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Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers

...Associate Lecturer Catherine Pestano offers her reflections for Pride month, on her work within the wider LGBTQ+ community. ...In community social work one principle that, if used the right way, can be positive, is the idea of supporting individual and group resilience. This is not the same as locating problems with those experiencing or surviving trauma or challenges.
Judicial decision making
Society, Politics & Law

Judicial decision making

...students to help them develop their legal skills and knowledge. But now you have a working understanding, we are now in a position to look at a deeper socio-legal issues of bias in legal reasoning. [Described image] Figure 7 Christopher Columbus Langdell At one extreme, some doctrinal lawyers (lawyers who study the rules and principles) believe that the cases and statutes...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Innovation, markets and industrial change
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation, markets and industrial change

...become the ‘leader of the pack’ through innovation and how it can then gain an advantage over competitors by reducing its costs through large-scale production...Innovation, markets and industrial change: 2.1 Industry and markets: what do we mean? - Case study: Digital outsells film Sales of digital cameras have overtaken traditional 35 mm cameras for the first time....
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Science, Maths & Technology

Moons of our Solar System

...students, currently studying with The Open University – http://www.open.ac.uk/ choose/ ou/ open-content 2. Enjoyed this? Find out more about this topic or browse all our free course materials on OpenLearn – http://www.open.edu/ openlearn/ 3. Outside the UK? We have students in over a hundred countries studying online qualifications – http://www.openuniversity.edu/...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Is science fiction a field in its own right?
History & The Arts

Is science fiction a field in its own right?

...student had a significant impact on my own work. When I wrote the proposal for a PhD in literature and science, it originally did not cover any science fiction at all—it was my supervisor, Sally Shuttleworth, who very soon after the start of my PhD convinced me to include science fiction. I am grateful for that, but I also wonder how many other early-career literature...
Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...become objective and value-free?...Why maps are made: 2.1 How do we use maps? - Reading about maps, I have been struck by the number of times that the idea of ‘maps as part of our everyday experience’ has been mentioned. In fact, I was thinking about it recently, when I was preparing to travel from Belfast to London. I left home with a mental map of my journey to the...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin
History & The Arts

Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin

...student of Greek and Latin. What can these languages offer us today and why do they continue to deserve further study? Activity 1 What does the term ‘classical’ suggest to you? What do you think it means when applied to Ancient Greek and Latin? Jot down your thoughts in the box below. Discussion Your answer will no doubt differ from the one below, but you might have...
Social work law and UK regulation
Society, Politics & Law

Social work law and UK regulation

...students can view the law as technical and difficult to learn, which is usually based on the belief that studying law involves remembering an endless series of rules. However, the content of law changes over time and is not a fixed body of rules that they are expected to learn and recite. What is important for students of social work to learn is the underlying principles...
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs