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Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development

...families). For instance, a study of 5 school principles in the United States (Flores & Kyere, 2021) identified how they recognised the power of relationships when engaging with parents, the need to resist deficit thinking about families, and that working with families was an issue of equity. They all believed that without a trusting relationship with parents they lost an...
What are the secrets of enduring love?
Society, Politics & Law

What are the secrets of enduring love?

...family and colleagues and you’ll probably find the same thing. Often, what works for one relationship is different to what works for another. For example, one person says that it means a lot when their partner wakes them up with breakfast in bed every morning. Another person grimaces and says they’d hate that because they need at least an hour alone before they’re...
What does toilet paper teach us about poverty?
Society, Politics & Law

What does toilet paper teach us about poverty?

...family size boxes of Raisin Bran in my apartment. However this technique requires time and money: time to take advantage of deals as they emerge, and money to purchase items when they are cheapest, rather than when they are needed. The article sees the authors analyze toilet paper purchases in 100,000 households over a seven-year period. They provide an in-depth reasoning...
How can statistics bring dead languages back to life?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can statistics bring dead languages back to life?

...family tree of languages that stem from PIE. They can simulate how certain words would have sounded when they were spoken 8,000 years ago. Remarkably, at the heart of the technology is the statistics of shape. “Sounds have shape,” explains Professor John Aston, from Cambridge’s Statistical Laboratory. “As a word is uttered it vibrates air, and the shape of this...
Why do American parties hold conventions?
Society, Politics & Law

Why do American parties hold conventions?

...family, with the camera focusing in on her children, husband and parents – a powerful tactic to quickly make herself seem familiar and sympathetic, a humble Alaska “hockey mom” with a son fighting in Iraq. But the speech is best known for one of those memorable soundbites that find a permanent place in the political lexicon. There is but one difference, said Palin,...
Teaching the people of the Calais camp: Lessons in 'The Jungle'
Education & Development

Teaching the people of the Calais camp: Lessons in 'The Jungle'

...family in the UK to arrive. This isn’t the first time the residents face uncertainty. Partial evictions and demolition of the camp took place in February 2016. In July, the French authorities announced the closure of all businesses operating in the camp. The restaurants and cafes, run by migrants and refugees, provide vital services like shelter, social spaces and...
Meet the OU experts behind 'Hospital'
Health, Sports & Psychology

Meet the OU experts behind 'Hospital'

...families in what may be amongst the most difficult times of their lives. Themes of kindness, hard work and gratitude are littered throughout the series and that’s what is really amazing about it. By watching this programme, audiences will have more of a 360 degree view of how a hospital works. We may have all been patients and we may feel we understand how hospitals...
Is Europe letting down Eritrean refugees?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Europe letting down Eritrean refugees?

...families and to find a greater degree of freedom than is possible at home. [The Conversation] In October 2016, a UN inquiry into human rights abuses in Eritrea reported that crimes against humanity have been committed in the country since 1991. Sheila Keetharuth, presenting the findings of the inquiry, appealed for UN member states to “grant Eritreans access to their...