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Understanding the role of art historians in a changing world
History & The Arts

Understanding the role of art historians in a changing world

...work in many different sectors. It may not be widely taught as a standalone subject in schools, but Art History has both a rich history and huge contemporary relevance. To give just one example, recent debates over statues representing figures such as Cecil Rhodes and Edward Colston speak directly to issues (such as the role of sculpture in public spaces) that have long...
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How happiness is challenging GDP as the measure of a country’s health
Society, Politics & Law

How happiness is challenging GDP as the measure of a country’s health

...work, we have sought to develop a framework for the multiple indicators of life quality in order to assess progress. We use a theoretical approach devised initially by the Nobel-prize winning economist Amartya Sen, with subsequent additions by political philosopher Martha Nussbaum. This helps us think about quality of life not just in terms of objective accomplishments...
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Why it is a huge mistake to get rid of parent governors on school boards
Society, Politics & Law

Why it is a huge mistake to get rid of parent governors on school boards

...work, and its good relationships with parents and the wider community”. Yet with breathtaking arrogance, the government’s new white paper dismisses the role of elected parents as “tokenistic” and their role as purely “symbolic”. It looks to relegate them to something that sounds like a school-level cheerleader, who must now spend their time “focusing on...
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Let’s not talk about dying: Five reasons why people avoid planning for their end-of-life care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Let’s not talk about dying: Five reasons why people avoid planning for their end-of-life care

...work really well in some scenarios and can be the expectations in different families from a range of cultural and social backgrounds. However, there are also many examples of when families have been in this position and have found it difficult to do. Siblings may disagree about whether mum should be on a breathing machine, or a son may worry that he is making the wrong...
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OpenLearn choices for YASS students
Health, Sports & Psychology

OpenLearn choices for YASS students

...working through the OpenLearn courses as soon as you like, or you can wait until the course starts. You will be allocated a tutor, so you may wish to wait, so you can chat to your tutor about your choices, before starting work on them. We also recommend that you attend the first tutorial for this course as it will help to explain what’s involved and how to get the most...
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The real reason clowns scare us
Health, Sports & Psychology

The real reason clowns scare us

...work on the suppression of emotional expressions and how they can give cues to when people are lying. His work suggested that the types of expressions where different parts of the face were telling contradictory stories gave us the impression that the person had something to hide, and therefore was not to be trusted. [A woman's face is looking directly at the camera with...
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Concussion, identity loss, depression: boxing’s toughest opponent isn’t in the ring, it’s mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Concussion, identity loss, depression: boxing’s toughest opponent isn’t in the ring, it’s mental health

...working-class hardship to fame, fortune and respect. Hatton, like Tyson Fury and Frank Bruno, rose from humble beginnings to become a world champion and national hero. But the climb from gritty local gyms to Las Vegas spotlights can be steep – and the fall steeper still. The gulf between where fighters start and where they end up can create a deep sense of dislocation....
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More than carbon sinks: Other ways forests can fight climate change
Nature & Environment

More than carbon sinks: Other ways forests can fight climate change

...work. “Scientists were working on the macro-system or global model at first because of the ‘symptoms’ that they saw—global warming, more violent storms, changing seasons. The answer to why these phenomena, was boiled down to excessive carbon in the atmosphere, which can be minimised by carbon absorption by plants,” Cruz tells SciDev.Net. “The cooling effect of...
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