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What is Religion - and the Growth of Religious Toleration
History & The Arts

What is Religion - and the Growth of Religious Toleration

...become problematic for the rulers of the new nation states because they involved transnational loyalties. Someone who was too demonstrative in public about their religious affiliations could therefore be suspected of being dangerously loyal to foreign rulers. As a solution, religion was deliberately defined as a private matter – one which, for example, should have...
Between life and death: what Halloween reveals about our fear of the afterlife
Health, Sports & Psychology

Between life and death: what Halloween reveals about our fear of the afterlife

...become at once a celebration of horror, a fascination with the supernatural, as well as a squaring up to the macabre. The sociocultural phenomenon of sharing scary stories is the skeletal framework that upholds this tradition, a time to dance around the cycle of life and death, confront and release inner fears. A time to reach for the philosopher’s stone and continue...
Animal-Computer Interaction and dogs
Digital & Computing

Animal-Computer Interaction and dogs

...become ubiquitous and interacting with computers no longer means using keyboard and mouse. Embedded in the fabric of our cities, workplaces, homes, vehicles, clothes and even bodies, ‘smart’ systems now allow us to relate to the world around us, one another and even ourselves in unprecedented ways. Being directly or indirectly involved in every aspect of human life,...
Terminal illness and wellbeing: supporting people in the workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Terminal illness and wellbeing: supporting people in the workplace

...become more appropriate. An example we have encountered is employers offering reduced baseline hours or project-based work to enable staff to take on tasks they feel capable of doing whilst also keeping connected with colleagues and social networks. There are also other benefits of flexible working such as reduced burnout. Communication and uncertainty: welcome an honest...
Butterflies tell us more than you might think about our natural world
Nature & Environment

Butterflies tell us more than you might think about our natural world

...becoming increasingly rare in the UK. Photo: Willow Neal. The next steps I am currently conducting research on butterfly conservation at The Open University but there are things you can do in your own garden to provide food and shelter for butterflies at all stages of their life cycles. There are also charities doing great work that we scientists find absolutely...
Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey

...become more available in recent years has led me to reinterpret early experiences that were my wondrous neurodivergent self in action. I realised that I fit a lot of the patterns. I had previously thought of these as personal failings but the great writing and resources that are now out there have been really liberating for me, in terms of how I view myself and the parts...
Cymorth i chi a’ch lles meddyliol
Health, Sports & Psychology

Cymorth i chi a’ch lles meddyliol

...Student Minds Mae Student Minds yn elusen sydd yn cynnal grwpiau cymorth i fyfyrwyr sydd yn cael trafferth efo’u hiechyd meddwl. Maent yn cynnig rhaglenni cymorth a gweithdai i ddatblygu’r wybodaeth a’r sgiliau sydd eu hangen arnoch chi i ofalu am eich iechyd meddwl. Mae cyngor hefyd ar sut allwch chi gefnogi ffrind allai fod yn cael amser anodd. studentminds.org.uk...
Ireland and the Battle of The Somme
OpenLearn Ireland

Ireland and the Battle of The Somme

...become aware of the scale of its losses; casualty lists from the battle were still being published in Ulster’s newspapers in early August, and ‘a hush of mourning fell over the whole province… In house after house, blinds were drawn.’ The annual 12th July demonstrations were cancelled. Instead, five minutes silence was observed at noon, when traffic halted and...