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Film and society
History & The Arts

Film and society

...World War was the ‘people’s war’ - the first where women were involved just as much as men, and we can see the two strands coming through. Millions Like Us (1943) is the story of a young, single, working-class woman going into the munitions factory; while Mrs Miniver (1942) made by William Wyler for MGM, features a middle-class wife during the first year of the war....
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The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction

...world shows that complex application processes, pejorative treatment and discriminatory practices undermine dignity of people receiving monetary assistance. In some cases, it even contributes to people being excluded from accessing benefits, despite being eligible. In South Africa, poor single mothers who were eligible for income support for their children reportedly...
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Are you a secret hoarder?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are you a secret hoarder?

...World War rationing who cannot bear to throw out any food. Reading through some of the research [see the Further reading list below] into the behaviour of compulsive hoarders led me to this question: If compulsive hoarders (whose hoarding is by definition out of control) are one extreme end of a continuum, how can we define a healthy relationship to personal possessions?...
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The awarding gap at The Open University
Education & Development

The awarding gap at The Open University

...world’s leading provider of online and distance education with over 200,000 students and 4,000 members of staff, and is organised by the Four Nations: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. The OU mission statement is to be ‘Open to people, places, methods and ideas’ . The OU has an open access policy, supporting learners from a diverse range of backgrounds...
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Getting started with Italian 1
Languages

Getting started with Italian 1

...world, in any time zone, whatever your motivation – leisure, professional development or academic. It’s the one stop shop for engaging with languages, professional communication and intercultural dialogue. Our short courses allow us to be agile and responsive to the needs of learners who want to be part of a global society. We offer non-accredited short courses in a...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Getting started with Chinese 1
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 1

...world. Chinese is widely regarded as a group of related languages. This is because the Chinese language is divided into seven major dialects (with many sub-dialects): Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Mandarin, Min, Wu, and Xiang. In this course, you are going to learn the official dialect, Mandarin Chinese (also known as 中文 Zhōngwén). Another important thing to do before you s...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...world (for example, belief in ‘ley lines’ as some sort of spiritually charged network of arteries across the Earth, believed to have been recognised by ancient and pre-modern people as links between important constructions, from ancient megalith structures to medieval cathedrals). It is no wonder that, being planned in the late 1960s, Milton Keynes shows this New Age...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
The secret history of teenage bedrooms
Education & Development

The secret history of teenage bedrooms

...World War II most of the radios, phonographs, they were big, clunky and there were very expensive so chances are if a family had one it was going to be in the parlour and it would be used by the entire family. But after World War II with the rise of transistor technology these radios and phonographs they became smaller and cheaper and they could either be purchased by...
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