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The future of rural Ireland - nuances, scale and fighting back
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The future of rural Ireland - nuances, scale and fighting back

...P. (2013) Irish Emigration in an age of austerity. UCC: Cork, http://www.research.ie/intro_slide/research-funded-irish-research-council-irish-emigration-age-austerity http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/rural-ireland-can-she-fix-it-1.1898223 August 2014 Acknowledgements This material draws from Open University programmes and a course based on the work of Pat Jess....
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Should communities be expected to help in death, dying and bereavement?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should communities be expected to help in death, dying and bereavement?

...Lead at the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care); Dr Chantal Meystre (Director of The Omega Course) and Dr Guy Peryer (Lecturer and NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) East of England Palliative and End of Life Care Research Fellow). The recording is available as an episode of the Open Thanatology Talks! Podcast series, available on Spotify and Amazon Music....
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Should we educate prisoners?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we educate prisoners?

...research evidence strongly suggests that education in prison can help people desist (move away) from offending". The UK has one of the highest rates of re-offending in the Western world and this comes at huge costs to both taxpayers and victims. Encouraging engagement with education in prisons should be a priority as it has been shown to work in reducing re-offending....
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How gender equality can help fix the construction industry
Society, Politics & Law

How gender equality can help fix the construction industry

...research looking into whether having women in senior positions boosts business financial performance. [Circular chart shows the age (20-70+) in five year increments of men and women involved in the industry. The majority of women in the industry are in the younger bands whilst men are more dominant in the older bands. Men are in dark blue and women are in pale green.]...
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The ageing brain: 'use it or lose it'
Health, Sports & Psychology

The ageing brain: 'use it or lose it'

...research...We start ageing the moment we are born. The process of ageing is demonstrated more significantly when we reach a certain age, the usual benchmark being 65+, but our ageing starts much sooner, and the way ageing demonstrates itself when we are over 65 depends on the decisions we have been making over our life span. The age associated decline is both physical and...
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How does COVID-19 affect cancer treatment?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does COVID-19 affect cancer treatment?

...researchers working at The Open University answer cancer-related questions about the new coronavirus in this series of articles...Who are we? We are cancer researchers working at The Open University. Our daily job involves identifying and testing new therapies and new diagnostic technologies for cancers. For this reason, we are regularly in contact with cancer charities...
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Home education for children with special educational needs
Education & Development

Home education for children with special educational needs

...research with 99 families, of whom almost three-quarters had intended for their children to be school educated. Parental expectations of schools Parents’ hopes for their children reflected three particular themes: Initial ambitions in the context of a typical path through primary to secondary school, with around one-fifth mentioning progression to college or university....
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Child spirituality
Education & Development

Child spirituality

...researched in the psychological and sociological disciplines. Those who live and work with children can draw on a wide spread of knowledge for assessing and meeting children’s needs across a range of areas: physical and developmental needs cognitive and learning needs social and environmental needs emotional and affectional needs behavioural presentation. Government...
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