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Museums in contemporary society
History & The Arts

Museums in contemporary society

...care, museums now have to justify their decisions to the government, to their audiences, sometimes even to vociferous pagans. The challenge is to reach out to new audiences and devise new ways of communicating with them. The rewards are many: to maintain status and respect, to win hearts and influence people, even to foster a warm sense of nationhood. This album also...
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Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...Care Bear teddy, which they brought along in case they encountered any fellow Care Bears in the clouds who might want to chat! Just like how we process information differently, we can also remember things differently. The type of memories that we have and the age that we have them may be partly explained by the part of the world where we come from. Remembering...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
What do you need to know about Donald Trump's nominee to oversee US banking?
Money & Business

What do you need to know about Donald Trump's nominee to oversee US banking?

...careful scrutiny, however, does not involve his qualifications. Rather it’s a view of his that, if allowed to permeate the Fed, would represent a seismic shock to how the central bank operates and could potentially have severe consequences if – or when – we stumble into another financial crisis like the one we endured only a decade ago. How the Fed controls the...
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What makes people happy at work?
Money & Business

What makes people happy at work?

...care and early years facilities for women, what they haven't been so good at recognising is that men are parents too. And people have other life cycle changes which leads to changes in their relationship with work, for example they may have caring responsibilities for elderly parents. " Is worker happiness an achievable aim? Will Hutton, at least, is optimistic about the...
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Article 10 mins
Feeling Stuck in your Job or Career? The ACT Matrix may be the Tool you Need
Health, Sports & Psychology

Feeling Stuck in your Job or Career? The ACT Matrix may be the Tool you Need

...caring commitments) or feel boring or ‘not right’ anymore. It may also feel like you have achieved all your work goals but are still unfulfilled. You are stuck: the normal way of doing your job isn’t working anymore, or you cannot get that next promotion. These situations then often lead to feelings of worry, stress and anxiety, and even hopelessness and...
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How does COVID-19 affect cancer treatment?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does COVID-19 affect cancer treatment?

...care units. In the UK, 26,771 people passed away from 687,369 patients that have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 (numbers correct as of 30 April 2020), which suggest a mortality rate of 15%. Various studies are trying to understand why some patients have more severe symptoms than others. Unfortunately, there is currently no specific treatment for COVID-19; although many...
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Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system
Science, Maths & Technology

Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system

...care. This could mean exchanging surplus space in a home for care of a resident, their home and garden (including food production and biodiversity). Leveraging seeks new design opportunities in functioning systems. Even in the densely populated UK, there is still much latent potential to expand food production on private and public land. Roles for designers in this...
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Article 5 mins
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...adult and a child and sets limits on what someone is allowed to do. You will use the internet to listen to people talking about the issues. You will also get to see what children think about the way the criminal law attaches labels to them. Watch the following video, in which course author Rod Earle from The Open University introduces this session. ROD EARLE Stories about...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs