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Money & Business

Midlife MOT

This collection of resources will help you take your Midlife MOT learning further, building on the areas of wealth, wellbeing and work to create a happy and secure future.
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Your Wellbeing MOT

...activity...Acknowledgements: This content was inspired by our 'How healthy are you?' interactive. [Screengrab from Your Wellbeing MOT interactive] Select the image above to start the 'Your wellbeing MOT' quiz. For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....
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Activity 10 mins
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Le Corbusier

...class professionals today. When Le Corbusier died in 1965, the backlash against Modernism was gaining momentum. His theories on urban renewal were plagiarised by local authorities on tight budgets, which often failed to understand the essential humanism behind Le Corbusier's plans. Ronan Point was the result. But blaming Le Corbusier as the architect of post-war housing...
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Society, Politics & Law

The working-class garden

...classes - the role of women, and how programmes like Ground Force threw working class traditions out to make way for all that decking...Find out about The Open University's Open degree Laurie Taylor: Sometime in the early ‘70s I found myself in the back room of a very large estate pub chairing a meeting of local council tenants. Well as I remember, the meeting had been...
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Article 15 mins
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Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing

...MOT. Your midlife years – that is, when you’re between about 40 and 60 – will probably be a very hectic time indeed. You might have ended up in a challenging job, or you might be working hard to get one. You could be looking after the kids, your parents or maybe both. Maybe you’re putting time and energy into a whole new way of life. All of that (and more) could...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Discuss: The struggle of the working class

...class? Fill in our short survey and share your thoughts and memories...[Unison rally in Oxford] The working class was born into struggle as workers fought for a living wage. In the years since the fight for a decent life has waxed and waned. Notable victories include the achievement of the 1945-50 Labour government which created the NHS and welfare. Notable defeats...
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Discuss: Housing for the working class

...class. Fill in our short survey and share your thoughts and memories...[Terraced houses in Preston, Lancs] For the working class housing has always been a problem: bad landlords racking up the rent, cramped space, dirt and disrepair. Today, it’s harder than ever to get social housing, while for those working class people who have been able to ‘buy’, mortgages...
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Discuss: Representations of the working class

...class in the media: stereotypes or accurate potrayals? Fill in our short survey and share your thoughts and memories...[Trotter's van from Only Fools and Horses] Until well into the twentieth century working class people were either invisible in fiction and drama or else shown as stereotypes: the unworthy and sometimes the worthy poor. But slowly from the 1950s more...
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