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Why is childbirth a medical procedure?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is childbirth a medical procedure?

...world take place through medical procedures? [Image: Daquella manera under CC-BY licence] Perhaps, and most worryingly, the number of caesarean deliveries has also increased dramatically in the last fifteen years. Whilst the World Health Organisation recommends that the caesarean rate should be no more than 10 – 15 per cent, the average caesarean rate across the UK is...
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Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?
History & The Arts

Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?

...world social contact has generated research and public interest over the past decade or so. In 2013, a series of experiments by researchers Daniel Comer Kidd and Emmanuel Castano (2013) were published in the influential Science journal, generating headlines such as ‘Reading Fiction Makes You A Nicer Person’ (Barras, 2013), ‘Now We Have Proof Reading Literary Fiction...
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Impossible Peace 2: Introduction
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Introduction

...World of War -power, ego and little leadership [Photo of Brian Rowan, a former BBC correspondent in Belfast and an author on the peace process.]Brian Rowan is a former BBC correspondent in Belfast and an author on the peace process. This is the latest publication drawn from the thousands of pieces of information that I have logged within my archive; the notes, diaries,...
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Article 5 mins
Learning from the Global South
Society, Politics & Law

Learning from the Global South

...world is upside down to show the perspective from the Global South. @@PLUGINFILE@@/image-hotspots-1000.h5p Transcripts for the videos Film 1 - The view from Glasgow, Scotland Film 2 - The view from Cape Town, South Africa Film 3 - The view from Bangladesh and Uganda Film 4 - The view from Brisbane, Australia and Santiago, Chile Film 5 - The view from Fiji and Aotearoa/New...
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Video 45 mins
Festival of Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Festival of Psychology

...World [Associate Professor / Yr Athro Cyswllt Paul B. Hutchings] Associate Professor Paul B. Hutchings Assistant Director, Centre for Psychology and Counselling University of Wales Trinity Saint David At a time when gender is at the forefront of consideration across the world, our ability to recognise and understand views that people have about their own and other genders...
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Video 2 hrs
Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...world around us. [Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains (Free Course Trailer)]...Introduction and guidance: Introduction - This free course explores psychological theory and research on the relationships we form with fictional characters. Throughout the course you will hear from leading crime writers, who will talk about how they create...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change

...World (Earthscan 1996) and Rethinking Capitalism (co-edited, Wiley Blackwell 2016). Michael Jacobs Website © ​ The Open University Transcript Stories of Change Project Michael Jacobs interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin, interviewer MJ: = Michael Jacobs special adviser to Gordon Brown from 2004-10, participant RH: So I’m in a restaurant in Bonn and the climate change...
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Getting started with Spanish 1
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 1

...world – Spanish. Whether this is the first time that you are learning Spanish, or you have already picked up some words and phrases from travelling across the Spanish-speaking world, this course is for you. This introduction offers the perfect opportunity to develop the skills needed to communicate effectively in Spanish in everyday contexts. This OpenLearn course is an...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs