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Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs

...families. The government is currently exploring amendments to existing law to create a shared understanding, which will support a clearer response to this problem. This change in the law will treat the people perpetrating the exploitation as criminals and the children and young people as victims. At the moment this isn’t always so, partly because children in this...
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Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?

...history, community and organisation matter, but also less pre-determined because these specifics are highly changeable. It can be difficult to think in scales of global economic tides and social values, but the individual, workplace, family or locality is easier to apprehend and to alter. A political aspect of open methodologies is that they approach methods not in terms...
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The Rise of Museums
History & The Arts

The Rise of Museums

...history, of civilisation have become emblematic of modernity and rational knowledge, their majestic architecture, part cathedral, part stately home, and their neat displays of objects organised along taxonomic and/or evolutionary principles. When did the idea arise that museums and their exhibitions could be viewed as technologies themselves for self-improvement and a...
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Design in a nutshell
Science, Maths & Technology

Design in a nutshell

Get the lowdown on 6 key design movements and share your design alter-ego...Want to learn about six of the most important movements in design history? Watch these short animations: Gothic revival Transcript Arts and Crafts Transcript Bauhaus Transcript Modernism Transcript American Industrial design Transcript Postmodernism Transcript
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The evolution of English: From Romans to Shakespeare
Languages

The evolution of English: From Romans to Shakespeare

Part one: The history of colonialism was a major factor in the development of English. Follow the global spread of English starting with the Roman invasion...Scroll back and forth through the dates in the timeline below using the arrows either side. You can then read more about each time period, see images and even play videos.
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Week 1 Civilisations: The debate
History & The Arts

Week 1 Civilisations: The debate

...History and academic consultant on Civilisations, responds to the first episode and starts up our discussion hub...[Dame de Brassempouy (BBC USE)] Dame de Brassempouy c. 23000 - 20000 BC Welcome to the first post-viewing discussion of Civilisations. I was one of the OU's academic consultants on the series and for close to two years now we have been watching this hugely...
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The evolution of English: From the 17th century to the present day
Languages

The evolution of English: From the 17th century to the present day

Part two: The history of colonialism was a major factor in the development of English. Follow the global spread of English from the 17th century to the present day...Scroll back and forth through the dates in the timeline below using the arrows either side. You can then read more about each time period, see images and even play videos.
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South Asian young adult carers: Balancing their caring roles and planning for the future
Health, Sports & Psychology

South Asian young adult carers: Balancing their caring roles and planning for the future

...family member? Via animations and short articles, South Asian young adult carers share their experiences of navigating education, culture and faith as they transition to adulthood, as part of the SATTA research at The Open University...Introduction Dr. Geraldine Boyle and her colleagues are carrying out research into the experiences of South Asian young adult carers...
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