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Catalan resurgent: how a language has gone from ban to boom
Languages

Catalan resurgent: how a language has gone from ban to boom

...history, but is a key marker of identity in Catalonia, a region where many hope for independence from Spain. This will soon come to a head as Catalonia prepares for regional elections on September 27. Should a coalition united on the issue of Catalonian independence win a majority, its leader – the current Catalan president Artur Mas – has said he would declare...
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Learning How To Learn: Words from the Wise
Education & Development

Learning How To Learn: Words from the Wise

...history with these reflective quotes on learning and self-development. ...Learning is exciting but it’s also a challenge. In fact, if it wasn’t a challenge, it wouldn’t be exciting! And that challenge is added to if you’re learning at a distance, given that you need even more resourcefulness and perseverance than someone studying by more traditional means. So,...
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How should Rwanda remember the genocide?
History & The Arts

How should Rwanda remember the genocide?

...history of policy and practice of memory, justice, and recovery in the country over the past 24 years. Two questions are especially pertinent: how have Rwandans engaged in various forms of memory after genocide? How have these processes been meaningful? From a series of nearly 60 interviews conducted in the country since 2015, I have learned from a diversity of...
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Insights into Policing and Racism in the UK – a collection
Education & Development

Insights into Policing and Racism in the UK – a collection

...History Month event entitled ‘Student voices on race and policing in the US and UK‘. This online event included Open Justice OU students discussing their experiences engaging in the race and policing project and their development of the topics for their 5000-word essays. It also provided, from CPRL’s Dr Liliana Belkin, an overview and historical context of (some of)...
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Methods of studying children: the background
Education & Development

Methods of studying children: the background

...a longitudinal study, and the way it is reported also involves case studies of individual children and their families. Discover methods of studying children The collection of articles, videos, photos and audio exploring child development has been made possible by a partnership between the British Psychological Society and The Open University Child and Youth Studies Group....
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An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language
Education & Development

An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language

...families and deaf communities, but it was not recognised as an official language until 2003. Here at the OU we have around 1,300 students who have registered with a hearing disability. The Open University Students Association teamed up with one such student, Joshua Page, and his friend Joshua Sprules to put together some basic BSL tuition to introduce you to BSL. BSL uses...
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Syria, Spitsbergen and Seeds
Society, Politics & Law

Syria, Spitsbergen and Seeds

...history. It’s hard to imagine an out-of-date crop being useful. Harder still to see the use of a crop wild relative. However, and perhaps surprisingly, these old plant varieties could be key to our future global food security. Rather than seeing these plants as whole, coherent varieties, plant scientists increasingly see them as big bundles of genetic traits. So while...
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Does Inside Out accurately capture the mind of an 11-year-old girl? A child psychologist weighs in
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does Inside Out accurately capture the mind of an 11-year-old girl? A child psychologist weighs in

...family and school, where parents and teachers play a huge role in teaching children Riley’s age how to mediate their feelings. Most 11-year-olds can tell you that they have feelings – and can name a few (though most would not name Disgust) – but more often than not, these feelings can overwhelm them. Adults, then, help them understand and make sense of their...
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