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Methods in Motion: How do researchers know?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: How do researchers know?

...project exploring the identity changes involved when women become mothers, we developed methods that — moving beyond discourse — were sensitive to affect, embodiment and practices. Maternal identity transition was specifically chosen as an extreme case of embodied affect. A mother grows a new life within her own, dependent on her care and, in the process, creates a...
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Free online courses for refugees
Society, Politics & Law

Free online courses for refugees

...Project). ASAP’s aim is to reduce destitution experienced by asylum seekers by helping them to obtain housing and welfare support. Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants Legal advice FAQs for EU Settlement Scheme Basic guide to the UK spouse visa Asylum Aid The Law Society Law Society of Scotland The Law Society of Northern Ireland General advice and support...
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Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works
Education & Development

Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works

...projects. In the aftermath of school closures, the market for EdTech has kept on growing. The value of the sector is projected to rise to US$132.4 billion globally by 2032 (£106 billion). The problem is that we don’t know very much about how effective many EdTech apps or programs are – or if they are effective at all. And some effects may be negative. Some of the...
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Euro 2020: Will England's ruthless academy system show its value?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Euro 2020: Will England's ruthless academy system show its value?

...managed the transitions from youth to senior football as well as establishing themselves as regular first team players. They are the few among the many who started a long journey. They are also a group of players who for the most part have developed under the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP), a system of youth development introduced throughout England in 2012. The...
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Voluntary Gravedigging in the West of Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Voluntary Gravedigging in the West of Ireland

...Introduction In Rural Ireland it is still a common but fading practice for men to get together to voluntarily dig the grave when a neighbour dies. I found two reasons that might explain why this happens. Firstly, Ireland is a socially and politically conservative nation that values traditional practices, including voluntary grave digging. Secondly, it leapfrogged...
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The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms
History & The Arts

The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms

...Introduction - This course introduces key terms that are essential for understanding the Classical Roman world. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 3 study in Arts and Humanities...The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the terminology associated with the culture,...
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Freud: The Expert View
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freud: The Expert View

...introduction to the life and works of Sigmund Freud...[Image of Sigmund Freud] Theories don’t emerge from a vacuum. To understand Freud’s ideas it is useful to get some sense of his life. He was born in 1856 and spent most of his life in Vienna; only moving to London in the last year of his life to escape the hostility of the Nazis. While there is every evidence (for...
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A Century of Change: Shifting Patterns in Irish Emigration in the 1800s
OpenLearn Ireland

A Century of Change: Shifting Patterns in Irish Emigration in the 1800s

...projects such as the construction of canals and railways. Irish labour would help to meet this demand. Changes in the agricultural sector also incentivised Irish emigration. Given Ireland’s colonial past, most of the land was held by a relatively small number of Anglo-Irish landlords who derived a significant portion of their income through rents from tenant farmers....
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