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Star Wars: The use of myth
History & The Arts

Star Wars: The use of myth

...social charter’ to authorize and legitimise social arrangements. Can these ideas help us understand the Star Wars phenomena? Does a science fiction story about a bunch of renegades dabbling in faster-than-light space ships, light sabres and animism (the Force) while trying to overthrow a corrupt and despotic Empire, have any resonance for audiences today? The...
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Article 5 mins
Global Handwashing Day
Science, Maths & Technology

Global Handwashing Day

...social and religious implications of washing hands while also learning more about the science of hygiene and sanitation. ...[Global Handwashing Day Logo] 15th October is Global Handwashing Day, a day dedicated to increasing awareness about the benefits of handwashing with soap as an affordable way to improve health and save lives by preventing infections. Many infections...
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Article 10 mins
Managing care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing care

...social work, management is a crucial part of ensuring quality of service and care for users and staff, and the development of services and standards into the future. The discussions and interviews in this album focus on the importance of management strategies and techniques and garner the opinions and insights of staff at all levels, as well as those in care. These...
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Audio 2 hrs 47 mins
Exploring the classical world
History & The Arts

Exploring the classical world

...social and political context and assessing their value as historical sources. Readings in the original Latin or Greek and in translation illustrate the metric structures used and the challenges of effectively recreating these works in modern English. The material is drawn from The Open University course A219 Exploring the classical world... Exploring the classical world A...
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Audio 2 hrs 54 mins
Internet of everything
Digital & Computing

Internet of everything

...interactions (business and social) Digitise the world, connecting email web browser search e-commerce digital supply chain collaboration social mobility cloud video people process data things The first phase started over 20 years ago and is referred to as ‘connectivity’. Email, web browsing and searching for content was just beginning. The second phase started in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Methods in Motion: How do researchers know?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: How do researchers know?

...social dreaming matrix to investigate the impact of art on climate change awareness. This topic too provides a methodological test case, because aesthetic experience eludes scientific or cognitive dominated methodologies; also because climate change is so painful to face that it needs methods going beyond denial, disavowal and projection. Free association narrative...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Volkswagen Scandal
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Volkswagen Scandal

...social responsibility and governance. In this episode of Bottom Line, industry and finance leaders discuss the implications of this event. As the show reveals, this scandal has a number of different facets. These range from what actually occurred to specifics of the technology used to manipulate emission data to VW’s response to whether this problem extends to the car...
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Am I ready to be a distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be a distance learner?

...social media to interact with friends. Her course requires her to register online. Her course will require her to exchange emails with her tutor. Her course assumes she can take part in live online sessions. She will need to upload pictures to share with others. She will be expected to contribute to student forums. As part of her assessment she will need to complete...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs