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Proper men, proper women: Gender roles in contemporary UK society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Proper men, proper women: Gender roles in contemporary UK society

...sources I have referenced in this piece are: Culture and subjectivity in neo-liberal and postfeminist times Rosalind Gill writing in Subjectivity2009, 25, pages 432-445 The Aftermath of Feminism: Gender, Culture and Social Change Angela McRobbie, published by Sage I discuss this book in a review published in Feminism & Psychology Reclassifying upward mobility: femininity...
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Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?
History & The Arts

Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?

...source of variation in how people engage with stories (for more on the case for exploring other media, see Turner, in press). So, assuming we get there, and start to identify how fiction – its mechanisms and moderators – can influence different facets of empathy, is this something we would want to cultivate in the real world? Is increasing people’s empathy by...
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The ocean of Jupiter’s moon Europa
Science, Maths & Technology

The ocean of Jupiter’s moon Europa

...sources, such as cometary ice and water extracted from hydrated minerals, to assess what elements could be released into the ocean. [Interior of Europa and the ocean-seafloor boundary]Figure 3 An illustration of water-rock interactions occurring at the ocean-seafloor interface of Europa. Credit: Lewis Sym.Show descriptionThere are two illustrations side by side. The left...
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The jury: Why we need to learn more about their collective decision-making processes.
Society, Politics & Law

The jury: Why we need to learn more about their collective decision-making processes.

...Sources of bias in juror decision making. Medicine, Science & the Law. Doi: 10.1177/0258024221080655. Devine, D., & Caughlin, D. E. (2014). Do they matter? A meta-analytic investigation of individual characteristics and guilt judgments. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 20, 109-134. doi: 10.1037/law0000006. Devine, D., Clayton, L.D., & Dunford, B, B. (2001). Jury...
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Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision

...opener for me. I used to sit with my parents, I was in front of the fire, like a dog, watching the world through this little box in the corner of the living room in the early seventies, just thinking, ‘That’s absolutely amazing.’ The fascination of nature, the beauty of nature, the fascination of animals and ecologies and all of that and morphologies was just...
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Virtual reality, 19th Century style: The history of the panorama and balloon view
History & The Arts

Virtual reality, 19th Century style: The history of the panorama and balloon view

...source of light. Barker wasn’t taking the picture out of the frame, he was making the frame big enough to include the spectator as well. [Cross-section of the Rotunda in Leicester Square in which Barker’s panorama of London was exhibited (1801)] Cross-section of the Rotunda in Leicester Square in which Barker's panorama of London was exhibited (1801) To audiences...
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Cultures
Languages

Cultures

...sources from three different continents. Please note: Although the introductory text is in English, the main course itself is entirely in French. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 2 study in French...Cultures: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the progression in the comparison understand the infinitive as...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Accessibility and inclusion in digital health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Accessibility and inclusion in digital health

...Open University course K102 Introducing health and social care....Accessibility and inclusion in digital health: Introduction - In this free course, Accessibility and inclusion in digital health, you will consider some of the ways that people can access digital health in the UK and how they are able to take more control over their physical and mental health. However, for...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs