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What is COVID-19?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is COVID-19?

...working hypothesis is that this virus has made the leap from bats to humans, possibly via an intermediary species. Really, we need to know whether there is an existing reservoir of infection in the animal kingdom, which could serve as a source of future outbreaks, as is the case with Ebola, or whether the mutation arose and died out in animals, but not before being...
Who will lead Britain out of the European Union
Society, Politics & Law

Who will lead Britain out of the European Union

...work together. Simon Usherwood explores the sides battling to lead...The rules are clear. Only one group can lead the official campaign on either side of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU. And while that isn’t proving a problem for the side that wants to stay in, the process of picking a leader for the exit camp is proving deeply political and highly...
What's so exciting about gravitational waves being discovered?
Science, Maths & Technology

What's so exciting about gravitational waves being discovered?

...working at the LIGO experiment in the US have for the first time detected elusive ripples in the fabric of space and time known as gravitational waves. There is no doubt that the finding is one of the most groundbreaking physics discoveries of the past 100 years. But what are they? [Computer simulation of two merging black holes producing gravitational waves] Computer...
What does toilet paper teach us about poverty?
Society, Politics & Law

What does toilet paper teach us about poverty?

...works. Atif Kukaswadia explains...One of the greatest fictional stories isn’t a summer blockbuster and doesn’t star a big-budget Hollywood celebrity. It’s the story that individuals are poor due to their lack of will/drive/desire, and if they worked harder, they’d work themselves out of poverty. We like to call it the “American Dream.” Perhaps the most...
Is Europe letting down Eritrean refugees?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Europe letting down Eritrean refugees?

...work to support their families and to find a greater degree of freedom than is possible at home. [The Conversation] In October 2016, a UN inquiry into human rights abuses in Eritrea reported that crimes against humanity have been committed in the country since 1991. Sheila Keetharuth, presenting the findings of the inquiry, appealed for UN member states to “grant...
The Italian Patient: Health care in Renaissance Italy
History & The Arts

The Italian Patient: Health care in Renaissance Italy

...work), the priorities of the society from which the funds for the treatment were forthcoming (or extracted). But the people who documented the work at the Florentine hospital of Santa Maria Nuova were not writing for us, a curious posterity; we can delight in the astonishing completeness of their records but must still be very careful about how we interpret them. In the...
Three Irish Poets – Katherine Tynan
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Katherine Tynan

...work. Learn about her perspective on Irish nationalism, Catholicism and traditional female roles...[Katharine Tynan] Dublin- born Katharine Tynan was a popular and immensely productive writer, active from the 1880s to 1931. She published over one hundred novels, eighteen collections of poems, journalism, autobiography and many short stories. Like Ellen O’Leary, she was...
Shifting notions of trauma-informed practice: from the individual to the organisation
Society, Politics & Law

Shifting notions of trauma-informed practice: from the individual to the organisation

...and allowing officers/staff to access opportunities fairly and have control over their work and their decisions is vital. Collaboration: Encouraging a collaborative and open approach through supervision and wider efforts of communication among all team members regardless of rank fosters a sense of trust and good, fair and participatory leadership. Empowerment: Empowering employees to open up about their welfare needs and......