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Theories and concepts in family meanings
Society, Politics & Law

Theories and concepts in family meanings

...introduction to the album. Family discourses Ros Edwards, professor of social policy at the London South Bank University talks about family discourses. Family practices and meanings The Open University's Megan Doolittle talks to David Morgan, a professor at the University of Manchester, about family meanings and practices. Intimacy Lynn Jamieson (The University of...
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Is science fiction a field in its own right?
History & The Arts

Is science fiction a field in its own right?

...introduction as a student had a significant impact on my own work. When I wrote the proposal for a PhD in literature and science, it originally did not cover any science fiction at all—it was my supervisor, Sally Shuttleworth, who very soon after the start of my PhD convinced me to include science fiction. I am grateful for that, but I also wonder how many other...
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Paul Tucker On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Nature & Environment

Paul Tucker On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...Manager at Northampton Partnership Homes. Paul gained his OU degree course in Environmental Management and Technology, qualifiying with first class honours in 2019. He started postgraduate study towards a Masters in Systems Thinking in Practice in 2020 and completed the first module, Managing change with STiP (TB872) and enrolled in a second module, T891, Making...
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Step up to leadership
Money & Business

Step up to leadership

...project management process brings for us. Often, dynamic people and dynamic organisations like policing tend to be very uncomfortable with that kind of structure and governance, but it's absolutely critical when you're trying to deliver quite complex change over a sustained period of time. And I think, often, that lack of attention to discipline is where a lot of us fall...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Percy Shelley: Polemicist
History & The Arts

Percy Shelley: Polemicist

...introduction along with a 172 line poem followed by accompanying notes. The nature of the work is clear: it’s a reasoned and passionate response to the perceived ills and injustices of the world by an 18 year old radical. First and foremost the young Shelley issues a pointed condemnation of the militaristic stance of the British establishment, along with stanzas that...
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Opening up history: eighteenth century ideas of national independence
History & The Arts

Opening up history: eighteenth century ideas of national independence

...project about? I recently finished writing a book examining movements for independence in Corsica, Poland, America, France, Ireland, and Haiti. Rather than treating each revolution separately, I focus on how contemporaries thought about the legitimacy of independence: what made a claim to self-rule valid, and how they justified separation from foreign domination. By...
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Guide to studying through medium of Welsh at university
Education & Development

Guide to studying through medium of Welsh at university

...project and website for students. The resources have been created in partnership with Bangor University, Aberystwyth University, University of Wales Trinity Saint David and Grŵp Llandrillo Menai. Explore the guide: Preparing for university [university ready - white back ] This resource is part of the University Ready hub. Find more resources like this on the hub homepage....
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Beachbrains
Science, Maths & Technology

Beachbrains

...project of Intelligence Realm Inc. intends to create – at least a small – thinking beach. Based on the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) – the same technology as the basis of the much better known SETI1 project – the aim of the Artificial Intelligence System is to simulate the human brain, in real time. If their current experiments pay...
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