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Demolishing Pasts, Uncertain Futures:The Symbolism of Glasgow’s Red Road Flats
Society, Politics & Law

Demolishing Pasts, Uncertain Futures:The Symbolism of Glasgow’s Red Road Flats

...Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games taking place in the city, a decision that was soon overturned in no small part due to significant local opposition. 2 of the blocks were demolished in 2012 and with the remaining 6 blocks in the Red Road development bulldozed on October 11 2015, it brings to an end the story of the rise and fall of what must surely be, if...
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Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children

...course we're really talking about girls and mothers here, since the debate is highly gendered).Want to know more about childhood? There's an OU course on that... Campaigners and even some researchers go on to blame these goods for a mind-boggling range of social ills, from lack of self-esteem to bodily dissatisfaction to low academic attainment, and (in what seems a...
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Fast Reactors and Thorium
Science, Maths & Technology

Fast Reactors and Thorium

...open-cycle mined uranium (Grimes and Nuttall, 2010). Indeed research is underway around the world to explore the benefits of thorium fuelled nuclear power. Bill Nuttall, with Stephen Ashley and colleagues from Cambridge University, have researched thorium in collaboration with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in India. That work has confirmed the importance of closing the...
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Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?

...opening ceremony (Telegraph Sport, 2021). So, what effect does the postponement have on the athletes and their preparation? This article will explore some of the psychological and physiological impacts of this unusual situation. [Tokyo 2020 sports silhouettes] What impact did the postponement have? Obviously, there is variability in how athletes reacted to the...
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OU Carbon Calculator FAQs
Nature & Environment

OU Carbon Calculator FAQs

...opening and deleting calculator files On the Summary screen follow the instructions at the bottom. For example: To save your existing footprint file. Select the upper box, type the name of the file you want to keep (eg, ExistingFootprint1). Select ‘Save’ To open ExistingFootprint1 (or any other file that you’ve named). Select the down arrow in the lower box, select...
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10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn
History & The Arts

10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn

...opened a ‘domestic school’ in her own home. Her eight-month long course offered a more comprehensive instruction than either the university or the Bologna Institute. Students came from all over Italy and from elsewhere in Europe to study with her as her skill in combining the theoretical and experimental aspects of physics became well known. She was a key figure in...
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When Heath met Nixon
History & The Arts

When Heath met Nixon

...opened on the subject of the reverse preferences granted by the UK and EC to developing countries. The President expressed the view that the political side of Europe's relationship with the US must override the economic side. He then referred to Britain's impending disengagement from the Caribbean and spoke at length about Nassau's probable inability to take care of...
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OpenLearn Cymru ewch â'ch dysgu ymhellach
OpenLearn Cymru Wales

OpenLearn Cymru ewch â'ch dysgu ymhellach

...Dysgwch fwy am y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru a phorwch trwy ein dewis llawn o gyrsiau a chymwysterau www.open.ac.uk/courses Mwy o gyrsiau am ddim yn Gymraeg Ewch i Y Porth – y prif lwyfan ar gyfer darparu a rheoli darpariaeth cyfrwng Cymraeg i fyfyrwyr y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. Datblygwyd yr adnoddau addysgol ar y Porth gan staff dysgu’r prifysgolion yng Nghymru....
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