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Mashing up the Union Jack
Society, Politics & Law

Mashing up the Union Jack

...work, not least because colleagues and I have written about civic cultures and the modalities of place-making, and I also wrote about the ways in which symbols of Afro-Caribbean, South American and British identities can speak of notional combined experiences often as digital and creative citizens. In a published conversation I had with Gil prior to the Tate Exchange...
Intimate not Intimidated: It's Time to Talk about Sex and Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Intimate not Intimidated: It's Time to Talk about Sex and Disability

...work harder for it. You know, it’s one of them ain’t it? It’s not all coming for free, you’ve got to work for it. TOM I think what helps us [unclear 0:04:09] our PAs having a sense of humour. CHARLOTTE Especially when we call them in and like I’m still sitting on your face and you’re suffocating and… TOM I think that accidental innuendos from PAs, make us...
Support for you and your mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Support for you and your mental health

...worked with the World Health Organisation to talk about overcoming the "black dog of depression". Actor David Harewood spoke in the recent Open University and BBC collaborative documentary, Psychosis and Me, about his experience of diagnosis and treatment for Psychosis. Trisha Goddard, Jim Brown and Stephen Fry examine feelings of fear and sadness affecting their everyday...
Simple coding
Digital & Computing

Simple coding

...work, and global commerce and finance are impossible without software that control the stocks, carry out payments, find the best transport route, etc. Coding (or programming) is the construction of software. Coding involves writing a ‘recipe’, which in computing is called an algorithm, in a so called programming language that a computer can understand. When the...
Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
What is Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...work on these issues begins with a supplementary reading. It is a classic statement on the nature of modern Europe. The short extract by Hugh Seton-Watson raises two basic questions. What is Europe? Where is Europe? Professor Seton-Watson was an eminent historian and directed the London School of Slavonic and East European Studies; thus he approaches European issues from...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Emotions and emotional disorders
Health, Sports & Psychology

Emotions and emotional disorders

...work in Britain, and around one in five GP consultations in the UK are about emotional disorders. Depression has also been linked to the loss of more than 100 million working days in England every year, and it is strongly associated with suicidal thoughts and with suicide, being implicated in around 2500 deaths a year (Thomas and Morris, 2003). McCrone et al. (2007)...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Introducing consciousness
History & The Arts

Introducing consciousness

...work out what has happened. Moving your head, you recognise the dentist's face and realise that he is speaking your name and asking if you want a glass of water. Your remember where you are, sit up shakily and take the glass. Think about what happened as you regained consciousness. Various bodily processes resumed. Your sense organs started functioning again, registering...
Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training (GICAST) Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training (GICAST)

...work. You will learn how to recognise the threats that could harm you online and the steps you can take to reduce the chances that they will happen to you...Our lives depend on online services. Gain essential cyber security knowledge and skills, to help protect your digital life. We shop online. We work online. We play online. We live online. As our lives increasingly...