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Methods in Motion: Acknowledging the active participant
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Acknowledging the active participant

...course, some research attempts to capture the talk rather than the participant, as in narrative and discursive analyses of the meanings, resources (discourses, narratives, repertoires), and language practices in play in a social and communicative context. Yet even in these approaches, there has been a tendency to reinstate the subject, for instance in psychosocial...
Doctor Who and human history
History & The Arts

Doctor Who and human history

...Open University's History courses and qualifications. [Matt Smith the Doctor] Doctor Who, which celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year, is best known as a science fiction series. Think of the show, and you think of sci-fi concepts such as the TARDIS, and alien creatures like the Daleks or Cybermen. But, as the Doctor says to Rose of the TARDIS at the end of the...
How race, gender, age and class affects the way people are perceived
Health, Sports & Psychology

How race, gender, age and class affects the way people are perceived

...course, oversimplifies the rather complex processes leading to categorisation and discrimination based on socio-cultural factors, it has hopefully illustrated some of the prejudice and discrimination that are linked to the way socio-cultural factors are perceived in our society today, and in the mental health and criminal justice system. The animation highlights the...
Star Trek 50
Miscellaneous

Star Trek 50

...Open University's Science qualifications. Have you ever wondered how the Enterprise crew managed to survive on all those weird and wonderful planets they visited? And has pondering on the tug of war between Spock and McCoy kept you up many a long night? Don't worry, we've convinced a few of our academics to look into these deep and meaningful Trekkie issues and more in...
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Timeline: Marx, Nietzsche and Freud
Society, Politics & Law

Timeline: Marx, Nietzsche and Freud

...through all the entries. You can also investigate just Marx, Nietzsche or Freud by selecting the 'Open filters' button on the top right hand side. This will allow you to filter content and only see one individual thinker's entries. You can also drag and explore via the grey timeline section at the bottom, although this is in beta at the moment and may have a few hiccups!...
To lie or not to lie?
History & The Arts

To lie or not to lie?

...Open University's Arts and Humanities (Philosophy) qualification. [To lie or not to lie cartoon game image.] Click on the image above, to start your interactive experience... Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Acknowledgements...
Measuring the Immeasurable
Science, Maths & Technology

Measuring the Immeasurable

...Open University and the Bayswater Institute investigates the world of indicators (or measurements). Who decides what we measure – from ash cloud particles, to calories consumed, to GDP – how do we measure things and do these indicators have an influence on the policies within the EU that affect us all?... Measuring The Immeasurable Our world is full of measurements -...
Business ethics
History & The Arts

Business ethics

...Open University. Nigel: For more information about Ethics Bites, and about the Open University, go to open2.net. David: “That’ll be a short discussion then”, somebody commented when told we were doing a podcast on business and ethics. In fact, there is a strange shortage of philosophical literature on business ethics. In contrast, there’s a library of books on...