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Windrush generation latest to be stripped of their rights in the name of 'migration control'
Society, Politics & Law

Windrush generation latest to be stripped of their rights in the name of 'migration control'

...centres up and down the UK. They didn’t, and still don’t, have the protections of due process, nor are they being held in appropriate conditions with a specified release date. Increasingly, reports suggest they have also been subject to violence, including sexual assault. As all this continued, even those who thought their internationally recognised refugee status...
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Im Gespräch mit Jannis Androutsopoulos
Languages

Im Gespräch mit Jannis Androutsopoulos

...and German at Hamburg University talks about his research projects and focus, including multilingual networks in social media, how written communication is changing in the younger generation and the field of digital journalism, in particular how journalists nowadays interact with media users. This recording is in German, suitable for learners at CEFR Level B2 or above....
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Video 30 mins
Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...centres on an organisation’s resources, not its goods and services. Thus RBV research and theorising seeks to analyse the relationship between organisations and innovation by focusing on the resources and capabilities organisations possess and questions whether it is the level of resources or the deployment of such resources that leads to differences in firm performance...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic

...Research has now shown how our sex lives have been deeply impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. So here are five ways in which the pandemic has impacted sex lives. 1. Changes in sexual frequency Research carried out by the Natsal (National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles) COVID team1 found that in the four months following the UK’s first lockdown in March...
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Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter
Society, Politics & Law

Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter

...research expedition in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, to explore how geography matters to people's 'common-sense' understandings of safety and well-being. Dr Johanna Wadsley is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Geography Department of the Open University. This article is based on research conducted in 2012, the year she graduated from The Open University with her...
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Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...Children interacting: a sociocultural linguistic approach to language and learning...Understanding language and learning: 3 Language and learning as cognitive or social processes - The well-known US theoretical linguist Noam Chomsky is one linguist who has been more concerned with the cognitive than the social processes of language and learning. He has argued throughout...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The Armistice in Fiction: Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End
History & The Arts

The Armistice in Fiction: Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End

...centre of unending roaring circles.’ on a picture of poppies] ‘They were prancing. The whole world round them was yelling and prancing round. They were the centre of unending roaring circles.’ One of the ways populations have always sought to make sense of momentous events is to write about them creatively. The armistice of November, 1918 has been represented many...
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Enhancing learning and assessment with Artificial intelligence
Education & Development

Enhancing learning and assessment with Artificial intelligence

...research project investigating effective mentoring approaches of student teachers...The session explored incorporating ChatGPT into eLearning assessment processes to offer a dynamic and efficient way to evaluate student comprehension, critical thinking and problem-solving skills. By integrating ChatGPT, educators can create interactive assessments that simulate real-life...
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