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Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens
History & The Arts

Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens

...research interests lie in the relationships between music, theology and religious practice, and the history of music in Wales. His work on music, theology and religion has been principally focused on music and religious practice in Britain since the eighteenth century, and in the Methodist movement more widely. [Dr Helen Barlow] Dr Helen Barlow Senior Research Fellow,...
What is the relationship between history and historical fiction?
History & The Arts

What is the relationship between history and historical fiction?

...research and this idea that you need to get things right. As somebody who was interested in history to start off with, did that fascinate you more than daunt you? Do you like the fact that you have to familiarise yourself with certain things before you can begin the story, or does it not work that way for you? EMMA DARWIN: I’m equally fascinated and exasperated. I mean...
The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun
Education & Development

The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun

...research findings of the e-authentication and authorship verification system for e-assessment TeSLA, which was used by seven institutions in Europe, including the Open University, to enhance academic integrity. I also present teaching staff and students’ views about the benefits of this novel system. [TeSLA system for Face Recognition] Figure 1 TeSLA system for Face...
Teaching reading: what are our long term goals?
Education & Development

Teaching reading: what are our long term goals?

...research indicates the synergies between children’s reading for pleasure with print and digital reading resources, and the affective, creative, interactive, shared, sustained and personalised nature of their engagement (Kucirkova, Littleton and Cremin, 2016). These synergies which have the potential to help shape teachers’ (and parents’ and publishers’) choices of...
The many forms of workplace bullying
Money & Business

The many forms of workplace bullying

...research on the subject I have discovered there are generally five different types. These can include “overt acts” – such as threats or actual violence, demands for resignation, verbal assault or “subtle acts” like teasing, gossip or banter. Then there are “work related acts” such as micro managing, limiting options for annual leave, giving too much or too...
Forgotten families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forgotten families

...Research suggests that children of prisoners are at risk of mental health problems, challenges within formal educational environments and future offending. Research statistics indicate that 65% of boys with a parent in prison are more likely to go on to offend, although this data somewhat oversimplifies the complex relationship between parental imprisonment and childhood...
What does it mean to be a South Asian young adult carer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What does it mean to be a South Asian young adult carer?

...research with South Asian young adult carers living in England (see below). We interviewed them about what their caring roles involve. Their caring tasks range from doing housework, helping the people they care for to get dressed or to wash, organising their medications and interpreting for them when they have a doctor’s appointment. The care these young people give...