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The values of Bond: What 007 tells us about changing attitudes to sexual harassment
History & The Arts

The values of Bond: What 007 tells us about changing attitudes to sexual harassment

...becomes a virtual sex toy, when she borrows Q’s VR glasses, which enable her to fulfil her sexual fantasies without compromising her independence. This newfound assertiveness is a long shot from the air of desperation clinging to the characterisation of Caroline Bliss, her predecessor as Moneypenny in John Glen’s 1987 The Living Daylights and 1989 Licence to Kill. In...
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10 things that ended in 2006 (when OpenLearn was born)
History & The Arts

10 things that ended in 2006 (when OpenLearn was born)

...Its last transmission was in January 2007. The theme tune, however, remains an absolute classic - we can't get it out of our heads, 10 years later! The mass media has become one of the most powerful institutional influences in society. This free course explores whether gendered inequalities exist in sport by evaluating the media coverage: Sporting women in the media...
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Who was Mary Magdalene?
History & The Arts

Who was Mary Magdalene?

...becomes a spiritual metaphor for forgiveness, as Jesus said “… I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little”. And he said to her, “Your sins are forgiven” (Luke, 7.47-48). Despite a lack of evidence identifying this woman with Mary of Magdala, the story has undermined her character,...
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Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list
Science, Maths & Technology

Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list

...becoming increasingly reliant on Facebook? Do users even care that they’re being fed stories from sites of ill repute? Read at NiemanLabs: Algorithms are now controlling Facebook’s Trending topics. What does that mean for news? Update - 31st August 2016: The robots aren't in control In a piece for Slate, Will Oremus has contacted Facebook and discovered that it's not...
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Dan Rees - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dan Rees - Earth in Vision

...becoming more and more important in making our shows and that extends right up into the blue chip, expensive, glossy programmes, both because we have so much of it now, every series we make, particularly the big series, Frozen Planet, Life and so on, they generate a huge amount of rushes, most of which is extremely good quality, but you can only use an hour and you might...
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Should the EU give up on 'ever closer' union?
Society, Politics & Law

Should the EU give up on 'ever closer' union?

...become a project that both enlarges and shrinks simultaneously; that deepens integration in some policy areas and risk disintegration in others. The UK’s exit from the EU is certainly to blame, but the disintegration dynamics are present in many other national landscapes, with Euroscepticism, populism and political disaffection on the rise. Brexit should be considered a...
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Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?

...becomes more embedded in sport, its role in coaching is growing. From tracking performance to predicting injury, its potential is vast but can it ever replicate the intuition, empathy and trust that define great coaching? This article explores the promises and pitfalls of AI in the future of sport...The application of different technologies to enhance sports training has...
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Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...students and practitioners of Western art music, improvisation is a foreign concept. Jazz (or Indian, African or other music) can be a puzzle, dismissed by some as a lesser art and accepted by others only as some kind of unfathomable mystery. When we hear a piece of Indian music, and say that the musicians must be great improvisers to produce such music without a score,...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs