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Charting new reading research directions
Education & Development

Charting new reading research directions

...Open University. Natalia studies social justice in early childhood literacy, focusing on the role of technology in children’s reading and agency. She is also examining how children engage their senses when reading. Annie Brookman-Byrne talks with Natalia about changes in reading research – and a possible future in which children learn with edible books. Annie...
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After Manchester: How can you help if you know someone affected by a terror attack
Health, Sports & Psychology

After Manchester: How can you help if you know someone affected by a terror attack

...open up. Let them know that even if they don’t want to talk about it right now, that they can talk to you about it at any point in the future. Each person will deal with what has happened in their own way. So if you are helping someone who has experienced a traumatic event, give them space to process their feelings, but let them know that you care and that you are there...
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How did the election look from Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

How did the election look from Europe?

...open to Europe than May, he had still committed his party to Brexit. Either outcome would lead to further uncertainty over Brexit and add to frustration in Brussels. From the European perspective, the actual outcome – a marginal Conservative win falling short of an absolute majority – is arguably worse still. Government formation, usually a cut-and-dried process in...
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How Brexit Is Giving Rise To A New Wave Of Language Wars
History & The Arts

How Brexit Is Giving Rise To A New Wave Of Language Wars

...open‘. Here the sense was much more inclusive - by using English, and especially a form that was self-mockingly inflected with a heavy German accent, the paper suggested that relationships in the union could flourish despite linguistic and cultural boundaries. They were stressing, in other words, the ways in which language works as a means of communication between...
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World Cup 2023: is it a case of USA or England?
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Cup 2023: is it a case of USA or England?

...Open University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. On 20 July 2023 the ninth Women’s World Cup kicks off when co-hosts New Zealand play Norway in Auckland. The first women’s World Cup took place in China in 1991 and involved 12 nations. There are now 32 teams involved which is an increase on the 24 teams that competed in 2019. USA are by far the most...
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Low pressure die casting (counter-pressure casting)
Science, Maths & Technology

Low pressure die casting (counter-pressure casting)

...opening ] Manufacture: Metal is displaced from the furnace and forced up the riser tube using air at 20–100 kN m-2, or by evacuation of the mould. “Counter-pressure die casting” is a variation in which the mould is filled by having a slight pressure differential produced by controlled leakage from the mould. This slow, smooth and progressive filling of the die...
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Full mould casting (evaporative pattern)
Science, Maths & Technology

Full mould casting (evaporative pattern)

...open, eject pattern and store for 30 days. [Diagram to demonstrate Full mould casting (Evaporative pattern) - see article] 3. Glue-on runners, feeders and risers (where necessary) if not already an integral part of the pattern. Coat pattern with a special factory coating and dry. [Diagram to demonstrate Full mould casting (Evaporative pattern) - see article] 4. Place the...
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Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender

...against non-binary and gender-fluid people We hope that How to Understand Your Gender will provide a routemap for making sense of such stories, as well as navigating individual gender experience within a wider culture of ongoing tension and conflict around gender. Meg-John Barker is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at The Open University. They tweet from @megjohnbarker....
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