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...skills, evidence suggests that women are just as successful as men. Too often, the myth of meritocracy is trotted out when people are asked to justify the gender imbalance on their teams. They point to experience, knowledge or qualifications, each defined to reproduce existing power and privilege. This has been called the “social magic of merit”. It is an illusion, in...

...skills or any other number of important ‘capacities’ for helping people improve their lives. At The Open University we are part of this growing movement. We have partnered with some of the leading international development organisations to co-produce short courses aimed at making a difference. Make Change Happen was developed with Oxfam, and we also partnered with the...

...skills and knowledge about activism, practicalities of sustainability and global environmental issues. This is political education at its most basic level: putting your money, voice and body to good purpose – making public concern with climate change visible and establishing a viable, if temporary, low environmental-impact community. At the Lewes site, local residents...

...skills and breathing techniques) are already provided in some states in the US and could be adapted into practice in England and Wales. Within the trial itself, research is essential to discover which modalities and approaches to information presentation minimise trauma, and which are likely to exacerbate it. Mental health specialists within court could help jurors...

...skills and be appreciated as imaginative individuals. Downloads are mostly free at www.lulu.com. Several books featuring poems and stories by refugees from dozens of countries, alongside work by local writers in solidarity. Most recently, as part of an AHRC-funded project: My Heart Loves in My Language. Life stories: by a Chilean political refugee who survived prison and...

...skills providers for learners of all ages. Pulled in many directions During Wilshaw’s tenure at the head of Ofsted he has been the subject of intense media scrutiny. He began the role in January 2012, appointed with optimistic zeal by then secretary of state for education, Michael Gove, and fêted as a personification of outstanding educational leadership. Wilshaw had...