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The Romantics
History & The Arts

The Romantics

...work was affected by its historical context. This material forms part of The Open University course A230 Reading and studying literature... Romantic authorship Professor Andrew Bennett discusses the idea of authorship. The self How did Romantic writers represent ‘the self’? Wordsworth and De Quincy Bill Greenwell adapts one of Wordsworth’s poems ‘To daffodils’...
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Seeking Sanctuary
Society, Politics & Law

Seeking Sanctuary

...working to give asylum-seekers and refugees a political voice, as well as change mainstream attitudes towards them. Perspective: Taking Sanctuary Refugees and asylum-seekers looking for sanctuary in the UK face many challenges, such as hostility and isolation. Often, mainstream attitudes are that they are victims or threats, and, as such, they tend to be treated as less...
Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?

...work on things that they have neglected or not been able to work on previously. For example, understanding nutrition and trying out new nutritional strategies, working on their mental skills and mental preparation, or analysing their technical performance. Protect against burnout. This period of staying at home offers athletes the chance to rest more, get over those...
Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer
Society, Politics & Law

Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer

...work. After the event participants were asked to reflect upon questions of identity and their learnings from the screening and the discussion. You can see some of the responses in this pdf. Here’s a few quotes from participants’ comments: ‘Great film and discussion about freedom to move – Alia Syed, hierarchies of citizenship and belonging and how who we are...
The Problem with Pink
History & The Arts

The Problem with Pink

...works as a convenient shorthand – an obvious example is the wearing of pink ribbons to mark breast cancer awareness. However, this colour coding can also be a cause for concern – there has been much anxious debate in the media about the ‘pinkification’ of products aimed at young girls, for example. It is argued that the association of pink with femininity entails...
Foreign interference?
Digital & Computing

Foreign interference?

...working directly or indirectly for the Russian government have been attempting to compromise the security of internet devices known as routers and switches. A huge number of routers and switches are responsible for directing traffic on local networks as well as national networks and the internet itself. Your home will have at least one router (usually combined with a...
Siblings in the scrum: long history of brothers makes rugby a family affair
Society, Politics & Law

Siblings in the scrum: long history of brothers makes rugby a family affair

...working hard against each other and trying to get the best out of each other. It was good having someone you can work with and push on.” New Zealand has a long history of brotherly participation with 43 sets of brothers having played for the All Blacks at different times. However for those brothers lining up alongside each other this figure drops to nine. This year Ben...
Support for dyslexic language students through feedback
Education & Development

Support for dyslexic language students through feedback

...work of students with dyslexia provided by their institution. Specific guidelines for languages teachers are outlined below. First contact and motivation Teachers are advised to: Find out about any personal reasons or motivation to study a foreign language that their students may have, and bear this in mind to encourage them to do their best and remain motivated and...