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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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Article 5 mins
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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English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...become the global force it is today? This free course, English in the world today, explores the status of the language and its worldwide diversity. It looks at how social and political factors influence people's attitudes towards it, and at the relationship between one's linguistic heritage and sense of identity...How did English become the global force it is today? This...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Introduction to adolescent mental health Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to adolescent mental health

...becomes problematic when it interferes with some aspect of everyday life, including; the ability to learn, to feel, express and manage a range of positive and negative emotions, the ability to form and maintain good relationships with others and to manage change and uncertainty (Mental Health Foundation, 2020). In the opening audio you heard a parent describe some of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
What is sleep paralysis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is sleep paralysis?

...becomes disrupted. It also appears to be more common in a number of psychiatric conditions, particular post-traumatic stress disorder, and patients with panic disorder. But many individuals suffer from sleep paralysis without any apparent psychiatric or neurological condition. In a recent study, we looked at potential risk factors and found that stressful life events,...
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