2,636 search results
A future for languages in schools?
Languages

A future for languages in schools?

...project led by the University of Westminster and Network for Languages London, the LCLC has begun to work with primary schools. The Open University has taken the lead in working with teachers, helping practitioners to keep abreast of the latest academic developments in language pedagogy by providing subject-based and pedagogical training, both face to face and online....
View article A future for languages in schools?
Article 5 mins
Methods in Motion: Emotionally sensing knowledge
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Emotionally sensing knowledge

...project Death in the Family in Urban Senegal on the methodological complexities of producing ‘emotionally sensed knowledge’, while the post on 3 March by our co-investigator Jane McCarthy explored What We Don’t Know in Cross-Cultural Research. Given our focus on understanding the material and emotional significance of the death of a relative, we sought to engage in...
View article Methods in Motion: Emotionally sensing knowledge
Article 5 mins
Is it ever morally acceptable to visit a mass murder site?
History & The Arts

Is it ever morally acceptable to visit a mass murder site?

...projects? My family’s interests? My country’s interests? Our species’ interests? In particular, for our case, should we put aside our temporal perspective – that we are judging from the 21st Century? Putting aside our temporal perspective would lead to our judging either both tours wrong or neither wrong; the passage of time would make no difference. If we allow...
View article Is it ever morally acceptable to visit a mass murder site?
Article 10 mins
Can we be categorised by our DNA?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can we be categorised by our DNA?

...project, or visit our website to know more about the project. References Bycroft, C., Fernandez-Rozadilla, C., Ruiz-Ponte, C. et al. (2019) ‘Patterns of genetic differentiation and the footprints of historical migrations in the Iberian Peninsula’, Nature Communications 10(551). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08272-w Chacón-Duque, JC., Adhikari, K.,...
View video Can we be categorised by our DNA?
Video 7 mins
Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...Introduction - Research completed by Donne Women in Music in 2024 found that 92.5 per cent of orchestral repertoire performed worldwide in the 2023/24 concert season was written by men, while music written by women made up just 7.5 per cent. (Donne Women in Music’s research was based on an examination of the repertoire presented by 111 orchestras based across 30...
View course Women transforming classical music
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Why HR leaders needs to be systems thinkers
Money & Business

Why HR leaders needs to be systems thinkers

...management. Systems thinking is an approach to problem-solving that sees complex entities as a series of components with each part interacting with and influencing the rest. The approach can be applied to managing organisations: the various divisions, units and teams – the components – of a large organisation are seen to continually interact with and affect each...
View article Why HR leaders needs to be systems thinkers
Article 5 mins
Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...managing human interventions associated with socio-economic and environmental development. So what is systems thinking? Why might systems approaches provide better support for strategic planning? Moreover, how might such approaches support systemic success? This free course, Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP), is divided into two parts – Part 1...
View course Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
The drive to sustainability in Higher Education
Nature & Environment

The drive to sustainability in Higher Education

...manage campus buildings and site operations, for example, regarding building construction and operations, procurement processes, information and communication technologies (ICT) systems efficiency, pollution control, water and waste management, and campus design and planning policies aimed at preserving green spaces, wildlife and biodiversity and so on. [A small tree-like...
View article The drive to sustainability in Higher Education
Article 10 mins