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Occupying Turin: refugees breathe life into abandoned buildings of Olympic village, but authorities want them out
Society, Politics & Law

Occupying Turin: refugees breathe life into abandoned buildings of Olympic village, but authorities want them out

...multiple mirrors and music, a Senegalese restaurant, and perhaps most impressively “La Scuola” (the school): a classroom stocked with books, a chalkboard and mismatched tables and chairs. [The image is of a classroom setting. There is a blackboard at the top left corner of the photo which says "refugees welcome" in white chalk and there are four rows of desks set out...
Telephone bereavement support: does it work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Telephone bereavement support: does it work?

...multiple session telephone support, over several weeks or months. But why is this? [A round black and white analog wall clock lays on a table in front of a man.] Shorter waiting times It seems wrong to have to wait when you’ve finally managed to get to the point of wanting to ask for help. It’s a sad fact, that the number of people in the UK who seek bereavement...
Investigating Links Between Pesticides and Mental Health
Science, Maths & Technology

Investigating Links Between Pesticides and Mental Health

...Multiple routes for the spread of pesticides. Organophosphates (OPs) are most commonly used as insecticide pesticides in crop protection and pest control. Additionally, they have a range of other uses, which can depend on the toxicological or pharmacological profile of each compound. Despite some differences, all organophosphates share the same mode of action; they...
The benefits of a longer product life
Science, Maths & Technology

The benefits of a longer product life

...multiple current crises of economy, health and climate, it is perhaps useful to consider how we can develop capabilities for the care of our material world and provide new opportunities to decarbonise our product environment through better design and different practices of use. In the last fifty or so years we have seen huge advancements in technology and yet product...
What part did citizen science play in hurricane disaster relief?
Science, Maths & Technology

What part did citizen science play in hurricane disaster relief?

...multiple sudden-onset hazards. Its flexibility is also being enhanced, so that it’s better able to forecast damage before it even occurs. For example, before post-Maria satellite images were even released, the pre-Irma and Maria images were processed and the machine learning folded in building information from Open Street Maps. In a matter of hours, the network produced...
Merry microbes: how might festive feasting affect your gut microbiota?
Science, Maths & Technology

Merry microbes: how might festive feasting affect your gut microbiota?

...multiple factors that can affect our gut microbes, including our age, our sex, how we are born (e.g. vaginal delivery or via caesarean section), where we live, what drugs we have taken, what pets we have, and what we eat. During the festive period our diets tend to change a little, or even a lot, as we might indulge in a few more luxuries. Imagine the scene. You’ve sat...
History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan
Education & Development

History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan

...multiple ways. Teachers and students at the pioneering Ibba Girls School show what can be achieved through high-quality schooling. ['This pencil can spell hope' advertisement saying 90% of girls in South Sudan are illiterate.] Black History Month and The Open University This article arises from a presentation held on this topic during Black History Month 2023 for Open...
Parenting as a South Asian parent in the UK
Education & Development

Parenting as a South Asian parent in the UK

...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 children’s education and learning while noting parenting is lot more than this. I was born and lived my first twenty-eight years of life in a...