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LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters
Society, Politics & Law

LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters

...system for blood donations in 2022. LGBTQIA+ civil rights movement in Northern Ireland - achievements and challenges One of the key achievements of the LGBTQIA+ community over the last 25 years has been the passing of equal marriage – ensuring equal recognition of marriages between same sex and heterosexual couples in 2020, 7 years after England and Wales and 5 years...
Planetary Protection: Space Governance and the Search for Life
Science, Maths & Technology

Planetary Protection: Space Governance and the Search for Life

...System, OUP. Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Outer Space Treaty/OST) 610 UNTS 205. Adopted 27 January 1967, entered into force 10 October 1967. Foust, J. (2019) ‘SpaceIL Lander Crashes on Moon’, SpaceNews.com, 11 April [Online]. Available at:...
The awarding gap at The Open University
Education & Development

The awarding gap at The Open University

...systemic change. Note: Selecting correct and appropriate terminology to describe a diverse group of people, all of whom have experienced racism, is difficult. For the purposes of this article, BME and BAME is used, although it is recognised these are problematic terms. Background In England, the profile of race equality was raised significantly after the death of Stephen...
Developing (as) a research team
Education & Development

Developing (as) a research team

...Systems (FedCSIS), pp. 823–9. McGinn, M.K., Shields, C., Manley‐Casimir, M., Grundy, A.L. and Fenton, N. (2005) ‘Living ethics: a narrative of collaboration and belonging in a research team’, Reflective Practice, 6(4), pp. 551–67. Travnicek, C., Stoll, D., Reichinger, A. and Rix, J. (2022) ‘It soon became clear – insights into technology and
Dinasyddiaeth Weithgar yng Nghymru
Society, Politics & Law

Dinasyddiaeth Weithgar yng Nghymru

...system rybuddio i roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i chi am weithgarwch eich AS. Full Fact Sefydliad gwirio ffeithiau annibynnol a all helpu i gadarnhau dilysrwydd darllediadau newyddion a straeon cyfryngau cymdeithasol. Snopes.com Ffynhonnell gyfeirio ddefnyddiol ar gyfer ymchwilio i chwedlau trefol byd-eang, gwerin, mythau, sibrydion, a chamwybodaeth. Mae'r Brifysgol Agored...
Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology
Education & Development

Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology

...system that crossed the Irish Sea centuries ago, went beyond the Pale and spread across the globe (Linebaugh, 2019). In Africa, the Irish have always been unequivocally White even when to the English in England they have been a bit less than White, and possibly a bit Black (Ralston, 1999). It is some of these personal and political complications of whiteness that I...
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...system but not cause any symptoms of the diseases themselves. The vaccine is usually given in two doses, both by injection. The first dose is given to babies aged 12–15 months, and the second (a ‘booster’) is given at school age, intended to protect those children (about 5–10%) that did not respond to the first dose. The triple vaccination programme was introduced...
Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish

...system. ‘H’ sounds like the Spanish ‘j’. Words beginning with ‘sc’, ‘sl’, ‘sm’, ‘sn’, ‘sp’ and ‘st’ have an ‘e’ added to them. Box 2: Understanding names and places When it comes to understanding native Spanish speakers knowing what kind of pronunciation to expect will help you catch places and names more easily. Although the consonant...