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Yachts, planes and buses... Mind the (inequality) gap
Society, Politics & Law

Yachts, planes and buses... Mind the (inequality) gap

...social harms and social problems that they generate, never mind to present them in a way that is meaningful. And this is where assorted modes of transport can come in handy! Oxfam and The Guardian have used images of vastly expensive super yachts as a way of depicting wealth and affluence, yachts often regarded as the ultimate status symbol that reflects someone’s...
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Behind the camera
History & The Arts

Behind the camera

...social attitudes of their time. Historians have found great value in studying both the ‘texts’ of films as well as the ‘contexts’ of their production. But who made and used the original – primarily non-fiction – films which historians still mostly study? How and why did film-makers use this medium? Three broad categories of user come to mind - professionals,...
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Film and society
History & The Arts

Film and society

...social and cultural values of the day. As such, they are highly revealing as social documents of their time. For example, the issue of unemployment is tackled in a ‘happy-go-lucky’ musical comedy Sing as We Go (1934) with Gracie Fields in a factory that gets closed down but miraculously reopens after a new scientific invention (by, naturally, a middle-class man) and...
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The Centre for Children and Young People’s Wellbeing at The Open University
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Centre for Children and Young People’s Wellbeing at The Open University

...social sciences, psychology, medical sciences, and the humanities. We are based at the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies at The Open University. Our current research projects are funded by The Wellcome Trust and Safefood (the all-Ireland food safety authority). Current research and advocacy partners are at the University of Liverpool, University College...
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The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective
Society, Politics & Law

The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective

...social nature of embodiment, placing embodied experience centre stage in all psychological understanding. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 3 study in Psychology...The body: A phenomenological psychological perspective: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate an understanding of fundamental aspects of the theory...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
OpenLearn's response to the pandemic
Education & Development

OpenLearn's response to the pandemic

...social care workers As the Coronavirus pandemic took hold, NHS and local authority leaders through the UK called on hundreds of thousands of former health and social care workers to return to front-line roles. OpenLearn responded by collaborating with retired and active health and social care practitioners across The Open University to build and publish its first nursing...
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A changing uniqueness – The changing ‘place’ of the West
OpenLearn Ireland

A changing uniqueness – The changing ‘place’ of the West

...Social decline in the West of Ireland was not, however, just a local or regional problem. It was a national political issue. Although peripheral to modern social and economic development, the West was of central importance in the realm of Irish politics as the repository of cultural survival and rural ideals which were fundamental to Irish nationalism, statehood and...
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Society, Politics & Law

Dive deeper with these extra articles

...social Action in Research Asset based community development is a powerful approach being used with a diverse network of communities and community organizations across the Connected Communities programme to help uncover and utilize their hidden potential, their tangible resources (such as spaces, services and infrastructures) and intangible qualities (such as creative...
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