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Migrant businesswomen and the census
Society, Politics & Law

Migrant businesswomen and the census

...change in three aspects measured in the UK Census: migration, gender, and business, and shows how art-based approaches such as storytelling can be used to communicate quantitative Census data. Project team: Dr Carry van Lieshout (The Open University), Gunjan Sondhi (The Open University). Partners: ReWomen (Women of Management and Enterprise Network), CREME (Centre for...
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Northern Ireland Science Festival 2022: Tackling BAME Disparities in STEM Education
Miscellaneous

Northern Ireland Science Festival 2022: Tackling BAME Disparities in STEM Education

...change. They shared their work and opinion on why this exists and what can be done to encourage more students from BAME groups to take up STEM subjects. Panel members: Clem Herman, Prof. of Gender Technology at The Open University; Moira Dean, Prof. in Consumer Psychology and Food Security at Queen’s University, James Uhomoibhi, Lecturer in Engineering and Head of the...
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Reading communities
Education & Development

Reading communities

...changing nature of reading and the value of everyday reading practices, these supported children’s RfP. These reading communities generated new kinds of talk about reading. Reciprocal and interactive reading communities enabled teachers to: Develop a shared concept of what it means to be a reader in the 21st century Create new social spaces that encouraged choice,...
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Accessing genetic testing through the NHS
Science, Maths & Technology

Accessing genetic testing through the NHS

...changes or variations in genes that cause health problems, we explain why genetic testing is recommended by health professionals in certain situations, how you can go about accessing it through the NHS, what the entire process involves, how the results are interpreted and used to support diagnosis and treatment, and what other considerations should be made. To understand...
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Art history: modern and contemporary
History & The Arts

Art history: modern and contemporary

...changed. Industry was booming, and the speed of life increasing. Artists, thinkers and architects strove to find new ways of encapsulating this new world … and modernism was born. The collection describes how throughout the twentieth century different media and artforms were added to the canon, and the sophisticated social structure of the Art-world developed. This...
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Introducing the Generation Study – Emily Darlington, MP
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing the Generation Study – Emily Darlington, MP

...changing difference. Emily Darlington, MP for Milton Keynes Central, introduces the study through this video, and encourages people to learn more about the project or to get involved. For further information, please visit www.generationstudy.co.uk. Transcript The GRACE (Genetics Research Awareness via Community Engagement) project is supporting the Generation Study. To...
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Exploring wave motion
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring wave motion

...changing the driving frequency of the oscillator that's creating the wave. Apertures and diffraction Andrew Norton shows what happens when waves pass through apertures of different sizes. Diffraction of light Andrew Norton uses lasers to show what happens when light passes through a small aperture. Passing light through multiple apertures Andrew Norton shows how...
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Atom Bomb in Popular Culture
History & The Arts

Atom Bomb in Popular Culture

...Changed its Portrayal of the Atomic Bomb Through Time, from the dropping of the very first atomic bomb, through to the Cold War and right up to the present day. The films conclude by asking whether or not these types of weapon should have existed in the first place, and questioning what the future holds for the A-Bomb. The films relate to the Open University Course A327...
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