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STiP@50 Celebrations
Society, Politics & Law

STiP@50 Celebrations

...courses, whether as stand-alone modules or as part of different UG and PG programmes of study. In 2010 ASTiP launched a specific Postgraduate suite of qualifications for STiP, with now over 1200 students having studied our core STiP modules. The ASTiP group and our PG alumni, drawing on ASTiP-led scholarship and action research initiatives from 2014, took a lead role in...
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Sacrificial Metals
Science, Maths & Technology

Sacrificial Metals

...course Our Chemical Environment (ST240)...[Coral and fish] According to this table aluminium should react with oxygen more readily than iron, which is easily oxidized in the presence of water and oxygen. How is it then that aluminium can be used for aeroplanes which are in constant contact with water and oxygen? In reality, aluminium does react with oxygen very rapidly...
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The arts in Participatory Action Research
Health, Sports & Psychology

The arts in Participatory Action Research

...free’. They wanted to share how they felt they had ‘got away’ from the abuse and could begin to rebuild their lives. The pictures they created showed how the women’s sense of self-worth, confidence and self-esteem grew as they created boxes filled with epigrams and images of their views, hopes and aspirations. Their self-belief increased as they created pictorial...
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Learning from the Global South
Society, Politics & Law

Learning from the Global South

...from the Global South is a series of six short films made to stimulate thinking about and reflection on the difference that geography makes to understanding the climate crisis and its impact..._Find out more about The Open University's Geography courses and qualifications. _ Many contexts, one journey: a virtual fieldtrip across the Global South Click on the icons within...
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Selling Empire: The Empire Marketing Board
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: The Empire Marketing Board

...free trade, entrenched since the 1840s, made that difficult. A 1923 imperial conference did suggest Britain should charge tariffs on imports while exempting Empire produce. But this might raise food prices, and the issue contributed to Conservative losses in 1923 elections. When the Conservatives came to power in October 1924, therefore, they were acutely aware that...
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The Women and Scottish Railway History Collection
Society, Politics & Law

The Women and Scottish Railway History Collection

...free resource in OpenLearn helps shine a light on the often-hidden struggles women have faced in the workplace. It has been made richer through our collaboration with Scottish Union Learning by unlocking stories, experiences and perspectives from trade union activists across Scotland. “The collection is particularly powerful because each article comes from either the...
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St Lucia reimagined: marketing a Swedish festive icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

St Lucia reimagined: marketing a Swedish festive icon

...free. Over time, these traditions merged, and St Lucia’s Day evolved to symbolise ‘hope and light during the darkest time of the year’. [Portrait painting of St Lucia of Syracuse.]St Lucia of Syracuse The commercialisation of Lucia The modern-day celebration began to take shape in the early 20th century, gaining widespread popularity in the 1920s after the newspaper...
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The Origins of the Idea of the Industrial Revolution
History & The Arts

The Origins of the Idea of the Industrial Revolution

...free traders speaking of economic success, while reformers raised deep concerns about the consequences in terms of health, morality, and class conflict. But was an awareness of the gradual advance of manufactures in the previous centuries being lost in the process? [Friedrich Engels] Friedrich Engels The synthesis of past accounts Friedrich Engels, very much a critic of...
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