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Methods in Motion: Acknowledging the active participant
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Acknowledging the active participant

...course, some research attempts to capture the talk rather than the participant, as in narrative and discursive analyses of the meanings, resources (discourses, narratives, repertoires), and language practices in play in a social and communicative context. Yet even in these approaches, there has been a tendency to reinstate the subject, for instance in psychosocial...
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Doctor Who and human history
History & The Arts

Doctor Who and human history

...courses and qualifications. [Matt Smith the Doctor] Doctor Who, which celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year, is best known as a science fiction series. Think of the show, and you think of sci-fi concepts such as the TARDIS, and alien creatures like the Daleks or Cybermen. But, as the Doctor says to Rose of the TARDIS at the end of the first episode of the 2005...
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Are schools the best place for children to learn?
Education & Development

Are schools the best place for children to learn?

...course, this wider engagement can seem like a challenge, but virtual spaces can be fantastic for this too. It is about creating a routine that gives learners the opportunity to experience things in lots of different ways, using a variety of resources and activities, as well as being able to use different media, so that they can engage all the senses. Being creative...
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How race, gender, age and class affects the way people are perceived
Health, Sports & Psychology

How race, gender, age and class affects the way people are perceived

...course, oversimplifies the rather complex processes leading to categorisation and discrimination based on socio-cultural factors, it has hopefully illustrated some of the prejudice and discrimination that are linked to the way socio-cultural factors are perceived in our society today, and in the mental health and criminal justice system. The animation highlights the...
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The case for and against a second referendum
Society, Politics & Law

The case for and against a second referendum

...course, it was unlikely (but not impossible) that such a long list of questions could be put to the electorate, not least because it would have been a confusing turn off for voters. But this why a second referendum is now required. It’s essential because we only started to ask the questions above after June 2016. Not only did we not know the answers to such questions at...
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Seeing the internet
Digital & Computing

Seeing the internet

...course, if you’re an OU student you'll be using the internet for your studies! But even in the case of people who don't have any of that technology – who don't own a smartphone or a tablet, and who, in the Global North, are more likely to be poor and old – a lot of what they do will be managed by digital technologies. The bus that runs into town will probably have a...
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Artificial intelligence: implications for social work writing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Artificial intelligence: implications for social work writing

...courses. Social workers write some of the most important records and reports about people’s lives, which have a lifelong impact (Pierre, 2022). Although writing is often mentioned as a burdensome sideline of what social workers do, writing and recording are core aspects of the practice of social work (Rai et al., 2024). The rapid development of artificial intelligence...
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Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives
Education & Development

Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives

...courses attended, certificates earned, hours logged. But what if we reimagined it as something more human, more relational and more embedded in the everyday?...A recent conversation between three colleagues from different professional backgrounds – education, social work, and academic development in Higher Education – explored the synergies and differences between how...
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