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COP26 and the Glasgow Pact...one small step
Nature & Environment

COP26 and the Glasgow Pact...one small step

...Open University’s Environment qualifications. [Photo taken at COP26 in Glasgow. Banner says 'We can do this if we act now'.] Measuring progress in the international climate negotiations Beyond fine words, promises and pledges, there are at least 6 indicators we should use to measure progress and success in our global response to climate change. Here they are in what I...
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Early reflections from Glasgow on COP26
Nature & Environment

Early reflections from Glasgow on COP26

...Open University’s Environment qualifications. Putting a World Leaders Summit at the start of COP26 is inspirational and electrifying. It provides a much-needed shot in the arm to the COVID-delayed multilateral process of sorting out the details of the UNFCCC process (including the Meeting of the Parties for the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreements, the Subsidiary...
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How can digital books support children’s learning?
Education & Development

How can digital books support children’s learning?

...is: digital books ensure that all children can have a varied reading diet and grow their reading curiosity. To convert this immense potential of e-books, we need to make sure that e-books are of high quality. Natalia Kucirkova is Professor of Reading and Children’s Development, The Open University, and Chair of the International Collective of Children’s Digital Books....
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Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London
History & The Arts

Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London

...agentive non-humans such as protest banners and monuments are excluded). If I started with the idea of my research being focused on documenting or representing events in Hong Kong and London, I have also privileged evocation as a means of expressing how particular moments open up alternative epistemological and ontological possibilities for research and for politics....
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A guide to developing trust with home-educating parents
Education & Development

A guide to developing trust with home-educating parents

...Open University’s Childhood and Youth Studies qualification. Background Elective home education is becoming an increasingly popular choice for parents who are seeking a more suitable approach for their child’s education than is provided by a state-funded or independent school. While many parents opt to home educate as soon as their child reaches compulsory school age,...
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Transitioning from home education to employment
Education & Development

Transitioning from home education to employment

...Open University’s Childhood and Youth Studies qualification. The recent ‘Strengthening Home Education’ (2021) report commissioned by the DfE and the House of Commons Education Committee highlighted the need for research that explores the social outcomes of home education. In particular, employment is an area of society that we know very little about when it comes to...
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COVID Chronicles from the Margins
Society, Politics & Law

COVID Chronicles from the Margins

...open, then downcast, then closed conveys a sense of the extinction of self. The line through the ear appears like a waterline. Lockdown and isolation, for some asylum seekers and refugees, brings back painful memories with unparalled intensity. [Eid Mubarak Under Lockdown] Eid Mubarak Under Lockdown This year, Ramadan, the Islamic 40-day ritual of fasting occurred under...
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Magical Modernity in a Muggle World? Witchcraft, Spirituality and Everyday Enchantment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Magical Modernity in a Muggle World? Witchcraft, Spirituality and Everyday Enchantment

...opens up to us. The idea of casting a spell so that good may triumph over evil; using divination to glimpse into the future; or having the chance of one more conversation with a deceased loved one is all very appealing. Yet in our modern and rational world there’s little room for mysticism, wonder and alternative worldviews. ‘There’s no such thing as magic!’...
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