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Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change
Education & Development

Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change

...become increasingly diverse over the years (GOV.UK, 2022), systemic biases persist, often limiting early-career researchers’ potential and reinforcing hierarchical norms that hinder genuine equality. This article explores barriers associated with gender discrimination and highlights the importance of fostering inclusive academic environments by advocating for...
Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...become matted) are Locticians. [Lux advert - text: 'Lux won't shrink wool', illustration is a black woman pouring the product on a black child's hair]Nineteenth-century US advertisement. Show me the money Madame C.J. Walker, the first Black female millionaire, received a patent for developing the ‘hot comb’, also known as the ‘pressing comb’, with the premise that...
How did Facebook likes help Labour at the ballot box?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Facebook likes help Labour at the ballot box?

...student tuition fees or the NHS. [Chart illustrating points described in the text] Figure 3. Labour posts by media type. N=545 [Chart illustrating points described in the text] Figure 4. Labour posts by policy area. N=545 The Labour party’s Facebook feed spent a lot of time on issues connected to its campaign and voting. Labour strategists wanted to energise voters who...
Writing your research proposal
Education & Development

Writing your research proposal

...student can achieve. The guidance provided in these articles will help you apply for one of the two main types of research degree offered by The Open University...A traditional PhD, a Doctor of Philosophy, usually studied full-time, prepares candidates for a career in Higher Education. A Professional Doctorate is usually studied part-time by mid- to late-career...
Managing and managing people
Money & Business

Managing and managing people

...becomes active rather than passive, and helps you to remember what you have read. This section explores in a different way what managers do. It considers managerial tasks and roles. As you read, consider the main day-to-day tasks in which you are engaged. Then take note of how Mintzberg categorises managerial activities into roles. Which roles are dominant in your job, or...
First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...STUDENT 60. BOY 2 Higher. A lot higher. BOY 1 Higher. [MUSIC PLAYING] BOY 1 Each one of these turbines powers 500 houses, which is 2500 total. BOY 2 Solar group, if you want to gather around here. LIZ ROTHSCHILD We’ve got this fantastic team of student environmental educators who we’ve been working with in the local secondary school. BOY 2 It’s called an...
Teaching mathematics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...become more proficient at using manipulatives, the teachers will begin to link the manipulatives to pictures, and to use pictorial images to represent number. As the children become more proficient at using images, they will be carefully introduced to more abstract ways of representing a number problem. Whenever children need to make sense of new knowledge, teachers will...
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Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...students and their tutors has to be addressed in order for the tutors to be able to assess their students’ progress on a given course of study. The UK postal service became the key component of the solution that enabled The Open University to deal with large numbers of assignments. At regular intervals during the presentation of a course, students are required to submit...