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How should we read Donald Trump's first Presidential speech?
Society, Politics & Law

How should we read Donald Trump's first Presidential speech?

...language he pivoted to the metaphor of a churchyard, saying “rusted out factories” were “scattered like tombstones” across the country. And then, gaining momentum and forcefully shoving his hand down towards the podium he said “this American carnage stops right here and stops right now”. Stop the carnage So how, exactly, will it stop? Trump changed course...
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Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?

...language and symbolism through which people construct their realities. The question, in other words, was not ‘What is an authentic person?’, but ‘What different ways of constructing authenticity do people draw upon?’, closely followed by ‘What are the implications of constructing oneself as an authentic person according to these different models?’ Q...
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Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer
Society, Politics & Law

Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer

...course knowing her at all! It is these reactions of mine, which made me, reflect on how important embodied ways of knowing about ‘risk’ ‘fear’ and also caring for an other, even an unknown other, are. Reflecting on my reaction to the film made me think more about the relationship of Alia Syed’s journey through the tunnel to Mr. Haroun’s journey through the...
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Methods in Motion: Getting on your bike, and looking for answers
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Getting on your bike, and looking for answers

...language would create. I didn’t use the video to re-create a first-hand experience of cycling, nor did I expect that talk can unproblematically convey experience – but this wasn’t a limitation. In fact, it was my practical attempts to reflect and work out what my methods were actually capturing that prompted many of my insights into what cycling was. For example, it...
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Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model
Health, Sports & Psychology

Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model

...free courses: Workplace Learning with Coaching and Mentoring Exploring Career Mentoring and Coaching Three Principles of a Coaching Approach There are also further resources you may find useful in the Applying Psychology at Work Hub. References Chidiac, M. (2013) ‘Creating a coaching culture: relational field coaching’, Development and Learning in Organizations, 27...
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The drive to sustainability in Higher Education
Nature & Environment

The drive to sustainability in Higher Education

...free course on ‘The environmental impact of teaching and learning’ on OpenLearn. The toolkit provides support for embedding sustainability practices among students and teachers, thereby supporting HE institutional transformation towards environmental sustainability. I would be interested to know if you use the toolkit and any suggestions for how it might be improved....
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Online training support for businesses
Money & Business

Online training support for businesses

...free business-focused training...[Invest Northern Ireland Logo] Recognising the impact of Covid 19 on SMEs and entrepreneurs across Northern Ireland, The Open University and Invest Northern Ireland have collaborated to develop a new social learning platform offering free flexible, distance learning content to support upskilling in industry. This new, innovative business...
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Cooperation, anarchy and interdependence
Society, Politics & Law

Cooperation, anarchy and interdependence

...Jef Huysmans and Simon Bromley discuss the WTO (World Trade Organisation). The realist model Jef Huysmans outlines the buidling blocks of the realist argument of international order. The Liberal model Simon Bromley explains the elements of the Liberal model. The North American Free Trade Agreement A discussion about the The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)....
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