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57 genders (and none for me?) - Part One
Society, Politics & Law

57 genders (and none for me?) - Part One

...think are more helpful: what does this change open up, and what does it close down? Reframing the question like this gets away from polarised ideas of right and wrong, good and bad. Instead it acknowledges the complexity of the situation and the fact that something can simultaneously expand understanding in some ways and constrain it in others. The main, extremely...
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The arts in Participatory Action Research
Health, Sports & Psychology

The arts in Participatory Action Research

...thinking and strengthen their emotional wellbeing. It subsequently empowered them to discuss plans for leaving the refuge and returning to a life outside. Surprisingly, gaining employment was their main cause for concern around establishing a safe environment for themselves and their children. Domestic violence is a persistent and major problem throughout the world that...
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Two Yorkish episodes
History & The Arts

Two Yorkish episodes

...thinking that the difference was a difference between human nature long mellowed to its conditions, and human nature rasped on its edges and fretted by novel circumstances to a provisional harshness. I chose to fancy that unhuman nature sympathized with the English mood; in the sheep bleating from the pastures I heard the note of Wordsworth's verse; and by the sky, hung...
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Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...system. In Russia, neurasthenia was associated with a cultivated ‘western’ lifestyle (Goering, 2003)...Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare: 3.1 Introduction - Surrounded by the ever-present threat of ill health, not surprisingly, people expended a good deal of time and energy on trying to stay well. The late nineteenth century saw a new emphasis on promoting...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past

...think of it? These are two major questions that cannot be answered accurately by the ‘hard’ evidence of book history. However, there are other, more personal historical records, documents which captured moments in time when men, women and children felt the need or were forced to disclose information about their reading habits. Journals, diaries, memoirs and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology

...think of a desert sand, composed of well-rounded, red oxide-coated, well-sorted quartz grains. Now imagine that climatic conditions change and these sand grains are swept away by flowing rivers and re-deposited elsewhere. The new sand deposit will be produced by the action of flowing water, but the sand grains may retain many of the characteristics of wind-deposition...
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
Money & Business

Quantitative and qualitative research in finance

...think of any? Write down your thoughts and then compare with the feedback provided. Discussion First, and most obviously, people will not necessarily tell us the truth in interviews about how they feel, what they think, or what they do. Second, they may not know these things. One reason for this is that, as indicated earlier, much of our everyday behaviour is below the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around

...think! We’d love to hear from you to help us improve our free learning offering through OpenLearn by filling out this short survey...Beginners' Spanish: Getting around: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe places in Spanish give and understand directions in Spanish talk about urban transport in Spanish navigate around a...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs