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How gender equality can help fix the construction industry
Society, Politics & Law

How gender equality can help fix the construction industry

...for which the Carillion crisis serves as a violent example. Our research suggests that in order to do this we first need to transform our outdated industry. Promoting women to senior levels is essential for this to happen. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. More articles and free courses Study with The Open University...
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Why are today's progressive political heroes still old white men?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are today's progressive political heroes still old white men?

...for class solidarity or broad appeals to racial justice and gender equality: they must be just as committed to changing the familiar white male face of progress. [The Conversation] Peter Bloom, Lecturer in Organisation Studies, Department of People and Organisation, The Open University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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From curing to caring? Exploring the role of spiritual healing in a biomedical world
Health, Sports & Psychology

From curing to caring? Exploring the role of spiritual healing in a biomedical world

...Open University revealed that it is not just patients who are choosing the healing touch. Health practitioners too attend weekly healing services at Spiritualist churches, not because they are practicing Spiritualists, but because it makes them feel better and more able to cope in high-pressure roles. Though hands-on healing is a core part of Spiritualism, the whole...
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How Do Jurors Decide When a Witness is Telling the Truth?
Society, Politics & Law

How Do Jurors Decide When a Witness is Telling the Truth?

...Open University's Law courses. [A photograph of a lie detector.] In a criminal trial, one thing that jurors often have to do is listen to competing accounts of events given by witnesses and try and work out which witness is telling the truth. These judgments are called credibility judgments. They often arise in trials for sexual offences, where the defendant and the...
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Will the next Secretary-General of the United Nations be a woman?
Society, Politics & Law

Will the next Secretary-General of the United Nations be a woman?

...open letter calling on states to nominate women candidates only. Nominations will take place later this year or early in 2026. Yet UN member states must also fix the leaky pipeline in politics and diplomacy by creating more opportunities for women to engage in high-level politics – as ambassadors, mediators, peace negotiators, and in defence and security – so they...
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Ageing Well Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing Well Collection

...Open University podcast series Keep Me Walking - researching with people living with dementia and their carers Making the most of a visit to the great outdoors Preventing brain decline while ageing Walking therapy Understanding our memory Engaging with our environment Sense of self during ageing: how mindfulness and nature can help The Ageing Well Public Talks Ageing Well...
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Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers

...open session, where they may not find others who are similar. It takes time to develop a sense of commonality across diverse oppressions or identities. That stage comes later for many and it is better not to force this too quickly. This ability to bridge across difference is more easily achieved when two different groups come together after having developed a sense of...
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Sub-concussions in women’s football: what can be done to protect the brains of footballers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sub-concussions in women’s football: what can be done to protect the brains of footballers?

...Open University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. As we look forward to enjoying the action of the 2023 World Cup there is a growing awareness that there are significant differences in how women’s and men’s bodies respond in sport. In particular, after ACL injuries to England players Beth Mead and Leah Williamson, we are aware that footballers in the...
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