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Ethnicity as a Learning Tool
Education & Development

Ethnicity as a Learning Tool

...socially constructed element in our life. Racial formation theory (Omi and Winant, 2014) has posited the existence of individual and global differences in presenting race and ethnicity in learning institutions. The concepts race and ethnicity in a higher educational context cannot be fully understood without exploring the institutional structural system used to address...
Can we be categorised by our DNA?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can we be categorised by our DNA?

...social construct!” You may have heard experts say this, but what does the science say? Can our DNA group us the way many imagine?...But those people look so different than us! How can scientists deny such a conspicuous difference? If this debate sparks your interest, then this video is for you. Of course, you are not alone. For thousands of years, voyagers, explorers,...
The emergence of breaking as an Olympic sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

The emergence of breaking as an Olympic sport

...processes in the development of modern boxing’, Sport in society, 9(4), pp. 542–58. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/17430430600768785. Van Gestel, J. (2018) Norbert Elias and the analysis of history and sport: systematizing figurational sociology. London; New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group (Routledge studies in social and political thought, 134)....
Why I created a podcast to celebrate the OU’s BME community
Education & Development

Why I created a podcast to celebrate the OU’s BME community

...social issues impacting all demographics. I also wanted to showcase BME skill, expertise and notable achievements. There were so many stories around me – stories of resilience, innovation and triumph – that I was truly spoiled for choice. The main challenge was pinning down dates that worked for all of us involved. I had been advised to manage my expectations...
Navigating Black Irish identity in the music of Phil Lynott
Health, Sports & Psychology

Navigating Black Irish identity in the music of Phil Lynott

...social prejudice. Lynott’s music became a way for him to navigate his dual identity and search for a place where he truly fit. His songs frequently explored the tension between his Irish heritage and his experience as a Black man in a society in which he was seen as an outsider. Here are six songs that offer an introduction to this theme in Lynott’s music: 1. Sitamoia...
Beyond the plate: Autism, food and sensory sensitivities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Beyond the plate: Autism, food and sensory sensitivities

...sensory processing differences weight loss nutritional deficiencies significant psycho-social implications – for example, the child might be unable to eat in the same room as the rest of their family or in the dinner hall at school because they find the smell of the food overwhelming a need for nutritional supplements or tube-feeding. Children with ARFID may have a strong aversion to new food and anxiety around even ......
The US Presedential Election 2016: The first GOP debate
Society, Politics & Law

The US Presedential Election 2016: The first GOP debate

...Social Security and Medicare without raising taxes or cutting benefits. The Fox debate, however, will likely be remembered for one significant moment: Donald Trump’s warning that he might run as an independent candidate in 2016. That spells big long-term trouble for the GOP. As an independent, third-party candidate, Trump would have the money, the flamboyance, and the...
Understanding Alice
History & The Arts

Understanding Alice

...social and imaginative world Carroll and his young friend inhabited in and around Oxford. For instance, during the Mad Tea-Party the Dormouse tells a story about three little sisters, Elsie, Lacie, and Tillie, who live at the bottom of a treacle-well. As Martin Gardner points out in The Annotated Alice, the sisters’ names are coded references to the three Liddle...