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We learn, together: exploring familial learning in home education
Education & Development

We learn, together: exploring familial learning in home education

...Educating children within a specific faith or culture. Sharing the learning experiences with siblings, parents or other members of the family. Choosing a curriculum. Learning both inside the home and in other educational spaces (other than school). Reducing any negative impact of school-based influence (such as behaviour, language, relationships, culture, COVID-19)....
Evolutions in Education: The OU Education Conference
Education & Development

Evolutions in Education: The OU Education Conference

...based around discussing current practice and experience, giving those taking part the opportunity to learn from colleagues across the UK and across settings. This was a unique opportunity to explore current topics in education through the lens of research and opportunities offered by The Open University, while learning and sharing with colleagues from across the education...
Abortion stigma and the workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Abortion stigma and the workplace

...based, developed in consultation with employees, shared widely and regularly updated. Some staff will need reasonable adjustments after a pregnancy ends, including flexible work patterns, as well as or instead of time off. There is no one-size-fits-all experience of pregnancy endings, no matter how long the pregnancy has lasted or whether the ending was spontaneous (as in...
The role of business development in AstrobiologyOU
Science, Maths & Technology

The role of business development in AstrobiologyOU

...based and space-borne facilities including the Very Large Telescope in Chile and the Hubble Space Telescope. I studied nebulae associated with evolved stars and star-forming regions, such as the Orion nebula, with its proto-planetary discs where new planets are being born. I then moved out of academia and used my technical and project management skills to work as a...
Asexuality 101: Isn’t that for plants?
Education & Development

Asexuality 101: Isn’t that for plants?

...based on their romantic attraction. This is called the Split Attraction Model, wherein a person can have a different romantic orientation from their sexual orientation. For example, I am a Non-Binary Pan-Demi-Romantic Asexual, and often simply go by Queer as a means of simplifying things, because that’s a bit of a mouthful, even for me! Further to these terms, there are...
What do we know about the seven Earth-like planets?
Science, Maths & Technology

What do we know about the seven Earth-like planets?

...based on available data about their sizes, masses and distances from the star. NASA/JPL-Caltech Transits reveal exoplanets’ sizes rather than their masses, but mass can be deduced when, as in the TRAPPIST-1 system, there are slight irregularities in transit timings attributable to neighbouring exoplanets perturbing each others’ orbits. This suggests that most of the...
What missing lander means for Europe’s quest to find life on Mars
Society, Politics & Law

What missing lander means for Europe’s quest to find life on Mars

...based on extensive telescope observations of the planet as it approached its minimum distance to the Earth in the summer of 1877. The map, with its detailed labelling of land masses and seas, had a significant influence on Mars research over the following decades – especially after the features that Schiaparelli marked as “canali” were mistranslated as “canals”,...
Trump - an appeal for enlightenment
Society, Politics & Law

Trump - an appeal for enlightenment

...based on psychological profiling from Facebook. Data driven communication ensures that political messages are targeted to the people most likely to be influenced by them. It is through this process that social media not only gave a voice to the frustrations of a downtrodden US population but also permitted the rapid dissemination of fake news, and anti-establishment...