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The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present
History & The Arts

The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present

...studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...The Ancient Olympics: Bridging past and present: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: show an awareness of the main similarities and differences between the modern Olympics and the Ancient Greek Games assess the ethical, philosophical and cultural importance of the...
Understanding Alice
History & The Arts

Understanding Alice

...skills of parody. The poem ‘Jabberwocky’, for instance, was originally a spoof piece of Anglo-Saxon poetry in the magazine he produced for his family. His knowledge of children’s literature was as great as his knowledge of games and puzzles as can be seen from the many ways in which he reworks familiar literary forms in Alice. Often the impetus is to play with the...
How do I pitch an idea to a science editor?
Science, Maths & Technology

How do I pitch an idea to a science editor?

...skills, from researching their outlet to communicating with them in a professional way. In this practical guide, we have compiled advice from six different science editors with extensive experience in commissioning pieces for a number of different outlets including Science, BBC Focus Magazine, New Scientist, the Mail and Guardian and SciDev.Net. Following the advice in...
Stay in control and hide the fear: The psychology of skydivers and climbers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stay in control and hide the fear: The psychology of skydivers and climbers

...skills or planning. Laurie Taylor: Now for this paper, the one you were doing this work on – skydiving – I mean you went parachuting yourself, just tell me a little bit about either your own fears and concerns about that or the feeling of jumping out of a plane? James Hardie-Bick: Well I think fears and concerns are definitely the right words to describe it. After the...
The Plessey Factory Occupation, Bathgate, 1982
Society, Politics & Law

The Plessey Factory Occupation, Bathgate, 1982

...skilled’ engineering, with women based in production assembly (for more, see McIvor, 2014). At the factory’s peak, 75 per cent of all workers were women working in assembly. [For Let / May Sell: An uncared-for building that was part of the Plessey Complex – now the Whiteside Industrial Estate. ] For Let / May Sell: An uncared-for building that was part of the...
‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982
Society, Politics & Law

‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982

...skilled male identity and economic restructuring in the West of Scotland since the 1960s’ pp.151-169 in Labor History (61:2), 2020, p.154. Strangleman, T., Rhodes, J. and Linkon, S. ‘Introduction to Crumbling Cultures: Deindustrialization, Class, and Memory’ pp.7-22 in International Labour and Working Class History (84), 2013. Tomlinson, J. ‘De-industrialization...
Wellbeing for Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Wellbeing for Work

...skills and knowledge towards or enhancing current employment experiences or preparing for new roles or positions...Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, working practices have significantly changed for most people. Many are working from home and there is a blurring of the edges around where work starts and ends and where home starts and ends. At the same time, juggling...
FGM: Mental Health impact and CBT
Health, Sports & Psychology

FGM: Mental Health impact and CBT

...skills reduces anxiety to a manageable level and increases confidence in managing one's own responses, making future feared situations easier to face.] Edward’s Trauma Cycle (Edwards, 2024) can be a useful trauma‑informed tool within CBT. It can help practitioners understand how: unresolved FGM trauma continues to influence a survivor’s thoughts, emotions and...