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From a distance
Society, Politics & Law

From a distance

...opens up a very different way of relating to the subject. Oftentimes in media representations we see refugees during their journeys in an extremely vulnerable situation, we see their suffering and they are often fixed to a subject position as ‘victim’. This evokes a one-way gaze from ‘us’ (who are not – at this moment – refugees) who can decide to look at the...
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Climate of fear: culture of hope
Languages

Climate of fear: culture of hope

...Open University's Open degree In modern English, the word ‘climate’ has both a literal and figurative meaning. It refers to the typical weather conditions of a place – ‘the UK has a mostly temperate climate’ – as well as the prevailing mood or attitudes of people within a situation – ‘there was a climate of fear in the office.’ In this article, we look...
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The Great Resignation: temporary blip or more enduring labour market trend?
Money & Business

The Great Resignation: temporary blip or more enduring labour market trend?

...Open University's Business and Management courses and qualifications. We heard a lot during the COVID-19 pandemic about people in the UK being temporarily furloughed or, in many other cases, losing their jobs entirely. However, one of the other effects was the so-called Great Resignation, also known as the Great Work Reshuffle, or the Big Quit. As academics who research...
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How you can be more secure than the President
Digital & Computing

How you can be more secure than the President

...Open Settings, then choose General from the left-hand menu; Software Update is near the top of the screen. If an update is available, you will be guided through the process. This can involve downloading a lot of data, so it is best to do this using a free WiFi connection rather than a potentially expensive mobile data connection. Most iOS updates require you to restart...
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Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?
Languages

Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?

...open their minds to the meaning of language while at the same time conveying the innocence of a past era. Surely, these are also worthwhile educational goals. Judy Blume (1938) once said that children should be able to read whatever they want and then talk about it with adults. If parents and children can talk together, she argued, we will not have as much censorship...
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Article 5 mins
Explore Moon rocks collected from the first Moon landing
Science, Maths & Technology

Explore Moon rocks collected from the first Moon landing

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications. Learn about Moon rocks The video below explains how to view Moon rocks under a Virtual Microscope and what we can discover. Transcript My name is Mahesh Anand and I investigate Moon rocks collected by the Apollo astronauts. These Moon rocks are on loan from NASA for our research - which as you can see - we keep safe...
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Exploring Ireland’s historic army barracks network
OpenLearn Ireland

Exploring Ireland’s historic army barracks network

...open to the prospect. In 1698, the Irish parliament accepted plans to reroute 12,000 Williamite soldiers to Ireland. This was an unprecedented development. With such large numbers of soldiers to be stationed indefinitely in the country, the traditional methods of housing them were no longer feasible. This led the Irish parliament to vote funds for the construction of...
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Sea level rise in Happisburgh, UK
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Happisburgh, UK

...Open University Coastal Concern Action Group (CCAG) http://happisburgh.org.uk/ccag/ Accessed 20th December 2019 Edwards, T. (2017) Future of the Sea: Current and Future Impacts of Sea Level Rise in the UK, FORESIGHT, Government Office for Science
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