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Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One
Education & Development

Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One

...skills, are unemployed and come from a lower income or impoverished background. There is a stronger link, therefore, between poverty and prisons than there is between dangerousness and prisons. In the U.S. around 16,000 people die each year as a result of street crime. Contrast this with the 55,000 who die as a result of corporate criminal negligence. A similar story can...
Sharpening Your Critical Thinking
History & The Arts

Sharpening Your Critical Thinking

...skills I’ve been discussing – and it’s important to remain open to alternative interpretations. Even the truth about ‘what the evidence shows’ is nuanced. People disagree about all sorts of things that affect our lives – sport, the regulation of business, public health, eating meat, who should lead the country, etc. – and people use all sorts of arguments,...
Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors
Science, Maths & Technology

Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors

...studies. Nature-based projects are ideal as they offer the chance for us to age well. What if I can’t go outdoors? It may not always be possible to go out, whether because of weather or mobility issues. Fear not: while going out and observing is important for learning, there are also many resources you can access from home for those days when one is not out. They will...
Review: The Digital Academic - Critical Perspectives on Digital Technologies in Higher Education
Education & Development

Review: The Digital Academic - Critical Perspectives on Digital Technologies in Higher Education

...study of PhD students found blogging to be a way for students to create a scholarly identity, think out loud, receive feedback and engage with a community. Likewise, Charlotte Frost’s chapter on her work around PhD2Publisheddemonstrates a way of publicly self-teaching and how this manifest as part of her own career trajectory – countering claims that no-one ever gets...
Am I In Control?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Am I In Control?

...studying is really useless. Becoming a success is a matter of hard work; luck has little or nothing to do with it. Getting a good job depends mainly on being in the right place at the right time. The average citizen can have an influence on government decisions. This world is run by the few people in power, and there is not much the little guy can do about it. When I make...
Writing your proposal and preparing for your interview
Education & Development

Writing your proposal and preparing for your interview

...study may be quite different to interviews that you have experienced previously. Careful preparation will give you the best chance in being successful. Preparing for your interview Read your proposal critically and look for potential challenges to your work. What limitations and challenges might the panel want you to discuss? Makes some notes on what these are and how you...
Why do volcanoes erupt?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do volcanoes erupt?

...Study with The Open University: Volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis. This course extract is adapted from Block 3, Internal Processes, of the course Geology (S260) which ceased presentation in 2009. Good news: There are still lots of ways to study geology at the University It was originally made available more widely as part of the Rough Science: Colorado content on...
Reflective practice as self-care: recognising the mental health needs of sexual offence investigators
Society, Politics & Law

Reflective practice as self-care: recognising the mental health needs of sexual offence investigators

...study has identified that Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) is more typical in police officers and staff than Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), with one in five police officers and staff suffering with C-PTSD. This is due to the repetition of trauma, rather than the single event trauma response typically associated with PTSD (Brewin et al., 2020)....