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What is Indigenous Psychology?
Education & Development

What is Indigenous Psychology?

...economic-political context. Indigenous psychology helps us to understand diversity and differences, and provides a common frame of reference for human behaviour across the globe. [Indigenous Australians aboriginal people wearing body painting from Queensland Australia] Final thoughts Indigenous psychology is a progressive intellectual movement to recognise the importance...
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Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?

...economic background. One in three people over the age of 65 will develop dementia but people as young as 40 have been diagnosed. Two-thirds of dementia victims are women, this could be due to the lack of oestrogen after the menopause. People in the developed world see more cases of dementia. However, this is because people live longer than those in poorer countries....
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Promoting equality through the Arts
History & The Arts

Promoting equality through the Arts

...economic rights and opportunities...In July 2018, The Open University worked in partnership with IF: Milton Keynes International Festival to commission Australian theatre company Back to Back Theatre to bring its successful performance residency, The Democratic Set, to Milton Keynes. Back to Back Theatre worked collaboratively with local participants to create a film...
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Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology
Society, Politics & Law

Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology

...economic, social, political and cultural benefits that an increase in citizens’ scientific literacy would bring to the nation. However, the report was heavily criticised for its implicit deficit model of citizens – where once there was a lack, ‘correct’ knowledge could be acquired by consuming science. This would then allow people to behave ‘correctly’ when...
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Why I believe 'yes' is only a matter of time
Society, Politics & Law

Why I believe 'yes' is only a matter of time

...economic basis of different parts of Scotland. It’s not a unified country in terms of having a single economy in that respect. It’s measured as a single Scottish economy, but different parts of Scotland’s economic fortunes are based upon very different industries and different histories. So, to give you a few examples, one of the areas that stood out as having voted...
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Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...economic consequences. It was associated with mounting personal debt, a lack of social mobility, and a fear of the future that prevented people taking risks. In particular, it was seen as causing a problem of consumer confidence: this reduced patterns of consumer spending, which in turn further threatened the prospects of economic growth. It was therefore also a political...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
The ethics of cultural heritage
History & The Arts

The ethics of cultural heritage

...economic justification for rebuilding - There are two responses that could be made on behalf of the French government. The first focuses on the economic benefits of conserving and restoring heritage. The second, which you will read about in the next section, focuses on ‘heritage values’. This first response is fairly simple and can be used as a reply to the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list
Science, Maths & Technology

Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list

...economic reality". Read the story at BBC News: Apple should repay Ireland €13bn, European Commission rules Listen to an explanation of the background from the Today programme: A country not wanting to pick up billions of taxes may seem unusual. Irish newspaper The Journal yesterday explained why the government in Dublin isn't keen on this windfall: FOR AT LEAST the past...
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