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What do Europe's new data rules mean for children online?
Education & Development

What do Europe's new data rules mean for children online?

...children. Sonia Livingstone & DaYoung Yoo wonder if greater clarity is generating more confusion...[A child using an iPhone] For some policy areas, it seems that the closer you look, the more confusion results. So it seems with the General Data Protection Regulation, coming into force in May – especially as it applies to children. In our recent roundtable discussion, we...
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Making young children give everything to football is a bad idea – here’s why
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making young children give everything to football is a bad idea – here’s why

...children to their development centres and have been known to scout five-year-olds. When a youngster signs for a big club, they and their parents sometimes have to agree not to play other sports or play for other football teams for fear of injury. This helps explain why British players who go on to become professionals tend not to participate in other sports. Yet the...
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Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age
Education & Development

Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age

...children and young people in the digital age...[A selection of Cadbury chocolate bars ] One of the defining features of the world today is a high level of obesity among children worldwide: this is not only in countries such as the UK, where nearly a third of children aged 2-15 are overweight or obese, but also in the rest of the world, where obesity is rising rapidly...
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CSI: Current research into the impact of bias on crime scene forensics is limited – but psychology can help
Health, Sports & Psychology

CSI: Current research into the impact of bias on crime scene forensics is limited – but psychology can help

...research suggests that the reality of forensic analysis is that it can be subjective and fallible...Find out about The Open University's Law courses. When a jury decides the fate of a person, they do so based on the evidence presented to them in the courtroom. Evidence obtained from forensic analysis, such as DNA analysis, is often interpreted as strong evidence by...
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CARE-KNOW-DO for Social and Emotional Learning: building children’s resilience and agency in crisis settings
Education & Development

CARE-KNOW-DO for Social and Emotional Learning: building children’s resilience and agency in crisis settings

...children need safety, confidence and hope. The CARE-KNOW-DO framework offers a clear, practical way for educators and organisations to nurture Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), combining emotional safety, play-based learning, and step-by-step empowerment. This approach not only helps children recover academically but also builds the resilience and self-belief they need...
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I run mock trials to research the legal system. The bias shown in Channel 4’s The Jury: Murder Trial is a very real problem
Society, Politics & Law

I run mock trials to research the legal system. The bias shown in Channel 4’s The Jury: Murder Trial is a very real problem

...researchers, the Channel 4 show findings come as no surprise. Discover more in Lee Curley's analysis...Channel 4 has billed its new reality show, Jury: Murder Trial, as a “landmark experiment”. A real-life murder trial is being re-staged in front of two juries of ordinary people to establish whether both groups will reach the same verdict. Some critics have speculated...
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The Cyber Armour: A podcast which champions voices and safety of women and girls in the digital world
Society, Politics & Law

The Cyber Armour: A podcast which champions voices and safety of women and girls in the digital world

...Centre for Protecting Women Online. He has led research on adaptive systems as a PI and Co-I on multiple projects funded by the EPSRC, ERC and Qatar National Research Foundation, working in application domains including healthcare and policing. He is a member of the steering group for the OU’s Centre for Policing Research and Learning and is currently Associate ......
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Boys will be boys?
Society, Politics & Law

Boys will be boys?

...centred on education, and particularly primary schools, where there appears to have been a real decline in the proportion of male teachers. Recent years have also witnessed a series of campaigns to increase men’s representation in services where they have always been a minority, such as earlyyears childcare, children’s nursing, and social work with children and...
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