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Irish Women’s Poetry: Sinéad Morrissey
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: Sinéad Morrissey

...changed the relationship of humans with the world around them. [A reproduction of the elephant clock in the Ibn Battuta Mall, Dubai ]A reproduction of the elephant clock in the Ibn Battuta Mall, Dubai Morrissey’s eye remains acute for the small details of social history. You can hear this as she reads her poem ‘The Millihelen’. Note in particular its extraordinary...
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10 tips to beat the January blues
Health, Sports & Psychology

10 tips to beat the January blues

...changing your drinking habits. Free Course: The science of alcohol 5: Practice self-care [self care isn't selfish sign] Consciously do things that can improve your mental health. What that looks like will be different for all of us. It could be having a bath, meditating, singing, enjoying a good book, spending time cooking a delicious meal, or just taking time to slow...
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The Z Files: Tony Waithe
Science, Maths & Technology

The Z Files: Tony Waithe

...change the way we use things. I run the Young Inventors Club, basically what we do is we go into schools, secondary schools and we talk to young people trying to kind of consider what careers they want to get into. We talk to them about engineering, science, design and technology and maths. When kids think of maths generally they think of some complicated numbers, but...
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What happens ‘When East Meets West’?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens ‘When East Meets West’?

...change throughout our lives as we re-evaluate who we are. This can result in ‘hybrid identities’ as the students had either worked, lived and studied across cultures or because they had mixed heritage. A lot of distress also came from either feeling like they didn’t fit in (‘separation’) or from feeling disconnected from both the new culture and the one they...
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Walking the walk: improving death and dying spaces
Health, Sports & Psychology

Walking the walk: improving death and dying spaces

...changes such as de-cluttering a room can make a significant difference and provide a calm, healing space. Engaging in Walking the Walk is a very empowering experience for staff – they value celebrating what they do well and also see it as an opportunity to continue improvement. If you would like to find out more, please contact: Claire Henry MBE, Honorary Fellow at The...
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Insights into Policing and Racism in the UK – a collection
Education & Development

Insights into Policing and Racism in the UK – a collection

...Changing Contours of Criminal Justice. London: Oxford University Press. Mukhopadhyay, C. C., Henze, R. and Moses, Y. T. (2014) How Real is Race?: A Resource Book on Race, Culture and Biology. Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press. Sampson, R., Wilson, W.J. and Katz, H. (2018) Reassessing Toward a theory of race, crime, and urban inequality: Enduring and new challenges in 21st...
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Reflecting on Race at The Open University
Education & Development

Reflecting on Race at The Open University

...change.’ Transcript Celebrating Black History Month at the OU The next session by Sas Amoah (Co-Chair of the OU’s BME network) and Joan Simons (Associate Dean, Teaching Excellence and OU Equality Diversity and Inclusion academic lead) focused on the origins of Black History Month and presented notable black academics who are recognised and admired by the four...
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Turning the pain of racial discrimination into protection for others
Education & Development

Turning the pain of racial discrimination into protection for others

...change...When Ruby Williams was a teenager, she was repeatedly told that her hair breached school policy, which stated that ‘Afro style hair must be of reasonable size and length’. She was sent home several times as a result. Her family took legal action against the school and Ruby received an out-of-court settlement. The family was dragged into a battle in 2016 when...
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