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How can honour killings be stopped?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can honour killings be stopped?

...work with male leaders, for example, by issuing a faith leaders declaration against female genital mutilation. Despite the government’s position, there are a few successful examples of promising practice prevention work led by black and ethnic minority women, which should be replicated or scaled up by the state. The Southall Black Sisters whole school’s project showed...
Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations
History & The Arts

Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations

...working within the autobiographical sub-genre chose to tell their story from the perspective of the adult, rather than as if it were spoken by the child or adolescent. The latter could not be expected to express feelings or analyse situations except within a limited range and remain credible, and so could only offer the most indirect or attenuated sense of moral or...
Exploring mathematics: a powerful tool
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring mathematics: a powerful tool

...work with scientists and biologists to create mathematical models, and how collaborations like these can help decipher and predict a range of natural phenomena. We learn how the 17th Century saw the birth of one of the most important mathematical tools - calculus, and modern mathematicians examine the contribution of its three inventors - Fermat, Newton and Leibniz. This...
Reflections on the Glasgow City Council equal pay dispute
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on the Glasgow City Council equal pay dispute

...Social Sciences courses. Background[Lyn-Marie O'Hara outside the Unison offices in Glasgow.]Lyn-Marie outside the Unison Glasgow City branch office, Bell Street, Glasgow, September 2022Lyn-Marie O’Hara was one of the key figures in the long campaign by Unison members at Glasgow City Council for equal pay. As Mags McCarthy indicates in her article on the equal pay...
Innovation Design: Energy and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Innovation Design: Energy and Sustainability

...socially, economically and environmentally sustainable future. You can find out more about innovation in design by exploring the albums "Design and Sustainability" and "Sustainable Communities". This material is taken from The Open University course T307 Innovation: designing for a sustainable future... Innovation Design: Energy and Sustainability A short introduction to...
South Asian young adult carers: Balancing their caring roles and planning for the future
Health, Sports & Psychology

South Asian young adult carers: Balancing their caring roles and planning for the future

...social care and education staff and students, regarding the support needs of South Asian and other young adult carers, the value of transition assessments and where to find support. Further resources will be added as the research progresses. We would like to thank Chandini Subramanyam-Paul and Sabbir Ali for their involvement in preparing the scripts and voicing the...
A moment of zen: Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show
History & The Arts

A moment of zen: Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show

...work with clarity,” Colbert reminded Stewart that for 16 years he had “the power to be a player in the world of media and Washington politics,” even if it was a power Stewart said he didn’t want. Of course, last night’s show was recorded hours before the Republican debate actually started. There was and will be no witty recap of Thursday night’s debate from...
Displaced children of our time
Education & Development

Displaced children of our time

...social issues of our time. The effects of war, poverty and climate change have led millions of people across the world to flee their homes, in search of a safer, better life elsewhere: 65.6 million people are displaced from home today (UNHCR). Developing countries in fact host 80% of the world’s refugees. Political debate and media coverage, however, focus...