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Browse 9 OpenLearn items Professor Marie Gillespie has worked on

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  Dialogues Across Borders¹¹⁴

  Abdul Rahman Haroun walked from France to the United Kingdom. On A Wing And A Prayer is a response to that journey.

  Watch now: Dialogues Across Borders

  Updated on:

  03 Aug 2017

• Copyright: The Open University

  

  PodMag December 2016¹¹⁴

  PodMag is the monthly update of news, views and interviews from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Arts (FASS) at The Open University.

  Listen now: PodMag December 2016

  Updated on:

  21 Dec 2016

• Copyright: Artwork by Gary Edwards © The Open University

  

  Refugees languish in camps on Lesvos as conditions deteriorate¹¹⁴

  It is feared that thousands of refugees will remain in limbo in Lesvos indefinitely, and that the world is simply looking the other way.

  Read now: Refugees languish in camps on Lesvos as conditions deteriorate

  Updated on:

  19 Jul 2016

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  Phones – crucial to survival for refugees on the perilous route to Europe¹¹⁴

  Why are smartphones essential to refugees’ journeys? Professor Marie Gillespie explains. 

  Read now: Phones – crucial to survival for refugees on the perilous route to Europe

  Updated on:

  05 Jul 2016

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  The BBC World Service is a force for good – look after it, or risk losing it¹¹⁴

  Peter Horrocks was the Director of the BBC World Service and has just become Vice-Chancellor of The Open University. In this article OU Professor of Sociology Marie Gillespie argues for the importance of the World Service.

  Read now: The BBC World Service is a force for good – look after it, or risk losing it

  Updated on:

  09 Jun 2015

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  We need to protect the World Service, or lose it forever¹¹⁴

  As the World Service moves to being funded from the licence fee, Marie Gillespie explains why she believes it's a service well worth saving.

  Read now: We need to protect the World Service, or lose it forever

  Updated on:

  04 Apr 2014

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  Punchlines and conclusions¹¹⁴

  During the Lenny's Britain series, we asked for your help with some research. We wanted to understand British humour - and you responded with your jokes. Thanks for taking part in the research - and now, Marie Gillespie shares with OpenLearn some of the findings.

  Read now: Punchlines and conclusions

  Updated on:

  19 Jan 2009

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  Just a bit of fun: A survey of British jokes¹¹⁴

  Jokes may be just a bit of fun in our day-to-day lives, lightening a moment or breaking the ice, but they can also offer us an insight into our society – into who we are and how we socialise, says Marie Gillespie

  Read now: Just a bit of fun: A survey of British jokes

  Updated on:

  11 Jun 2007

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  In conclusion¹¹⁴

  So, what do the jokes we've been told tell us about the sort of people we are?

  Read now: In conclusion

  Updated on:

  01 Jun 2007

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