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Drivers and hand-held mobile phones: extending the ban won’t solve the problem – here’s why
Health, Sports & Psychology

Drivers and hand-held mobile phones: extending the ban won’t solve the problem – here’s why

...public has, apparently, noticed. In one survey, 54% of respondents felt they were unlikely to be caught or punished for using a hand-held mobile phone while driving. This combination of circumstances makes it very difficult to persuade drivers that they shouldn’t use their mobile phones behind the wheel. If a driver thinks they can safely multitask while also avoiding...
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The Z Files: Chi Onwurah
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Z Files: Chi Onwurah

...public school. Whilst I wasn’t designing beautiful objects like this I was learning how to be an engineer - telecommunications that was my speciality. I mean this is something which I think is absolutely gorgeous still to this day. I mean you could put that on your mantelpiece couldn’t you? Benjamin Zephaniah You really see beauty in that? Chi Onwurah I do, I think...
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The psychology of conspiracy theories
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of conspiracy theories

...public domain, circulating as a set of ideas – on the basis of which movements are established, political projects forged and power relations challenged and sustained. A theory of conspiracy theories Where does this leave the psychology of conspiracy theories? Clearly, looking for stable psychological characteristics or cognitive biases that differentiate believers from...
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Charles Dickens, Race and Colonialism
History & The Arts

Charles Dickens, Race and Colonialism

...public monuments, even though their authors may have become celebrated national figures (or been subject to forms of revisionism in assessments of their personal lives). Fictional works can present incommensurable meanings or develop multiple perspectives, and their capacity to sustain different interpretation is what makes them so fascinating. Literary works are also...
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Year of the Snake: Chinese Lunar New Year
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Year of the Snake: Chinese Lunar New Year

...at any time, and they provide digital badges for completion. For further information, please visit the short courses page. The Online Confucius Institute at The Open University holds regular free online public talks in Chinese history, culture and society as well as regular online book club sessions on Modern Chinese Literature. Keep an eye on the Upcoming events page....
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...public, this supports our own student population in their academic, skills and career and personal development (CPD) endeavours, delivering quality assets openly available for teaching and learning. Who are our learners? OpenLearn has users from all over the world – from over 236 nations in fact! People come for many different reasons: to supplement their formal...
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Introduction to business agility
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Introduction to business agility

...public community of practice...This short course is designed for anyone leading change in their organisation at any level. It provides an introduction to core principles of business agility, with practical exercises, and is a base that can be built on with reference to the associated textbook and global public community of practice. This course is part of the Supporting...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Early years team work and leadership
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Early years team work and leadership

...health and safety officer. I’ve been at Pathways for seven years, and before I started at Pathways I’d had my children, who are now 16 and 17, and I had no formal training at all to do with childcare. There was no provision for a mother and toddler group or anything in my area so I went and I opened one up, started it, didn’t need any qualifications back then, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs