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Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter
Society, Politics & Law

Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter

...out to sea yet were still catching less fish. Warming waters were just one threat to previously thriving seaweed farming endeavours, and gleaning food from intertidal coral reefs and mangroves was less productive than they’d previously known. We were repeatedly told that life was easier and better ‘before’. Curiously, though, people we spoke to did not reflect...
Syria: who's involved, and what do they want?
Society, Politics & Law

Syria: who's involved, and what do they want?

...out of Syria, with Trump criticising his predecessors for taking military action in the first place. While Trump ordered limited strikes on Syria in April 2017 and disclosed that a total of 2,000 troops were in fact on the ground, the administration has overall not maintained a strong presence in Syria. The contradictions have continued ever since: just a few weeks ago,...
Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver
Society, Politics & Law

Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver

...out about The Open University's History and Social Sciences courses. [Nicole McLean]I first joined the railway in 2013 at the age of 18. I had successfully attained a hospitality steward job through an agency based in Inverness. Later that year, I became a permanent Scotrail staff member and was excited to remain part of the team I had come to value over the last few...
Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model
Health, Sports & Psychology

Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model

...out where a coachee’s views have come from may make it easier to empathise. Establishing trust – trust is crucial to engaging coachees and establishing a positive and effective coaching relationship. Having a clear upfront contract and transparent coaching process will help, such as agreeing accountabilities, evaluation methods, confidentiality and discussing any...
Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America
OpenLearn Ireland

Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America

...out as an assistant. Ultimately, the younger and more Americanised Father O’Malley helps to salvage the church’s finances, not least through the use of his fine singing voice. Bing Crosby’s casting as a benevolent Irish-American priest is an indication of a more positive American attitude towards Irish Catholics and their religion compared to earlier decades....
Formulating research questions
Education & Development

Formulating research questions

...out to formulate a research question, researchers are working to at least two immediate agendas. Firstly, the priorities of the funders of research, such as funding councils and charities or organisations working across health and social care policy and service provision. At the very least, core parameters will be set in terms of research focus and overarching aims....
Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness
Education & Development

Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness

...out as transgender at the age of 33. The same day, the High Court of Justice gave its judgement in Tavistock v Bell, a case that would drastically affect trans young people’s health, wellbeing and rights. [image of Elliot Page] Elliot Page: ‘I love that I am trans. And I love that I am queer.’ Tavistock v Bell: a blow for trans young people's rights On one side were...
A hug for the brain: what does it mean to have a happy, healthy brain?
OpenLearn Ireland

A hug for the brain: what does it mean to have a happy, healthy brain?

...out the least in terms of its biological nature. There is a good reason for that – the brain is very complicated. Healthy brain: some basic facts The brain weighs about 3 pounds and has approximately 100 billion neurons; that’s the same as the number of stars in the Milky Way. Impressed yet? There’s more! The brain triples in size in the first year of life and...