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The monster has wings: Should we be worried about youth consumption of energy drinks?
Health, Sports & Psychology

The monster has wings: Should we be worried about youth consumption of energy drinks?

...children and teenagers drinking espressos, yet it’s socially acceptable for young people to reach for energy drinks to give them a quick “boost”. Unaffected by the economic crisis, energy drinks are the fastest growing sector of the soft drinks market. Between 2006 and 2012 consumption of energy drinks in the UK increased by 12.8% – from 235m to 475m litres. These...
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How do we learn language?
Education & Development

How do we learn language?

Children seem equally able to acquire any one of the 7000 or so languages they could be born into – how do they do it and what makes our species uniquely prepared to learn language? Paul lbbotson talks about this remarkable part of our human nature...Find out more about The Open University's Education and Early Years courses and qualifications. Human nature [A group of...
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Learning to Groove
History & The Arts

Learning to Groove

...research project at The Open University explains how this informal type of music education is playing an important and alternative role. Jazz musician Gary Crosby and his partner Janine Irons share their story of how they set up the band and why they feel so passionate about giving opportunities to inner city children to learn how to play jazz and to guide them on their...
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Migrant businesswomen and the census
Society, Politics & Law

Migrant businesswomen and the census

...Census: migration, gender, and business, and shows how art-based approaches such as storytelling can be used to communicate quantitative Census data. Project team: Dr Carry van Lieshout (The Open University), Gunjan Sondhi (The Open University). Partners: ReWomen (Women of Management and Enterprise Network), CREME (Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship)...
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The European Union and the impact on mixed nationality relationships in northern Finland
Society, Politics & Law

The European Union and the impact on mixed nationality relationships in northern Finland

...economy of a Brexit. Journal of European Public Policy 23(9):1302-1310. Ottaviano, G., J. Pessoa, T. Sampson and J. Van Reenen (2014) ‘The Costs and Benefits of Leaving the EU’, Centre for Economic Performance Policy Analysis. Vertovec, S. (2011). Conceiving and researching transnationalism. Ethnic and Racial Studies 22 (2) 1999:447-467. Read more articles like this...
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How large is the UK alternative finance sector?
Money & Business

How large is the UK alternative finance sector?

...research estimates the size of non-mainstream financial activity at over three billion pounds - and although growth is starting to slow, the alternative is becoming mainstream...The UK online alternative finance sector grew 84% in 2015, facilitating £3.2 billion in investments, loans and donations, according to a new report published today [17th February 2016]. This is a...
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A guide to developing trust with home-educating parents
Education & Development

A guide to developing trust with home-educating parents

...research into parental experiences of deregistering children from school to enter into home education, parents described how they lost trust in the local authority’s ability to support their children due to a lack of response to their children’s needs when they were in school. This ultimately led them to home education. They reflected on how the loss of trust...
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The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction

...children reportedly opted out of receiving the Child Support Grant due to how they were being treated at the local welfare office (Wright et al., 2014). Despite living in poverty, they choose to forego benefits to avoid being asked unnecessary invasive questions about their private life by welfare officers (Wright et al., 2014). In Bangladesh, urban residents who fell...
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