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Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment
Nature & Environment

Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment

...world. Coincidentally, March 3rd is designated by the African Union since 2002, and is celebrated as Africa Environment Day. The latter celebration happens to have another name as well: “Wangari Maathai Day” as a tribute to the late environmentalist and first female African Nobel Peace Prize winner, Wangari Maathai of Kenya (1940–2011). These two interrelated events...
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Parenting as a South Asian parent in the UK
Education & Development

Parenting as a South Asian parent in the UK

...world football and basketball (the US NBA) than I would ever know in five lifetimes (like many Indians it is not surprising to travel through multiple lives in our imagination!). Over their respective life spans both have decided on many matters including their educational journeys. In this short piece I reflect on parenting in a personal way and this narrower range of...
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Is your social media use impacting your future?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is your social media use impacting your future?

...world of social media is constantly changing with new sites and apps being added to the offering. In 2019, the most popular social networks worldwide were Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and WeChat (Statista, 2019). You might have heard of the following types of platform: Wikis such as Wikipedia. Blogs such as WordPress and Tumblr. Microblogs such as...
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The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England
Health, Sports & Psychology

The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England

...world” (p4). The report is equally emphatic that the solution does not on the whole lie with blaming individuals, or rooting out incompetent or negligent staff. Sometimes, of course, individuals do need to be held transparently to account, when they have been willfully or recklessly negligent or involved in mistreatment. However, the report takes a strong stance that...
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The Unsung Women Who Shaped the Blues
Languages

The Unsung Women Who Shaped the Blues

...world and laying the groundwork for future music genres, such as R&B, rock ‘n’ roll and blues rock. Furthermore, their lyrics offered ‘an unprecedented new arena of self-expression’ as they often sang about ‘overt sexuality, abusive men and even queer perspectives’. Together, they articulated a ‘collective experience of freedom’, thereby defying social...
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Yellow Fever: An OpenLearn reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Yellow Fever: An OpenLearn reading list

...World Health Organisation warns that an outbreak of Yellow Fever in DRC and Angola could, unchecked, become a global pandemic. Here's a guide to what you need to know about the disease...[A public health announcement about dengue and yellow fevers in Paraguay] A public health campaign about Yellow Fever and Dengue Fever in Paraguay What is yellow fever? The NHS explains...
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How far was the Brexit vote "the will of the people" - and what does that mean?
Society, Politics & Law

How far was the Brexit vote "the will of the people" - and what does that mean?

...world of the “Brexitaliban” (as “Remoaner”, I cannot resist), the answer who should be in charge has been absolutely clear, almost from the outset,[iii] following the coronation[iv] of Theresa May as prime minister: they, in government, and they alone! It took the Supreme Court to push back on their Henry VIII style interpretation of the royal prerogative and give...
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Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?
Education & Development

Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?

...world is moving to distance education during the COVID-19 outbreak, this article presents students’ recent views about the place of fun within online learning. ...[online learning undergraduate] Due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, many schools and universities have now closed their buildings, and have moved to learning at distance. Distance education Institutions are...
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