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Star Wars: The use of myth
History & The Arts

Star Wars: The use of myth

...social charter’ to authorize and legitimise social arrangements. Can these ideas help us understand the Star Wars phenomena? Does a science fiction story about a bunch of renegades dabbling in faster-than-light space ships, light sabres and animism (the Force) while trying to overthrow a corrupt and despotic Empire, have any resonance for audiences today? The...
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Global Handwashing Day
Science, Maths & Technology

Global Handwashing Day

...social and religious implications of washing hands while also learning more about the science of hygiene and sanitation. ...[Global Handwashing Day Logo] 15th October is Global Handwashing Day, a day dedicated to increasing awareness about the benefits of handwashing with soap as an affordable way to improve health and save lives by preventing infections. Many infections...
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Managing care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing care

...social work, management is a crucial part of ensuring quality of service and care for users and staff, and the development of services and standards into the future. The discussions and interviews in this album focus on the importance of management strategies and techniques and garner the opinions and insights of staff at all levels, as well as those in care. These...
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Exploring the classical world
History & The Arts

Exploring the classical world

...social and political context and assessing their value as historical sources. Readings in the original Latin or Greek and in translation illustrate the metric structures used and the challenges of effectively recreating these works in modern English. The material is drawn from The Open University course A219 Exploring the classical world... Exploring the classical world A...
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Audio 2 hrs 54 mins
Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers
Education & Development

Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers

...socially relevant to each young reader’...[Illustration of children reading back to back] Reading motivation matters. Far too many young people in our schools can read, but do not choose to do so. They are not motivated to make the time for it in their lives. Perhaps they have had negative reading experiences in the past? Perhaps they were never read to at home? Perhaps...
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Methods in Motion: How do researchers know?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: How do researchers know?

...social dreaming matrix to investigate the impact of art on climate change awareness. This topic too provides a methodological test case, because aesthetic experience eludes scientific or cognitive dominated methodologies; also because climate change is so painful to face that it needs methods going beyond denial, disavowal and projection. Free association narrative...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Volkswagen Scandal
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Volkswagen Scandal

...social responsibility and governance. In this episode of Bottom Line, industry and finance leaders discuss the implications of this event. As the show reveals, this scandal has a number of different facets. These range from what actually occurred to specifics of the technology used to manipulate emission data to VW’s response to whether this problem extends to the car...
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1722 to 2021 - a history of Scotland's railway
Society, Politics & Law

1722 to 2021 - a history of Scotland's railway

...the development of Scotland's railway industry? Find out in this brief interactive guide to key points in its history. ...Find out more about The Open University's History and Social Sciences courses. The magnificent Glenfinnan Viaduct, built between 1897 and 1901. Click the icons to reveal key events. Click here to view the accessible version of this interactive content...
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