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Doreen Massey: Space, Place and Politics
Society, Politics & Law

Doreen Massey: Space, Place and Politics

...thinking Professor Ash Amin from Durham University talks about the influence of Doreen's work Spatial divisions of labour Professor Jamie Peck, University British Columbia talks about the influence of Doreen's work London and the politics of place Professor Jane Willis, Queen Mary University of London on London and the politics of place Doreen’s response to the panel...
Analysing European Romanticism
History & The Arts

Analysing European Romanticism

...thinking, centralising human experience and transcendence from the purely rational. This succinct discussion contextualises that shift. Romanticism and the religious crisis Once more reacting against the Enlightenment, Romantic philosophy eschewed traditional religion, rejecting historical claims in favour of modern reason and re-appraisal of biblical texts. Urbanity and...
A Victorian Christmas: Christmas Day In The Workhouse
History & The Arts

A Victorian Christmas: Christmas Day In The Workhouse

...a subscription for plum-pudding, porter & c. East London Union - Answer to application: We intend carrying out the order of the poor-law commissioners to the very letter, but I think that some little extras may be allowed in the evening. There are inmates of both houses, Aldsgate and Bishopsgate, about 500 adults and 250 children farmed out at Aubin's Asylum, Norwood....
Retirement planning made easy
Money & Business

Retirement planning made easy

...think about are: What kind of lifestyle would you like to live? How much will you have saved by the time you reach retirement? Would you like to carry on working part-time or would you prefer more leisure time and freedom? Do you need to think about later life costs or looking after other people? Being well informed and taking control of your retirement finances –...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...think about what you would like to achieve in your career in the short (within the next year), medium (next 1–3 years), and long (3+ years) term. In the box below set out some of these goals. They could be ‘general’ rather than comprehensive e.g. be employed in a sports related job in one year. You might want to relate them to experience you want to gain,...
Different types of business
Money & Business

Different types of business

...think about a number of different types of business because they have different characteristics and behave differently. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course B100 An introduction to business and management...Different types of business: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe different types...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Behind the camera
History & The Arts

Behind the camera

...system; other times the films’ content was ‘unofficial’, agitational propaganda against the current order. Taking all these users together, a number of common threads emerge as to how and why they used film - what might be defined as the personal/psychological, the social/cultural and the political/ideological motivations. On a psychological level, much use of film...
The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911
Society, Politics & Law

The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911

...system was pressured and dehumanising with the worker seen as just another cog in the process of maximising profit. Payment for work was on a piece rate system where every task was timed by foremen carrying stopwatches. The times would be set to the speed of the fastest, often the most experienced, workers. If work was rejected for quality problems, the worker would have...