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Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour
Digital & Computing

Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour

...open expression online, free of the mediation of journalists – were at the heart of the wave of attacks in Paris. As events unfolded, witnesses reflexively got out their cellphones and shot live coverage of what was happening before their eyes. These amateur images were then relayed by media both online and on TV. Thus the first images of the Bataclan attack, filmed...
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Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list

...course, what Brundage and others were really worried about was men invading women’s sport. And that is still the case today. I have been accused of “really” being a man who wants to profit in women’s sport, and there are several morons on the letsrun message board who continue to insist that Semenya is a man. Hence, the notion that 21st century followers of sport...
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Volunteering in the community
Education & Development

Volunteering in the community

...Open University offers colleagues to fulfil public commitments. Emily’s advice to anyone thinking about becoming a magistrate? “Do it! You’re playing a big role in your community and a valuable role in the judiciary. If you find it doesn’t work for you or it’s not what you expected, you have the option to leave!” Find out more and search for magistrate...
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Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi
Education & Development

Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi

...Open University's Language courses and qualifications. Hip Hop Hip hop is a Black radical knowledge movement that emerged in post-industrial urban North America in the 1970s and that has now become a global phenomenon and source of cultural inspiration for marginalised youth from around the world. The term ‘hip hop’ was coined in the late 1970s, possibly in the South...
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A hug for the brain: what does it mean to have a happy, healthy brain?
OpenLearn Ireland

A hug for the brain: what does it mean to have a happy, healthy brain?

...open, facing the viewer, thumb tucked in. Right: hand is closed, thumb trapped in.] Healthy brain hormones, and the messages they send To prevent you from ‘flipping your lid’ you need to keep your brain happy and healthy. You may not have a diagnosable mental health condition, but you may feel your mood is a little flat, you lack motivation, or you are more anxious...
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What's next for British wages?
Money & Business

What's next for British wages?

...course, wage stagnation does not affect everyone equally. Indeed, low wages are also impacted by existing problems of racism and sexism. Declining pay, perhaps not surprisingly, is especially dramatic for non-white and non-males. There are serious racial and gender pay gaps that persist and in some cases are widening. They are linked to structural issues – such as women...
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Invasion of the killer pumpkins
Money & Business

Invasion of the killer pumpkins

...Furthermore, the fact that Halloween (or Easter, or Christmas) comes but once a year, means customers are prepared to pay more for products in fancy dress than they would for the basic item – thus creating more profit margin. Of course such potential rewards carry risk. Nobody wants jelly rodents in the warehouse in the first week of November. More on a Halloween theme...
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Assisted dying or non-assisted living?
Society, Politics & Law

Assisted dying or non-assisted living?

...course we did want to go ahead. The insertion of the pacemaker was a medical success but a personal tragedy for Dad. He endured two more years of pain, confusion, immobility, indignity and misery, until he contracted complex dysphagia and stopped trying to eat or drink. In the meantime, Mum’s health suffered because of the physical and emotional strain; she was...
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