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Extending your learning with postgraduate skills
Education & Development

Extending your learning with postgraduate skills

...children and young people, such as through youth work or charity activities, through educational provision, or to related policy contexts. The benefits might be changes in thinking which can then drive changes in practice. This could be your practice if you work in one of these settings. It could be the practice of others, if you share what you are learning with...
Melanoma: an emerging concern
Health, Sports & Psychology

Melanoma: an emerging concern

...children. Epidemiology and risk factors There are three main types of skin cancers: basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and cutaneous melanoma (CM). Although BCC and SCC (also known as non-melanoma cancer) are the most common, melanoma is highly malignant, meaning it is more likely for the cancer to spread. Melanoma requires an early diagnosis to...
How does online intergroup contact compare with face-to-face?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How does online intergroup contact compare with face-to-face?

...researched area of psychology. However, as more and more contact takes place online, PhD student Julian Bond is working to understand whether this changes the effectiveness of intergroup contact and the potential implications for a more harmonious society...This content is associated with The Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications. In 1954, Gordon...
The trouble with teaching physics
Health, Sports & Psychology

The trouble with teaching physics

...children in a classroom.] Why is physics so hard? Students can have difficulty with any subject, but science (especially physics), often deals with abstract concepts, such as magnetic fields, chemical bonds and electrical currents, which students find particularly tricky as they cannot see or touch them. Physics is also frequently counterintuitive. For example, many...
Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...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 countries.) These...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding dyslexia

...Research Report of the ICAA Word Blind Centre for Dyslexic Children. London: Pitman. NHS (2022) Overview: Dyslexia. Available at: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dyslexia (Accessed: 3 October 2025). Newman, M. (2004) The Civil Rights Movement. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Oliver, M. (1983) Social Work with Disabled People. London: Macmillan. Parliamentary and...
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Jury Hub Conversation: Lee Curley, Fiona Leverick, James Chalmers
Society, Politics & Law

Jury Hub Conversation: Lee Curley, Fiona Leverick, James Chalmers

What is the ideal jury size? How can courtrooms eliminate harmful myths? Lee Curley, Fiona Leverick and James Chalmers discuss the history and findings of one of the most exciting jury research projects of recent years...Podcast transcript
Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching
Education & Development

Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching

...children or with adult students, who hopes to use the Black History Month resources to make your teaching practice more inclusive for pupils and students from a black or minority ethnic background? Here are some quick tips from Anita Naoko Pilgrim on how you might approach that work...Multiculturalism This approach looks to acknowledge and celebrate diverse cultures,...