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Business Bursts: Branding
Health, Sports & Psychology

Business Bursts: Branding

...social awareness on topical issues, which ranged from the Catholic Church, illegal arms to Africa and oil pollution. And one that particularly came to mind featured an advertisement of two young girls, about the age of three or four, with a white girl who was white as could be, blonde hair, which was in curls, pale blue eyes, sitting next to a black girl who had her hair...
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Daisy Main
Miscellaneous

Daisy Main

...social media account where she documents her learning journey, details of which you can find below. ‘For many students, the summer holidays can be a chance to relax, but they can sometimes put us in an academic limbo,’ Daisy explained, ‘But OpenLearn is the perfect way to stay motivated. It provides a low-pressure environment to learn when you aren’t in term...
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Non-speaking autism, embodiment, neurodivergence and access to communication therapies and devices
Health, Sports & Psychology

Non-speaking autism, embodiment, neurodivergence and access to communication therapies and devices

...social model of disability’ a person is ‘disabled’ by the lack of enabling facilities (e.g. ramps, braille or communicative devices) within society. Many non-speaking autistic people are unable to access appropriate resources to enhance communication abilities. In fact, following many assessments based on neurotypically biased IQ tests, many non-speaking autistic...
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World in transition: Managing Resources
Nature & Environment

World in transition: Managing Resources

...social relations and gender.In the bonus material Dr Helen Yanacopulos, Senior Lecturer in International Politics and Development at The Open University, provides insight into the educational value of the audio-visual material and explains the course structure. This material is taken from The Open University Course U213 International development: challenges for a world in...
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Audio 1 hr 35 mins
Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context
Nature & Environment

Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context

...Social Dimensions of Climate Change" organised by the World Bank. This 'Earth in Crisis' album offer a sophisticated understanding of the processes and players that shape contemporary international environmental problems, evaluates what can and should be done in the future, and explores how responses to these dilemmas are intertwined with issues of development,...
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Audio 2 hrs 1 min
Participatory development in action
Society, Politics & Law

Participatory development in action

...social relations and gender. To complete the album, Dr Helen Yanacopulos of The Open University's Development Policy and Practice unit explains the choice of some of the case studies provided, and unpicks some of the issues that emerge. This material is taken from The Open University course TU871 Development: context and practice... Participatory development inaction A...
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Audio 1 hr 36 mins
The politics of food introduction
Society, Politics & Law

The politics of food introduction

...social problems such as binge drinking, the new politics of food has a far reaching impact...Video Audio Text Commentary The humble apple, and cider, one of its most pleasurable products, tells us a lot about the new politics of food. Geoff Andrews I think in a very broad sense, the apple has become a contested political symbol of, perhaps, on one hand, rural Britain, and...
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Supporting female performance in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting female performance in sport and fitness

...works for men then it must work for women. It allows you to explore specific female physiological and psychological topics such as relationships between the menstrual cycle, breast support, pelvic floor health and physical performance. You will also find out more about how to effectively communicate with female athletes...Do you support women’s performance in sport or...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs