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Magical Modernity in a Muggle World? Witchcraft, Spirituality and Everyday Enchantment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Magical Modernity in a Muggle World? Witchcraft, Spirituality and Everyday Enchantment

...economic, social and health implications. The NHS Trust Association’s website, designed for use by health service professionals, lists crystal healing, dowsing and flower therapy amongst the recommended complementary and alternative therapies available. Spiritual healing has been trialled in a major English hospital with positive outcomes for those living with chronic...
Machiavelli and Political power
Society, Politics & Law

Machiavelli and Political power

...Economics at Trinity College, Oxford then studied for his doctorate at the University of Glasgow, where he went on to teach. He’s currently with the Open University Philosophy Department. A specialist in political philosophy, here he gives Ever Wondered? political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli’s tips to climbing the greasy pole to power. "Politics is about power and we...
Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part II diversity and safety
Health, Sports & Psychology

Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part II diversity and safety

...economic reasons and limited transport options as causes of health inequalities, providing some solutions being undertaken by MK Parks Trust. This article will examine the issues of inequalities with regard to diversity and safety issues. Discrimination and cultural issues can also mean some individuals and communities are less likely to access nature, or to have a...
How does trauma influence identity and engagement with extremism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How does trauma influence identity and engagement with extremism?

...economic change in society in line with the group/individual beliefs. Examples of terrorist groups include Al Qaeda, ISIL and Boko Haram. Many factors have been identified as to why people join extremist groups. There are push factors, that is conditions that lead to a person wanting to engage such as poverty, discrimination, lack of opportunities, history of abuse,...
Deplaning: Why is the 747 coming to the end of the runway?
Science, Maths & Technology

Deplaning: Why is the 747 coming to the end of the runway?

...economic design did much to move international travel within reach of middle-class holiday goers rather than just the privileged few. [A cargo-carrying 747] However, the venerable Boeing 747 may be nearing the end of its production life – its manufacturing rate is to be halved to six a year. A shift towards newer and more efficient aircraft that can land at smaller (and...
Earth Day on OpenLearn
Nature & Environment

Earth Day on OpenLearn

...economics: the secret life of t-shirts (Free course) Is your wash day polluting the ocean? (Article) Too much of a good thing? Choice challenges in sustainable clothes shopping (Article) Transport A huge contributor to carbon emissions worldwide, petrol cars equate to roughly 33% of C02 emissions in the United Kingdom alone (Source). Review your car usage to see if...
The rural dimension – after rundale
OpenLearn Ireland

The rural dimension – after rundale

...economically dependent on Britain despite political independence. Now that Ireland is a member of the European Union, agriculture and much of rural society is dependent on policy formulated in Brussels which is often inappropriate to the small farms in the West of Ireland, In other words, in successive systems of interdependence, farmers in the West of Ireland have been...
Trust in the Workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Trust in the Workplace

...economic security impacts their social and political attitudes and behaviours. A lack of trust predictably can lead to tribalism, conflict, and lack of cooperation with the social good. The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020/2021 has in this sense provided a glimpse of a future in which relationships are rapidly changing, in which taken for granted notions of working practices are...