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Economy, business and development - Student Hub Live's Brexit Special

...social exchange and political convergence. However, the Brexit decision was triggered in part by a perception that EU trade arrangements now restrain member states from pursuing global trade and undermine their social cohesion through increased movement and scaled-down welfare states. The single European market has been condemned for expanding regulation while its single...

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Video 30 mins

OpenLearn Ireland

Wholly Trinity: Abortion, Art and Activism in Ireland

...social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation." (Angela Davis). This short film, produced collaboratively by The Open University, Alliance for Choice and The Array Collective explores the role that artists and creatives played in campaigning for abortion rights in Ireland...About the project Art has always been a...

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Video 30 mins

Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to electronics

...interactive website, videos, and easy-to-use electronic circuit design and simulation software, this free course, An introduction to electronics, will show how electronic devices and systems pervade everything we do, and teach some of the basic ideas...Electronics is fundamental to modern life. Using an interactive website, videos, and easy-to-use electronic circuit...

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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs

Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: An emerging politics of Brexit

...social psychology and other social sciences. In a previous contribution to the MiM blog, I considered the value of developing a social psychology of citizenship. In that post, I suggested that the specific contribution of social psychology is to examine citizenship in the everyday; to explore, in other words, the politics of ordinary and mundane political acts which are...

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Article 5 mins

Health, Sports & Psychology

Schizophrenia: Beyond science

...social and emotional support to people with psychotic experiences, Thomas suggests that medication alone is not sufficient to meet the needs of people diagnosed with schizophrenia. In 1994, Richard Warner pointed out that recovery, or at least better social inclusion following psychosis, was significantly higher in the developing world than in the developed world, despite...

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Article 5 mins

Money & Business

Drugs and consumerism

...pricing, advertising and marketing...The OU's Dr Peter Bloom talks to Professor Gerard Hastings—the first UK Professor of Social Marketing and founder/director of the Institute for Social Marketing and Centre for Tobacco Control Research at Stirling and The Open University—about consumerism, marketing, and pricing, particularly around prescription drugs. Transcript...

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Audio 45 mins

Money & Business

Making decisions

...social context in which decisions are made can improve your understanding of others and yourself...Do you hate making decisions? Does the ability of others to make snap decisions really frustrate you? This free course will help you understand some of the processes involved in decision making. Attention to the psychology of decision making and the social context in which...

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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs

Society, Politics & Law

Engendering citizenship

...social citizenship. With particular reference to women and disabled people, you will look at the rights and obligations that develop within society to link people together...How do you create citizenship? How do you feel you belong? This free course, Engendering citizenship, examines social citizenship. With particular reference to women and disabled people, you will look...

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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr

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Economy, business and development - Student Hub Live's Brexit Special