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Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...et al., 2014). The EU Kids Online Network project, called Zero to Eight, illustrates just how pervasive technology is becoming for younger children. The project report identified a significant increase over the previous five years of children under nine years old using the internet (Holloway et al., 2013). In particular it noted a growing trend for very young children...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Questioning crime: social harms and global issues
Society, Politics & Law

Questioning crime: social harms and global issues

...article by John Harris from The Guardian (29 July 2013): Serco: the company that is running Britain. The whole article is quite long, so please focus particularly on the first few paragraphs as far as the paragraph which ends in ‘Not for nothing does so much coverage of its work include the sentence “the biggest company you’ve never heard of”’ (a little above...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise

...et al., 2017). This last category can include those who are several years beyond their menopause but are experiencing continuing symptoms....Session 1: What are we are talking about?: Introduction - According to the British Menopause Society (2020), menopause is ‘a major life event affecting all women in a variety of ways, both short and long term’. So, what is...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Sounds of environmental change
Society, Politics & Law

Sounds of environmental change

...sounds, then, is that all sorts of sounds can powerfully convey the effects of environmental change on vulnerable landscapes like beaches. Further reading and references The audios in this article were recorded by audioBoom, as part of the British Library and National Trust’s Sounds of our Shores project. The Open University module DD103 studies soundscapes in week 23....
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Audio 15 mins
How are Snapchat filters allowing survivors of sexual assault tell their stories?
Digital & Computing

How are Snapchat filters allowing survivors of sexual assault tell their stories?

...remain to be seen, such as whether the stories will be admissible in court. Only a couple of months ago, Indian right-wing political parties armed with police complaints threatened comedian Tanmay Bhat for posting a parody video using Snapchat filters of two prominent Indian celebrities. This article was originally published by Global Vocies under a CC-BY licence...
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Video 5 mins
Helen Cammock and the art of storytelling
Languages

Helen Cammock and the art of storytelling

...article below Philip Seargeant explores how art can operate as a form of storytelling, different to political or media storytelling...Transcript ‘Words shift and change meaning based on who we are and what our experiences are’. This is how the artist Helen Cammock explains the thinking behind one aspect of her work. Joint winner of the Turner Prize in 2019, Cammock...
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Video 10 mins
The emergence of breaking as an Olympic sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

The emergence of breaking as an Olympic sport

...article...Breaking (formerly known as break dancing) is being included in the 2024 Paris summer Olympic Games programme for the first time. The inclusion of the event is not without controversy, since it has been suggested that breaking is not a sport but rather a lifestyle activity that requires athleticism and physical skills. Such suggestions have been made before when...
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Video 5 mins
Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...article by Perkins in the previous section: ‘To be mad is to be defined as “other”’. This is a recurring theme in the mental health field. In the following passage Abina Parshad-Griffin, who at the time was the Chair of the Mental Health Action Group for the Disability Rights Commission (DRC), reflects on ‘otherness’ and what it means to be ‘the other’: I...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs