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No place like home: Prisons and homelessness
Society, Politics & Law

No place like home: Prisons and homelessness

...human identities, and the creating a sense of ‘rootedness’. Home is about a sense of ‘belonging’ and feeling part of a wider community. A home is safe, familiar and comfortable. Home is a place of rest, recuperation, care and respite, something essential for the well-being of all humans. [A homeless man sleeping in a park] The prison is not an environment that can...
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Article 5 mins
Dogs under the microscope
Science, Maths & Technology

Dogs under the microscope

...human carers, the domestic dog’s genetic material (their genes) is stored as chromosomes. When a cell divides, it packages its DNA into these structures. All domestic dogs, no matter their size, shape or colour, carry their genetic materials on a total of 78 chromosomes. These are found in pairs, with each pair being made up of one chromosome from each parent. One pair...
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Article 5 mins
Understanding interstrand crosslink repair in Drosophila
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding interstrand crosslink repair in Drosophila

...human disorders...Genomic stability and DNA repair are key factors in human health. When repair mechanisms are defective, humans become predisposed to a range of cancers. One kind of DNA damage for which effective repair is vital to humans, crosslinking of DNA. This occurs when various agents react with two different position in the DNA; in opposite strands of the DNA it...
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Article 15 mins
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...human race. In this free course, Studying mammals: The social climbers, you will find out about some of the characteristics that make them so like us: their physiology, complex social interactions, large brains and intelligence. This is the ninth course in the Studying mammals series...Monkeys have long fascinated us because of their similarities to the human race. In...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Open Education Week
Education & Development

Open Education Week

...resources to help others deliver and develop their resources too, as you'll see below...Open Education Week (6-10 March 2023) is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement. Its goal is to raise awareness about the movement and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide. We're all about 'openness' here on OpenLearn, so to mark this event we've pulled together...
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Article 5 mins
How time and place matter for migrants’ social mobility
Society, Politics & Law

How time and place matter for migrants’ social mobility

...resources impact on their settlement in the countries of destination...How do migrants make the most of their cultural, social and economic resources in the new country in which they live? In a recent article, Migrant Capitals: Proposing a Multi-Level Spatio-Temporal Analytical Framework, with my colleague Professor Louise Ryan from the University of Sheffield, we explore...
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Life Launchpad
Education & Development

Life Launchpad

...resources for secondary school aged pupils...Find out more about The Open University’s Open degree qualification This bespoke and curated content from the hundreds of courses and resources available on OpenLearn can be used to enhance existing subject knowledge or explore new passions. Moreover, we’ve also collected a range of resources for life outside of education,...
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Article 5 mins
Should we educate prisoners?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we educate prisoners?

...human right According to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Vernor Muñoz, “learning in prison through educational programmes is generally considered to have an impact on recidivism, re-integration and, more specifically, employment outcomes upon release. Education is however much more than a tool for change; it is an imperative in its own...
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Article 10 mins