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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...
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...
5 quick tips to boost your wellbeing
Education & Development

5 quick tips to boost your wellbeing

...changes – let’s explore how. ...I know there are countless articles and advice on boosting your wellbeing, and let’s be honest, most of it we already know. So, instead, here are some ideas and concepts that are less talked about. They can help us to put in practice many of these more widely known healthy choices, they are simple, and they have potential to become...
The Italian Patient: Health care in Renaissance Italy
History & The Arts

The Italian Patient: Health care in Renaissance Italy

...changing attitudes to illness through history. Her more recent research has focused on the history of the body, gender, and sexuality. Among her many awards Katherine received the Walter Channing Cabot Fellowship, presented in recognition of scholarly eminence in literature, history, or art. For her book, Wonders and the Order of Nature she won the Pfizer Prize of the...
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...
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...
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...
Deregistering from school: understanding experiences and rebuilding trust
Education & Development

Deregistering from school: understanding experiences and rebuilding trust

...change. A local authority advisor could foster trust through improved understanding and inclusion at a local level across education, health and care. Where requested, the advisor should offer support for new or established home educators: with referrals, in their developing practice, and to access exams through working collaboratively with children, young people and their...