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A history of child protection
Education & Development

A history of child protection

...profile scandals of children being removed by social workers from their homes on suspicion of widespread parental sex abuse in Cleveland (1987), Rochdale and Orkney (both 1990). Parents or other adults were suspected of practices, such as satanic abuse, without conclusive evidence. The public enquiries which followed these cases mired social workers - and medical staff...
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The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series
Money & Business

The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series

...profile. [emmanuel Asuquo headshot]Podcast 5: Emmanuel Asuquo Financial freedom Emmanuel is a financial adviser, planner, media figure, professional speaker, and author of Get Your Money Right. He encourages us to ask ourselves what we really want from life and to use the answers to shape our money behaviour. In this fascinating pod he invites us to dig deep and to make...
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Should the Americans consider the lessons of Brexit before voting this November?
Society, Politics & Law

Should the Americans consider the lessons of Brexit before voting this November?

...style" thumbs-up from the stage at the Republican National Convention] Donald Trump is riding a popular wave Populism on the rise Both the Republican and Democratic 2016 platforms illustrate this shift away from support for globalization toward more populist ideas. For example, the Democratic platform criticizes American trade agreements more heavily than in past...
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Systems Practice case study - The CEO
Money & Business

Systems Practice case study - The CEO

...styles. The systems map developed on my pin-board for several weeks and I added to it as ideas emerged (often in the bath or on the train). Metaphors Jemima Almey: While the systems map was developing, I noticed some metaphors kept recurring in the way I thought and talked about the issue. I next explored these metaphors. Buying them information Jemima Almey: I didn't...
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Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters
Health, Sports & Psychology

Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters

...style and tone of these defensive responses are wearyingly familiar to vegans. Food practices are socially powerful markers of social and cultural identity, making actual or implied criticism of them personally and hurtfully felt. Meat-eating in particular has been closely implicated in the construction of masculine identity. Challenging the dominance of non-vegan...
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The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911
Society, Politics & Law

The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911

...style production processes. In the Fordist method, a version of which was introduced at the Singer factory, the labour process was fragmented into simpler and more repetitive tasks with the pace of work being dictated by the machines. Mass production under this system was pressured and dehumanising with the worker seen as just another cog in the process of maximising...
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Film and society
History & The Arts

Film and society

...style voice over, which took a very different approach to The Blue Lamp. These were practically amateur films made by film buffs. Their work would lead to the British New Wave giving a voice to the working class, to the regions and to youth in films like Saturday Night Sunday Morning (Karel Reisz 1960). The ‘permissive society’ is depicted, a challenge to long-held...
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10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn
History & The Arts

10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn

...styles shifted throughout the years earning him new fans and a solid reputation. Dr Frank Monaghan explains his creative and innovative style here: "He seems to have seen identity as something constantly on the horizon of our perception, always becoming, never merely being – an arrival that always included its departure: ‘When the kids had killed the man / I had to...
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