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Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender

...thinking, and gender-affirmative psychotherapy; we introduce these ideas simply and clearly, and develop activities to enable readers to apply them to their own lives. The key methods that we employ to do this include: An examination of how gender is seen in broader culture, and how experiences of gender are located within this. Invitations to readers to engage in mapping...
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Article 10 mins
Growing plants, growing communities: Climate Camp, Veggie Gardens and Local Politics
Society, Politics & Law

Growing plants, growing communities: Climate Camp, Veggie Gardens and Local Politics

...system or 'AV'. But what happens when there is no vote – if an issue isn't addressed by the political parties of the day, or if the government retracts its election promises? Then there is protest, of course. Policed, of course, with 'legitimate force' used against any protesters deemed to be acting against the public interest (illegally). So a Climate Camp, a group of...
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Article 5 mins
Ten commandments of research
History & The Arts

Ten commandments of research

...system and stick to it. Cards work for many people; if you are using the computer, remember to back up and keep copies. Use the internet wisely and well. The internet has proved an enormous bonus to historians. Many archives (such as The Times) are now available on the internet and there are many helpful sites. You can get birth, death and marriage certificates (from...
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Article 5 mins
Talk the talk
Education & Development

Talk the talk

...thinking about what subject you might choose, what you want your talk to achieve, and what audience you'll be aiming at. Let's get started, and watch some experienced speakers, think about how their talks are structured and what makes them work. Marshal Anderson will be your guide through the course. An Open University Associate Lecturer and occasional stand-up comedian,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...think of what is absent, unreal or even absurd, and so it appears to grant us almost unlimited conceptual powers. Yet it also seems to inform our perception of what is present and real and everyday, and so permeates the most basic levels of our daily lives. In this course, we will be concerned with some of the different ways in which the imagination is talked of and...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...system. When deciding whether or not to use his savings, Philip may think about opportunity cost – the savings he uses to buy the music system will not then be available to purchase something else. He will also have to give up the interest he would have received on the savings spent on the music system. He might want to compare debt costs with the loss of income on his...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Why do England fail in international football competitions?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why do England fail in international football competitions?

...think the key point here is to not blame the FA in an individualised way, blaming their secretaries, and the emergence of the Football League in ’88 was a key point, why? Because it demonstrated the power of the professional football clubs at that point under the Football League and essentially created decentralised fragmentary structure and process for English football...
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Article 5 mins
How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...system. Rebecca Earle explains how...What we eat matters to us – but we’re not sure whether it ought to matter to anyone else. We generally insist that our diets are our business and resent being told to eat more fruit, consume less alcohol and generally pull our socks up when it comes to dinner. The efforts in 2012-13 by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg to ban...
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