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Abortion stigma and the workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Abortion stigma and the workplace

...project is one of the few studies that explore the experiences of people in paid employment in the UK who have had an abortion in the first six months of pregnancy, as well as those who have had other forms of pregnancy endings like a miscarriage or molar pregnancy (where the fertilised egg does not develop properly). We ran a survey during 2022, attracting 226...
Enabling parents to improve children’s services: Walking the Walk in Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Health, Sports & Psychology

Enabling parents to improve children’s services: Walking the Walk in Evelina London Children’s Hospital

...management and hospital directors. This was followed by a written report, highlighting issues and themes that hospital teams may not have perceived to impact families. Ideas were grouped into four themes: environment; access to care and support; involvement in care; and care after death and bereavement support. Positive examples included hoists in family accommodation,...
What part did citizen science play in hurricane disaster relief?
Science, Maths & Technology

What part did citizen science play in hurricane disaster relief?

...projected damage to aid preemptive response planning. [The Conversation]Reducing risk, building resilience and responding more effectively to disasters all require forward planning. And now, as evidence-based decision making is becoming ever more important for humanitarians, this new technology has the potential to shape a better future for disaster management. This...
History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan
Education & Development

History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan

...management and prefects to encourage students to do their best. The Assistant Head Girl talks about the ripple effects of the education provided by the school – she uses her own education to teach her siblings, help her parents (who are illiterate) and working as an assistant in local aid agency projects. She, like others at the school, thus provides vital community...
Creating open educational resources
Education & Development

Creating open educational resources

...Introduction - This course introduces you to the concepts of: open educational resources (OERs) issues involved in the creation, use and re-use, and pedagogy of OERs a range of tools and media to support you in developing your own teaching and learning practices. It will provide you with the skills and confidence to engage in further OER work as both creator and user....
Neither land nor sea
Nature & Environment

Neither land nor sea

...and locate yourself in this learning journey The Learning Journey will take approximately 6 hours to work through. It's broken into short sections like this, so there are lots of natural stopping points if you want to pause and come back to it later. This Learning Journey is part of the Creative Climate project on OpenLearn. Move to the next part of the journey....
Jury Hub Conversation: Hannah Fawcett, Matt Brooks, Hayley Ness
Society, Politics & Law

Jury Hub Conversation: Hannah Fawcett, Matt Brooks, Hayley Ness

...projects. Hannah Fawcett's research interests lie in the provision of witness evidence. She is particularly interested in how evidence is provided in court, and the way in which jurors understand, evaluate and use evidence in their decision making process. Her PhD research focused on the provision and evaluation of alibi evidence in the courtroom. Hannah has provided...
How to become an ethical researcher
Education & Development

How to become an ethical researcher

...projects through to the dissemination of results. The resource complements the Becoming an ethical researcher OpenLearn course and connects with The Open University website Our voices: research ‘about’, ‘with’ and ‘by’ children and young people. @@PLUGINFILE@@/FINAL%20-7db.mp4 Transcript IMAGE ATTRIBUTION Special thanks to Flat Icon for the following:...