge. You can use your badge or Statement of participation to share your achievement with others, although they do not carry any formal...
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