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Living with Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living with Disability

...social and psychological impacts and investigate the extent to which care environments are enabling or disabling. The album also contains a fictional case study which explores some of the issues facing people who are carers in their own homes. To complete the album, Joanna Bornat and Jan Walmsley of The Open University's Faculty of Health and Social Care explain why some...
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Audio 2 hrs 14 mins
OpenMinds-Talk: What does Brexit tell us about Britain?
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds-Talk: What does Brexit tell us about Britain?

...Social Sciences , who joined The Open University in 1999 and has held visiting appointments at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, the University of California, Los Angeles and the London School of Economics. Richard works in the field of comparative politics and specialises in British politics and is presently researching the British prime minister. Anne...
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Article 5 mins
Review: Building and Dwelling - Ethics for the City
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Building and Dwelling - Ethics for the City

...social thought: the Chicago School delved into the social structure of the city but, according to Sennett, had no idea how a good school should be designed. Corbusier’s Athens Charter, on the other hand, was distinguished both by its ‘visual good ideas and the poverty of its social imagination’. Jane Jacobs’s view of the city as the product of small-scale,...
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Article 5 mins
Ageing Well Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing Well Collection

...social stimulation' and an illustration of three people] Loneliness and social isolation have long been known to seriously impact physical and mental health, quality of life and longevity. Engaging with people and the world around us and nurturing good social connections remains important. Living with others, weekly community group engagement, regular interaction with...
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Article 5 mins
Science and society: A career and professional development course
Education & Development

Science and society: A career and professional development course

...social responsibilities scientists have in relation to broader public interests. That raises important issues to do with the ethical and social dimension of scientists' work and how scientists explain and perhaps justify their work to the wider public. Science and society: A career and professional development course, is a free course that explores this...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
European identity, citizenship, borders, rights and justice - Student Hub Live's Brexit Special
Society, Politics & Law

European identity, citizenship, borders, rights and justice - Student Hub Live's Brexit Special

...social diversity. But critics accuse it of using unaccountable bureaucratic rules to suppress democracy, override national differences, impose neoliberal economics and exclude outsiders. The Brexit vote was partly won by appeals to ideas that have, in some form, been around since before the Roman Empire: desires to reclaim national sovereignty, control migration,...
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Video 35 mins
Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens
History & The Arts

Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens

...Social Sciences The Open University Martin Clarke's primary research interests lie in the relationships between music, theology and religious practice, and the history of music in Wales. His work on music, theology and religion has been principally focused on music and religious practice in Britain since the eighteenth century, and in the Methodist movement more widely....
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Video 40 mins
How staying hydrated helps us age well
Health, Sports & Psychology

How staying hydrated helps us age well

...social transformations of the twenty-first century, as virtually every country in the world is experiencing more older people in their populations. While living longer is a good thing, the number of people ageing in good health and feeling well is declining. What can we do, as individuals, to take some control of our own ageing and do all we can to stay well later in...
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Video 7 mins