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Investigating environmental futures through speculative design
Society, Politics & Law

Investigating environmental futures through speculative design

...tree stories’. The boxes could, among other things, facilitate creative memory work by inviting users to collect and curate objects that illuminate human-tree entanglements, such as obsolete sensors attached to exfoliated bark. [Bio-sensing jewellery] Bio-sensing jewellery: headpiece (left) and brooch (right). Photo by Bart van Overbeeke. Over time, the users of Empathy Tree will have become receptive to haptic and ......
Pathways To Success in Higher Education
Education & Development

Pathways To Success in Higher Education

...work through it at your own pace. You can also download the Pathways to Success PDF here. To get the best from Pathways to success, you need a hard (paper) copy to work with alongside the interactive version. you can print one out, or if you live in Wales you can get one from OU in Wales by emailing them emailing them. How Do I Know Which Subject Pathway to Choose? You...
Learning through spoken interaction
Education & Development

Learning through spoken interaction

...work so learners need to be able to communicate effectively with each other when speaking. Group work can provide practice and good learning experiences but only if learners are able to explore ideas constructively. This involves the following: - Starting and finishing discussions - Keeping the discussion relevant - Taking and giving turns - Putting forward and explaining...
Six ways Sajid Javid can make British migration policy more humane
Society, Politics & Law

Six ways Sajid Javid can make British migration policy more humane

...work and welfare, and some may even be prevented from accessing homelessness support, leaving no legal access to food and shelter. These are all framed as “migration control”, but their focus is on controlling access to human rights, not controlling migration. [Patients waiting at the doctors] Doctors have been asked to act as de facto border guards. 3. Make British...
Classical studies: it's more than the words
History & The Arts

Classical studies: it's more than the words

...works of literature and history. As you explore the writings of Herodotus in the OpenLearn Collection, think about the issues raised below, summarised from those posed by the OU A219 Course team. Bookmark this article and come back to review the questions, once you have spent some time looking at the other resources and exploring the map. [Fragment from Herodotus'...
Review: Bisexuality: Identities, Politics and Theories by Surya Monro
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Bisexuality: Identities, Politics and Theories by Surya Monro

...work with her collaborator Diane Richardson (Sexuality, Equality and Diversity), Colombian researcher Camilo Tamayo Gòmez and the impactful theories of Kimberlé Crenshaw amongst others, Bisexuality is an accessible social studies book that identifies and analyses key aspects of the lives of bisexual and other non-monosexual individuals. Bisexuality is broken into six...
Why are the bullied reluctant to seek help?
Education & Development

Why are the bullied reluctant to seek help?

...work. It is clear they need help. Teachers routinely inform students that if they are being bullied at school they should seek help from a trusted adult, such as a teacher or school counsellor. A new two-part ABC documentary, Bullied addresses the question of how victimised students can receive help from their school. Part one of the documentary describes the intense...
Charlie Sheen, Rock Hudson and the changing face of HIV stigma
Health, Sports & Psychology

Charlie Sheen, Rock Hudson and the changing face of HIV stigma

...work of Foucault and Goffman and – in relation to HIV – Richard Parker, however, reminds us of richer constructions of stigma; of stigma as it works on, between and within different groups to regulate behaviours and preserve or undermine existing power balances. Why stigma is here to stay Our own work shows the ways in which people with HIV are affected by stigma but...