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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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ......
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...
Navigating Relationship Sex Education (RSE)
Education & Development

Navigating Relationship Sex Education (RSE)

...children at the centre of decisions and understanding their needs using role play and scenarios to discuss ‘sensitive’ issues taking a cross-curriculum approach to deliver key teaching points equipping children with language to describe their thoughts and feelings and be able to ask questions providing time and space for children to be heard. The session ended with...
Disseminating across the margins: bridging communities and academia through a Black feminist lens
Education & Development

Disseminating across the margins: bridging communities and academia through a Black feminist lens

...children living in the UK and an academic researcher, I – a Black cisgendered able-bodied woman – occupy a complex positionality that straddles the realms of personal experience and professional observation. This dual identity situates me as an ‘outsider within’, a term that captures the nuanced experience of Black women in spaces where their presence is...