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Selling Empire: Introduction
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Introduction

...Out of Ceylon. The EMB was abolished at the end of September 1933, but Film Unit members joined other important bodies, and so continued to make important contributions to the British documentary tradition and to wartime propaganda. Article 5: Epilogue – the slow death of heroism? Epilogue: the slow death of heroism?, traces the change from optimism over the...
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The first 25 years: OU Renewable Energy Education
Nature & Environment

The first 25 years: OU Renewable Energy Education

...OUT to OU Alumni, were you educated on our Renewable Energy Course, if so we would love to know whether you went onto working in renewables. We would also like to hear from you as we are hoping to celebrate 25 years of OU Renewable Education, if you would like to get in touch, please email us using OU-Alumni-Renewables-25-STEM@open.ac.uk [Screenshot of animation for...
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Helen Cammock and the art of storytelling
Languages

Helen Cammock and the art of storytelling

...out conflict and sensation. The world becomes a moralising and sentimentalised drama. Whereas real life – and the politics that govern it – doesn’t make for anything like such simple stories. It’s not a neatly arranged set of tribes with clear-cut views. It’s a complex, often confusing, mixture of experiences, feelings and opinions. Which is why art can play...
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Ethnicity as a Learning Tool
Education & Development

Ethnicity as a Learning Tool

...out the personalised learning experiences as determined by the ethnic status of the learner from the generalised learning experiences derived from the formal educational platform. The benefit of this separation is related to generating insights in the role of ethnicity in learning, and how learning can be enriched using ethnic experiences. Thus ethnicity can play a...
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Can we be categorised by our DNA?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can we be categorised by our DNA?

...out that, if you go northwards, there is a continuous shift from darker to lighter skin colours. And if you don’t look at the people of those two countries in isolation, but at all the people of Europe, Middle East, and Africa together, you will see a great blend of skin colours, where it will be really difficult to draw a sharp boundary and split people into categories...
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The psychology of conspiracy theories
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of conspiracy theories

...out to get you… There is a curious relationship between psychology and the study of conspiracy theories. Historians, philosophers, sociologists and political scientists often present conspiracy theories as being of an essentially psychological nature. [Detail from a mural at Denver Airport] A detail of a mural in Denver International Airport, subject of much conspiracy...
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Beyond the plate: Autism, food and sensory sensitivities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Beyond the plate: Autism, food and sensory sensitivities

...out strong flavours or spicy food. Many autistic people will have specific preferences about their food and may eat what others see as a restricted diet. This often consists of food that may be considered plain and predictable in terms of the way it tastes, smells and looks, as well as its texture. Examples of such foods include biscuits, crisps, crackers, chicken...
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Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland
History & The Arts

Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland

...out by the young men; with this difference, that, although we had the box, the prizes were dissimilar, and the ladies, equally with the gentlemen, anxious for a draw. The mirth occasioned at the long face of a swain, who, supposing that, like Pandora’s box, the best prize lay at the bottom, nevertheless discovered he had drawn a bland; the laughter at another, who...
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