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The impact of online media reporting of family crimes on children
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of online media reporting of family crimes on children

...family member is imprisoned are well documented (Minson, 2019). Parental imprisonment is recognised as a potential risk factor for many adverse outcomes for children, including anti-social behaviour and poor educational attainment (Kincaid et al., 2019). These risk factors reflect a variety of complex processes including children being separated from their parent and the...
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Are you estranged from your family and considering university?
Education & Development

Are you estranged from your family and considering university?

...family network but Stand Alone can help...[Teenage boy in yellow hoodie walking up some stone steps] What is estrangement? Being estranged means that there is a complete and irreconcilable breakdown in the relationship with your parents (biological or adoptive) and you have no communication with either of them. If one of your parents is deceased and you have no contact at...
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How have family budgets changed in sixty years?
Money & Business

How have family budgets changed in sixty years?

...Family Spending report, which covers the financial year ending March 2017, marks the sixtieth year of results from a household expenditure survey – in its current form, the Living Costs and Food Survey (LCFS) – in the United Kingdom. Since these surveys started in 1957, approximately 375,000 households have voluntarily provided information on their spending habits. So...
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History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan
Education & Development

History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan

...History Month and The Open University This article arises from a presentation held on this topic during Black History Month 2023 for Open University staff. The presentation is at the end of the article. The Open University (OU) has degree students in South Sudan and also a number of OU staff supporting Friends of Ibba Girls School, an NGO which established Ibba Girls...
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A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture

...history and the history of other groups is very important. Where is a culture? In addition to the great debate over the definition, there have also been some competing views when it comes to whether a culture exists internally or whether it exists in the wider world. As Odin put it: (OK, OK, not a great philosopher, but the mighty Thor’s dad, you’ll get the point so...
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How Spanish sounded across its history
Languages

How Spanish sounded across its history

...history of Spanish and see how the language has evolved...All of the texts except for one are works of literature written by authors from different eras and origins. More information about them and the corresponding transcripts can be found below. The middle ages - Glosa emilianense One of the earliest written examples of a form of Romance similar to Spanish can be found...
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The Black History Month Talks: Reclaiming Narratives
Education & Development

The Black History Month Talks: Reclaiming Narratives

...History Month, The Open University’s Black and Minority Ethnic Staff Network presents a series of short talks exploring the theme Reclaiming Narratives. These talks invite reflection on how Black communities can take ownership of their stories, challenge stereotypes, and ensure future generations inherit a richer, more truthful understanding of Black heritage...Through...
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What is the relationship between history and historical fiction?
History & The Arts

What is the relationship between history and historical fiction?

...history to start off with, did that fascinate you more than daunt you? Do you like the fact that you have to familiarise yourself with certain things before you can begin the story, or does it not work that way for you? EMMA DARWIN: I’m equally fascinated and exasperated. I mean John Gardner in The Art of Fiction talks about how it’s… we have to get our reader to...
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