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The five billion dollar franchise: How much will Disney make from Star Wars merchandise
Money & Business

The five billion dollar franchise: How much will Disney make from Star Wars merchandise

...et al. As David Barnett wrote in the Independent, not only did the series of films capture the imagination, but the desire to own affiliated memorabilia was unparalleled. He states that between 1977 and 1978, Star Wars toys brought in US$100m in revenue. By last year, the total was nearer US$12 billion. Young and old And Star Wars has cross-generational appeal. How many...
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Political grief: understanding an emerging phenomenon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Political grief: understanding an emerging phenomenon

...et al., 2025). You might feel it after an election result that dismays you. You might experience it when a government makes a policy decision that conflicts with your deepest values. You might carry it through social media arguments with friends who hold opposing views. It is now beginning to be established as a highly significant emotional and psychological phenomenon...
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Is your social media use impacting your future?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is your social media use impacting your future?

...et al. (2019) discussed this concept with some members of the public and there is evidence to suggest it can have both a positive and negative effect on the perceptions of an individual or organisation. For example, certain ‘star’ systems and ‘reviews’ can tell us how a service is performing from the user perspective or, alternatively, it can give us professional...
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Activity 5 mins
Oxygen, blood and the body
Science, Maths & Technology

Oxygen, blood and the body

...et al. 1993). [science fiction man in green light with bloodshot no ats] Green blood in humans? Science fiction or science fact? Green blood featured in an episode of the crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (The Theory of Everything). It may sound like science fiction - and indeed Star Trek’s Mr Spock supposedly had green blood - but real cases have been noted of...
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Activity 10 mins
Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis

...et al., 2017) · dread associated with negative environmental information more generally (Clayton, 2020) · heightened psychological (mental, emotional, somatic) distress in response to the climate emergency (Bednarek, 2019). The term is an oversimplification though and symptoms can be varied and mixed. As well as general anxiety people might experience depression, guilt,...
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Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...et al 2020) so learning to write effectively for practice is a very important element of professional development across the career. This course focuses on developing your understanding of professional writing in social work and the ways in which you can become an effective writer. [A photograph of a messy desk.] Figure 2 In this section you will: learn about the WiSP...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...motivation — even more so in volunteering, where a person can choose to leave because they are not there for the money. You will come back to these ideas on role conflict and ambiguity in Activity 3...Week 1: Getting started – working in a voluntary organisation: 2.3 Person and role - If you have many responsibilities, you may have to decide on the amount of time and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Achieving public dialogue
Science, Maths & Technology

Achieving public dialogue

...motives are apparent too in the latter part of Klug's quote. It's possible to read into his words that the public has to be ‘with us’, or ‘on our side’, if new research and applications are to go ahead without significant public disquiet. And what of government? If research programmes have strong commercial repercussions, then government (and academia) within the...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs