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Silent Invisible Women: Deaf and Muslim in Australia
History & The Arts

Silent Invisible Women: Deaf and Muslim in Australia

...course, my thesis has obvious limitations, including a very narrow sample. More expansive research will be needed not only to highlight diversity in deaf discourse but to also close the anecdotal gap between Islam and disability. I look forward to expanding on my honours thesis and conducting further research to meet these research desiderata. At the moment, I am working...
Turning the pain of racial discrimination into protection for others
Education & Development

Turning the pain of racial discrimination into protection for others

...course and believe it is vital that parents think about their own culture, so they have the knowledge to empower their own children to feel confident and comfortable in their own bodies and lives. The system should be fair, but it isn’t, so we must stand up for ourselves and each other. I’ve shared our experiences at protests, Black History Month celebrations, Theatre...
Hip Hop and the Institution
History & The Arts

Hip Hop and the Institution

...courses. On the other hand, though, Hip Hop activists have consistently critiqued the way the Institution uses resources, knowledge and aesthetics created by communities of Hip Hop heads without giving back anything of value to them. The Institution’s appropriation of Hip Hop has also led to divisions within the Hip Hop community, for example, when certain people and...
How are social workers portrayed in the media?
Languages

How are social workers portrayed in the media?

...course, there’s a bias in the news towards reporting negative stories rather than positive ones. Social workers are in the news when there’s a problem, and where a case goes wrong there’s a culture of looking for an individual person or an individual agency to hold accountable. But is the entertainment media any different? Plot device in TV dramas My second study...
Active Citizenship in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Active Citizenship in Wales

...Courses, articles and videos available on OpenLearn. Browse more resources Research Citizens’ Voices, People’s News: Making the Media Work for Wales An IWA report, in partnership with The Open University in Wales This research was commissioned by The Open University in Wales (OU) and the Institute of Welsh Affairs (IWA), who are working together with Welsh citizens to...
Design forensic psychology: parenting education and support
Science, Maths & Technology

Design forensic psychology: parenting education and support

...course approach, emphasising the importance of combining parenting education with other support services to mitigate adverse effects. It highlights the value of service co-design, where beneficiaries and practitioners collaborate to create more effective, empowering, and sustainable programmes. The review finds that while parenting education can improve psychosocial...