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Swearing today: have our attitudes changed?
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Swearing today: have our attitudes changed?

...public life today than they were in the past? Or are we generally less fussed about it than we once were? Are we, in fact, mostly blasé about swearing on the television, in films, or when we hear it punctuating the speech of public figures? And if so, what does this tell us about the state of society? The answer is, as with so much in life, a bit of both. Whereas just a...
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Behind the camera
History & The Arts

Behind the camera

...public spheres – but with little awareness of their value to future generations of film archivists and historians. The organisations were the bodies, from government level downwards to anti-establishment militants, who sought to harness the medium to help spread their message. Sometimes it was ‘official’ information and education that emerged, about the latest...
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Joe Smith - Overview of Projects
Nature & Environment

Joe Smith - Overview of Projects

...public conversation about energy. Our goal is to try to remind society of the fact that humanity’s relationship with energy has always been changing, it’s always been very dynamic, and so we’re just trying to loosen up the public imagination about energy in the present, which has got rather static around the theme of fossil fuels. And then of course I am keeping...
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Home education collection
Education & Development

Home education collection

...public attention during periods of pandemic disrupted schooling and online learning because of national lockdowns between 2020-2021. Yet anecdotally the practice of educating children and young people outside of mainstream education has been steadily increasing for several years prior to 2020. While the study of home education around the world has also expanded over the...
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Hybrid working and digital transformation toolkit
Money & Business

Hybrid working and digital transformation toolkit

...public bodies, businesses, and other organisations share their journeys towards new ways of working, alongside expert voices in sustainability and futures planning. Hefyd ar gael yn Gymraeg. | Also available in Welsh. Free online courses Articles and activities Read more about the collection The collection hears from those in higher education institutions (HEIs), public...
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Environmental responsibility
Nature & Environment

Environmental responsibility

...public. Conversation on creative climate with Joe Smith and Martin Reynolds - part 2 Part 2 of 2 -Discussion exploring the value of an Open University initiative – in partnership with the BBC – called Creative Climate, providing space over 10 years (2010–2020) for constructive conversation on climate change amongst and between experts and lay public. Debate on...
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Customer Service: Expert's Corner with Professor Sally Dibb
Money & Business

Customer Service: Expert's Corner with Professor Sally Dibb

...Public Accounts Committee over tax avoidance. In order to counter the negative publicity, Starbucks plans to change its arrangements and pay UK corporation tax while Google has just made such a settlement. Calls for more ethically produced and sustainable products is a similar reaction to the perception that big business behaves badly. The Institute of Business Ethics is...
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From Conversations on co-production to participants’ engagements
Society, Politics & Law

From Conversations on co-production to participants’ engagements

...into shared ground through urgent solidarity”. You will then have the opportunity to explore how those interactions were complemented, during the event, by interactive aspects that invited public audiences to take part and to reflect on their own civic positioning, identity, and ethical responsibility towards aspects of citizenship, migration and the refugee crisis....
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