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Why smart leaders allow a bit of football frenzy
Money & Business

Why smart leaders allow a bit of football frenzy

...working hours – ten games in the group stages will take place during European working hours. But don’t fear: this does not have to be a big waste of time and resources. Yes, the time spent fussing about football may not be spent on finalising a report, advancing a project, or analysing industry trends. (Indeed, estimates suggest that employees watching the 2010 World...
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Deregistering from school: understanding experiences and rebuilding trust
Education & Development

Deregistering from school: understanding experiences and rebuilding trust

...work with the school as a team to iron out any difficulties together.’ The families talked about their experiences of failed school relationships. They described meetings and exchanges with teachers and other education professionals. These overwhelmingly reflected a ‘professional’ perspective that education happens at school, and parents should defer to schools...
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Northern Ireland Science Festival 2023: Astronomy and Poetry with Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell
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Northern Ireland Science Festival 2023: Astronomy and Poetry with Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell

...works from some of her most beloved poets. Following the talk, local science commentator Emer Maguire hosts an informal Q&A session where we find out more about the life of the Armagh born astrophysicist, discuss some of the challenges she faced and how we can work together to break the biases affecting women in science. [Astronomy and Poetry with Dame Jocelyn Bell...
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Sustainability
Education & Development

Sustainability

...work as a Senior Manager in the Access, Open and Cross-curricular Innovation team. The reason why I really like YXM130 is the flexibility, allowing you to study what interests you from a wide range of subject areas. I have always been a keen environmentalist and been fortunate to support and work alongside the OU academics who author the Environment curriculum. In the...
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How do we move towards racial equality?
Education & Development

How do we move towards racial equality?

...working at the OU as well as the changes they would like to see to move towards racial equality in this collection of videos...At The Open University (OU) we are conscious of the need to talk about race, to recognise the challenges some colleagues face as well as creating opportunities for students to hear about perspectives on race. For this reason, we have created a...
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The Arts Past and Present: the Benin Bronzes
History & The Arts

The Arts Past and Present: the Benin Bronzes

...works of art? How can objects like these throw light on the relationship of our culture to other cultures, both in the past and in the present? This album explores some of the issues surrounding interpretation and display of bronze sculptures originating in Benin in West Africa. The video explores the academic dilemmas behind decisions that Western curators have to make...
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Management and the unconscious mind
Money & Business

Management and the unconscious mind

...work place? In the following audio discussion Guy Claxton, a psychologist from the University of Bristol argues that the parts of the psyche that operate independent of conscious reasoning can in fact be used to solve problems in everyday life, but this would require a shift in culture away from traditional management styles... Why are managers in the East happier to work...
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Perceptions of English literature
History & The Arts

Perceptions of English literature

...works and different interpretations? Professor Terry Eagleton leads the discussion by explaining how perceptions of Englishness changed during the 20th century and we discover that as a result of authors such as Chinua Achebe, Andrea Levy and Marina Levitska, notions of what was an English novel have adapted to accommodate new experiences and expand beyond traditional...
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Audio 21 mins