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10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...History of the 'Virgin's Disease' that could be Cured with Sex. 5: Alcohol is responsible for 8,000 deaths in the UK every year Transcript Policies to control drugs and alcohol are decided by politicians not scientists. This has lead to "disastrous results" says Professor David Nutt. This explores his study into drugs: "Professor Nutt and colleagues have developed a Cause...
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Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...family and in schools. It is not intended to be a comprehensive account of how children grow and develop. What it aims to consider are some of the experiences and challenges faced by children and their parents/carers in society today and introduces you to important theories of how children develop and mature. This section is divided into three topics: The importance of...
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Laibach and think of North Korea: The subversive political message of the Slovenian band
History & The Arts

Laibach and think of North Korea: The subversive political message of the Slovenian band

...history is necessary. In 1941, Slovenia was divided among Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Hungary. Under Nazi rule, Slovenians faced complete annihilation of their national identity: Slovene books and monuments were destroyed, and names, like that of Ljubljana, were Germanised. After the defeat of Nazi Germany, Slovenia became part of Yugoslavia. The partisan movement...
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What does the AKP victory mean for Turkey?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the AKP victory mean for Turkey?

...history. The bombs appeared to have targeted a “Labour, Peace and Democracy” rally organised by opposition parties and leftist groups. No organisation has yet claimed responsibility for either attack, but the AKP government has tried to associate both with the PKK and other anti-government organisations, albeit with no evidence or proof. Besides the Kurds and the...
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Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?
Science, Maths & Technology

Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?

...history of collaboration with medical researchers, surgeons, doctors and patients. Her video work (a collaboration with artist Helen Pynor), The Body is a Big Place (2011), was created in consultation with scientists from the Heart Foundation Research Centre at Griffith University. In the piece, which also screened at Science in the Cinema, a heart perfusion system was...
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Harper Lee's life was as surprising as any work of fiction
History & The Arts

Harper Lee's life was as surprising as any work of fiction

...history. “I hadn’t realised it had survived”, Lee has said of the discovery of Go Set a Watchman: So I was surprised and delighted when my dear friend and lawyer Tonja Carter discovered it. After much thought and hesitation I shared it with a handful of people I trust and was pleased that they considered it worthy of publication. I am humbled and amazed that this...
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Can cartoons help keep indigenous Mexican languages alive?
Languages

Can cartoons help keep indigenous Mexican languages alive?

...history, tradition and culture in a video. They are not shown as a ‘static culture’ or a museum exhibit, but rather [shown as] something living that is evolving and growing with the times and the new generations; avoiding the usual ‘clichés’ of indigenous people and including the youth of the communities, as well as contributing Mexican artists. Above all, in...
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Success and failure in healthcare: should regulation be simple or integrated?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Success and failure in healthcare: should regulation be simple or integrated?

...history’ (Francis, 2013, p. 54). He didn’t call for more regulation or deregulation, but he called for a ‘simpler regime of regulation’. Regulation in healthcare is essential and has a vital part in ensuring our safety. Like red tape, regulation of healthcare provision is not a modern invention. As far back as the Fifteenth Century Henry V was asked to approve...
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