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From Pakistan to Britain: Identity and Belonging
Society, Politics & Law

From Pakistan to Britain: Identity and Belonging

...history, art, music.I was fortunate to work in a place where I was exposed to various cultures. I started to experience the richness of the South Asian culture differently. By meeting with colleagues from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, I realised that we all share history, art, music. We have similar experiences, interests and challenges. I felt I...
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Article 10 mins
David Lucey
Education & Development

David Lucey

...family, so I thought I might get a better understanding of what it was like for him by researching the subject, while someone else – a support worker I used to know – also suffered with anxiety, and I thought I might be able to get a better understanding of her too through some research.’ Following his discovery of what OpenLearn has to offer, happily for us, David...
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Current conversations about ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Current conversations about ageing

...family planning, have reduced family sizes in many countries. Fewer births means the number of people aged 60 and over is increasing and in some countries is already larger than the number of children in their population. Much of the current focus is on the challenges facing these ageing populations, such as the impact on a country’s health and social care services and...
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Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact
Science, Maths & Technology

Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact

...families and reduced quality of life for the patients. Rare diseases can affect individuals of all ages, however, over 50% of rare diseases have a childhood-onset, so children are more likely to be affected by a rare disease. These are often terminal illnesses, and only 35% of children with a rare disease will live beyond their 5th birthday. In addition, only a few...
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Article 10 mins
Exploring how migration changes the places where we live
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring how migration changes the places where we live

...history and storytelling could support us to better understand the way that migration shapes and makes our communities and places. That is why in a research project on ‘Migration Making Places, Making People: New Narratives of Inclusion’ together with the University of Oxford, we have worked with the Migration Museum Project and Counterpoints Arts, through to civil...
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Article 15 mins
The body in antiquity
History & The Arts

The body in antiquity

...history is a history of bodies. Bodies attend parliaments and move to different regions; it is in human brains that ideas are conceived and decisions are made; it is human limbs that embrace friends and fight enemies. Moreover, history is shaped by bodily experience: lives of important people have been cut short by illnesses; large groups of migrants have decided to stay...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list

...history of the Paralympics hasn't always been smooth The University Of Kent's Julie Anderson reviews Steve Bailey's Athlete First: A History of the Paralympic Movement for Reviews In History, and discovers a tale of a movement that hasn't always progressed smoothly: As the embryonic Paralympic movement develops it becomes more administratively organised and Bailey follows...
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Is it true that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to eat junk food?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is it true that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to eat junk food?

...family living under the U.S. poverty line, which for a family of two is a bit above $16,000, or about $44 per day. It is doubtful a poor family of two would be able to regularly spend more than a third of its daily income eating fast food. The lure of fast food If politicians really want to improve the health of the poor, limiting fast-food restaurants in low-income...
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