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The New Union Flag project: from an object of agitation to a space for communication
Society, Politics & Law

The New Union Flag project: from an object of agitation to a space for communication

...open space for conversation, around what could have been a very confrontational work. Giota Alevizou: In addition to being photographed with the flag, or marching with it, you also developed workshops recently, which will be part of the installation at Tate Exchange. How are these workshops adding to the project? Gil Mualem-Doron: The workshops until know have been...
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Syria, Spitsbergen and Seeds
Society, Politics & Law

Syria, Spitsbergen and Seeds

...Open University’s Department of Geography where I currently work as a Research Associate. I’m going to examine how conflict in the Middle East risked disrupting research into the future security of the world’s food supplies, and find out how a revolutionary project on the remote island of Spitsbergen acted to keep that research going. This case captures, for me,...
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Europe’s Borders in Question
Society, Politics & Law

Europe’s Borders in Question

...Open or closed Europe? With the outsourcing of EU border controls and member states taking back control of their own borders, the overarching impression is of a territory closing in on itself, restricting the right of movement and blocking access. But that’s really only half the story. The OU geography module DD205 Living in a Globalised World teaches us that territory...
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Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change
Education & Development

Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change

...Open Access Initiatives with authorship attribution increase integrity and diversity. UK’s Athena SWAN Framework promotes explicit equity targets. EU METEOR project is designed to empower researchers of diverse nationalities, genders, ages, ethnic backgrounds and roles by enhancing their transversal skills. From awareness to action For academia to thrive, institutions...
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Equity-based research design
Education & Development

Equity-based research design

...open-minded approach to appreciate structural injustices hidden within accepted norms. Language is a critical issue to consider in terms of its opportunities to communicate but also to exclude and reinforce barriers. Finding ways to provide opportunities for all those to speak in their preferred voice, with confidence, is in an important tool in knowledge construction...
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Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support
Health, Sports & Psychology

Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support

...Open University’s Access and Participation Plan...We did it! The role of study support in student success Transcript ‘We did it! The role of study support in student success’ was created by Suki Haider, Alice Uwizera, Allan Kavuma, John Butcher, Rehana Awan and Darren Gray. Suki is an OU Associate Lecturer, and Alice and Allan are two Black students studying at the...
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In Our Time on Psychology: An OpenLearn listening list
Health, Sports & Psychology

In Our Time on Psychology: An OpenLearn listening list

...as to whether we are born with it or whether intelligence is something we develop as we grow, and evidence for either camp seems to pile up almost daily." First broadcast: July 1999 Guests: Dr Ken Richardson; Professor Michael Ruse Listen to the Intelligence episode Explore your verbal fluency Interested in psychology? Discover the range of psychology courses with the OU...
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Hallowain't III: Vampire squid from hell
Nature & Environment

Hallowain't III: Vampire squid from hell

...course, vampires. In fact, the vampire squid couldn't be any less like a vampire. Unlike all other cephalopods, it doesn't hunt living prey at all, but feasts instead on detrius. Yes, detrius. We said they weren't vampiric; we didn't claim they were great house guests. Transcript While we're pointing out they're not vampires, they're also not really squid, either. Vampire...
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