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Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...technologies and media emails, instant messaging, letters Contracts/contractual information Documents that set out formal arrangements, often with sanctions if not adhered to contact agreements; contract monitoring form Case recording Ongoing logging of case activity, usually stored centrally on an authority-based IT system case notes; contact log; statutory visit record...
Should Trump's tweets be a matter of record?
History & The Arts

Should Trump's tweets be a matter of record?

...technology The Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014 may be where Trump runs into trouble. The law, passed to modernize the PRA with respect to electronic records, provides that the president should not use an unofficial “electronic messaging account” for presidential records unless he or she copies or forwards a complete copy to an official account....
Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre
Science, Maths & Technology

Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre

...technologies, researchers at the Open University, and elsewhere, can now investigate the properties of more complex honeycomb designs, including designs based on aperiodic tilings. Most excitingly, honeycomb material based on the hat tile show zero sideways stretching when squeezed - a rare and useful trait shared with natural materials like cork. [A gif showing a square...
Developing (as) a research team
Education & Development

Developing (as) a research team

...C., Manley‐Casimir, M., Grundy, A.L. and Fenton, N. (2005) ‘Living ethics: a narrative of collaboration and belonging in a research team’, Reflective Practice, 6(4), pp. 551–67. Travnicek, C., Stoll, D., Reichinger, A. and Rix, J. (2022) ‘It soon became clear – insights into technology and participation’, Qualitative Research Journal, 22(2), pp. 129–42....
The secret history of teenage bedrooms
Education & Development

The secret history of teenage bedrooms

...technology these radios and phonographs they became smaller and cheaper and they could either be purchased by teens or they could easily be purchased by their parents. And their ideal for being fit into the teen bedroom of course then you have the rise of televisions, computers, gaming consoles etc. Laurie Taylor: What is interesting about this stage we meet where you...
Five pillars of ageing well
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five pillars of ageing well

...Education and Language Studies at The Open University. Today, I would like to draw your attention to a series of public talks titled ‘Ageing Well’. These 6 lectures are presented on a monthly basis and aim to facilitate your learning about agerelated changes and things we need to be mindful of, as we grow older. All the way through the ‘Ageing Well’ series we...
Planning a better future
Education & Development

Planning a better future

...education and training, and work and leisure activities. You’ve gained knowledge and skills from your experiences – probably more than you think – and will have developed characteristics and capabilities that help you to cope with difficult situations and to respond to different challenges. The activities that follow ask you to think about a series of questions to...
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The American Civil Rights Movement
History & The Arts

The American Civil Rights Movement

...Education, the United States Supreme Court officially ruled that segregated educational facilities were unconstitutional and ‘inherently unequal’ (quoted in Reynolds, 2010, p. 410). A Black lawyer, Thurgood Marshall, who worked for the NAACP, helped bring this case to the Supreme Court. But while it paved the way for an end to educational segregation, this court...