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Methods in Motion: As borders flex, how does citizenship change?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: As borders flex, how does citizenship change?

...creative reimagining. Focusing on the manner in which citizenship is practiced, the remaining workshops explored specific research methods that can be used for understanding how citizenship is practiced. Eleni Andreouli focused on socio-psychological approaches to citizenship, which revealed new ways in which citizens construct, mobilise and negotiate the meanings of...
Indian summer monsoon amplified global warming 130,000 years ago, helping end ice age
Nature & Environment

Indian summer monsoon amplified global warming 130,000 years ago, helping end ice age

...impact on the global climate. Monsoons should not be viewed in isolation, just as the polar ice sheets shouldn’t. Earth’s internal climate system is intrinsically linked and abrupt changes at one place can have significant consequences over time elsewhere. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article....
Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work

...and hostile work and personal environments, rather than giving us all another job of training ourselves to be more resilient to these environments.[The Conversation] Rajvinder Samra, Lecturer in Health, The Open University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. More on Mental Health and Young People...
Selling Empire: Film
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Film

...creative treatment of actuality, and as having a wider social role. When the EMB closed in 1933, key personnel were absorbed into the General Post Office film unit under John Grierson, and later still into the Crown Film Unit. The GPO Film Unit famously made Basil Wright’s Night Mail (1936, overlaid with rhythmic poetry by Auden and music by Benjamin Brittan), and the...
A ‘disorder’ or just me? Life with bipolar
Health, Sports & Psychology

A ‘disorder’ or just me? Life with bipolar

...Foundation (2022) What it’s like to have bipolar, by people who have bipolar Available at: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/blogs/what-its-have-bipolar-people-who-have-bipolar (accessed 03/03/23) Image 1 for banner available at Brain Colors Creativity - Free image on Pixabay Image 2 available at Psychology Mind Thoughts - Free image on Pixabay...
Introduction to Green Social Prescribing — Mental Health and the Workplace Environment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to Green Social Prescribing — Mental Health and the Workplace Environment

...creative nature pursuits for both workers and their families. Open parts of outside areas for cultivation and use by local communities alongside workers. Liz Middleton is an Associate Lecturer for the Open University and a Chartered Educational Psychologist with a keen interest in exploring ways to support Mental Health and Wellbeing. She is also an OpenLearn Champion for...
Entrepreneurial resilience or moving the goal posts?
Money & Business

Entrepreneurial resilience or moving the goal posts?

...creative use of existing resources, flexibility, experimentation and learning-by-doing that characterise an effectual approach may help some businesses to be more resilient – and even to find new and more profitable business opportunities. References (1) Sarasvathy, S.D. (2001) 'Causation and effectuation: Toward a theoretical shift from economic inevitability to...
Why New York-style rent controls would not work in London
Society, Politics & Law

Why New York-style rent controls would not work in London

...creativity at risk. They have forced artists, small businesses and lower-income households out of the central areas, leaving them a monocultural wasteland of bankers and businessmen. Those who stay are crammed into ever more cramped and unsanitary accommodation, while those who now commute from distant suburbs make this the country’s capital of gridlock. To avoid a...