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Black History Month 2021 talks
Education & Development

Black History Month 2021 talks

...researching and celebrating the histories of Ethnic Minority barristers and its importance to historians, wider audiences, and particularly students and aspiring barristers. It introduces some of the lives being researched and the exhibition featuring this work. [Unknown title] Transcript What works to improve inclusivity in social work education? In this seminar Dr...
OpenMinds-Talk: Virtual Worlds for real experiences
Digital & Computing

OpenMinds-Talk: Virtual Worlds for real experiences

...research has two strands: learning technologies and social computing. Professor Minocha will show how virtual worlds bridge time and places, interleaving the virtual with the real – allowing people to communicate and collaborate with those whom they may have never met, experience places they may never be able to visit, shop, learn, and do research. Professor Minocha...
Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students
Education & Development

Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students

...research and Open University scholarship (2020–2024), Rajvinder Samra explores how educators can help to close the awarding gap for Black and minority ethnic students. ...Awarding gaps between Black and minority ethnic students and their white peers remain a persistent challenge across higher education. While the causes are complex, evidence emerging since 2020 –...
The hidden history of learning disability
Society, Politics & Law

The hidden history of learning disability

...researchers on equal terms. The significance of capturing real-life stories through oral history is described by one academic contributor as a way of showing people ‘not as victims but as survivors’, while for another it ‘opens your eyes to corners of social life’. Featuring Professor Dorothy Atkinson of The Open University based Learning Disability History...
Black British Jazz
History & The Arts

Black British Jazz

...research carried out by The Open University research team led by Dr Jason Toynbee who has been examining the history of Black British Jazz and the stories of the artists who have performed it. This video looks at the history of jazz and how the story dates back as far as 1919, documenting how successive waves of black musicians have contributed to developing new and...
A linguistic toolkit for health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

A linguistic toolkit for health and social care

...research to situations you, or someone you know, might find themselves in. Explore different advising strategies in three real-life scenarios in this interactive...[The family are dining together at a table] Click on the image above, to start your interactive experience... INSTRUCTIONS: For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Edge or...
Should we test drugs on pregnant women?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should we test drugs on pregnant women?

...researched that their safety during pregnancy remains uncertain. Over the last few years, however, a small, tight-knit group of ethicists, including Lyerly, have become determined to reverse this longstanding scientific neglect of pregnant women. Science and society, they argue, have got it utterly wrong: our efforts to protect women and their fetuses have actually put...
Introduction to the trauma-informed investigation of rape and serious sexual offences article series
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to the trauma-informed investigation of rape and serious sexual offences article series

...research looking into these investigations and the need for a trauma-informed approach...This article series was developed as a result of a research programme conducted within The Open University’s Centre for Police Research and Learning (CPRL) for the Home Office. The work was part of a multi-university project, known as ‘Operation Soteria Bluestone’, exploring a...