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Exploring books for children: words and pictures
History & The Arts

Exploring books for children: words and pictures

...Write down three aspects of the picture that you think contribute to the overall effect. Hold the mouse cursor over each number on the illustration to see some of the ways that it might tell the story of the relationship between Hannah and her father. The illustration below comes later in the book Gorilla. It shows Hannah sitting opposite her toy gorilla, who has come to...
Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation

...writing down daily reports and leaving it in the kitchen, especially in domestic care, where care workers are gone from using pen and paper to now there's an iPad mounted there. And they're having to record everything digitally. And the skill shortage there, when it comes to digital skills, is huge. The training they have to do to bring somebody that's been in care for...
The science of sperm
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of sperm

...writing with Hilary McQueen - gets to grips with the numbers behind the man's part of the reproductive system - sperm...Find out about The Open University's Biology courses and qualifications THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS FRANK DISCUSSION OF SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCE [Sperm] Although I'm a biologist, I rarely think much about what the cloudy white stuff contains, but in...
Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes
History & The Arts

Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes

...writing for Wonder Woman. However, turning to the movie, Wonder Woman actor Gal Gadot (who served two years as a sports trainer in the Israeli Defense Forces) has been blasted on social media already for being too slim, not busty, and not fit enough to play the part, but this should not be surprising given that women tend to be more heavily criticised on appearances. Not...
Intuitive eating: a new relationship with food, or another fad diet?
OpenLearn Ireland

Intuitive eating: a new relationship with food, or another fad diet?

...write about what time you eat, what you eat and how you felt before and after you eat. Intuitive eating and wellbeing: keep exploring Find out more about intuitive eating and wellbeing from these free courses. References Average person will try 126 fad diets in their lifetime, poll claims | The
Sharpening Your Critical Thinking
History & The Arts

Sharpening Your Critical Thinking

...writing, Williams has won the most Grand Slam singles titles since tennis professionalised. But does it pass the second test? Well, you might reasonably wonder why I am ignoring Grand Slam doubles titles. After all, taking those into account as well, Martina Navratilova has won the most titles since tennis professionalised. And what about Grand Slam titles before then? If...
Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change
Education & Development

Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change

...write research should receive appropriate recognition. Research shows that senior male academics disproportionately occupy top authorship positions even when junior researchers contribute more (Ross, 2022; Larivière et al., 2021). Women who lead intellectual work are often relegated to ‘ghost authors’, with their contributions erased by higher-ranking figures...
Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge
Society, Politics & Law

Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge

...writes: ‘We are living in a time and space in which the personal – our sense of selves, safety, health, and well-being, and our relationships with others and the planet and our work – is urgently and globally political.’ Addressing the critics Critics of autoethnography often raise concerns about rigour and subjectivity. They ask: how can research grounded in...