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The jury: Why we need to learn more about their collective decision-making processes.
Society, Politics & Law

The jury: Why we need to learn more about their collective decision-making processes.

...work in England and Wales? In England and Wales, juries are made up of 12 people randomly selected from the electoral roll. There are various inclusion and exclusion criteria, for example, to do jury service you must be between 18 and 75, and you cannot be on a jury if you are in prison or detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 (The Juries Act, 1974). Additionally, a...
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Belfast: Racing to the top for the Grande Partenza
Health, Sports & Psychology

Belfast: Racing to the top for the Grande Partenza

...work, while this number fell by 12% across the rest of Northern Ireland. Figures from the Department for Regional Development for this same period show that cycling has increased in key locations in the city by up to 152%, with activity in some of the most popular areas such as Stranmillis Embankment and the Albertbridge Road rising to an amazing 200%. In 2015 Belfast...
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Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015
OpenLearn Ireland

Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015

...worked through this series, consider the construction and reconstruction of the local uniqueness and interdependences throughout these articles. Think in terms of how the historical layers have been constructed and, have in turn combined with the previous layer to produce a modified, yet new set of social relations. What elements and processes have been involved? Did you...
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Practitioner research
Education & Development

Practitioner research

...approach their work? Working with specific groups of people What factors should you consider when working with particular demographics? Being a good researcher Being a successful researcher requires rigor and discipline Analysis Analysis of a subject can often be a stumbling block for researchers Write up and Dissemination How does one keep track of the original question?...
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Teaching and learning tricky topics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching and learning tricky topics

...Works? evidence for decision makers report Read more about the social theory of learning in the following: Wenger, E. (1998). Communities of practice: learning, meaning and identity Cambridge University Press, Cambridge...Week 8 Reflection, sharing and becoming a champion: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Anne Pike, Anne Adams, Gill Clough, Julia...
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The legal profession has a mental health problem – which is an issue for everyone
Society, Politics & Law

The legal profession has a mental health problem – which is an issue for everyone

...working in a modern corporate firm. One of the main characters, Harvey Specter, dresses impeccably in an expensive designer suit and expects others around him to do the same. The lawyers in the firm are hugely ambitious, work late into the night (we rarely see them away from the office) and demand excellence in everything they do. For these professionals, work is life....
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Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes
History & The Arts

Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes

...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 only is there a complete lack of women in superhero films, but the women are either cast as damsels in distress (e.g. Lois Lane) which serves to infantilise women, or as sidekicks...
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Dancing to the rhythm of cultures
Languages

Dancing to the rhythm of cultures

...social and the religious. In fact, religious dances continued to arise in various sites and forms in the next centuries. War dances [Spanish woman dressed up ready for festivity ] War dances are well recorded all over Spain from 17th century. They became popular forms of social storytelling across the Iberian Peninsula. They were a vehicle for people to engage with their...
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