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Enceladus: A habitable ice world?
Science, Maths & Technology

Enceladus: A habitable ice world?

...centre stage into the search for life in our Solar System.I am a first-year astrobiology PhD student at The Open University and the focus of my research is to investigate the habitability of Enceladus, one of the moons of Saturn. At 504km in diameter, Enceladus is roughly the size of France. Since the discovery of large, geyser-like plumes at its southern hemisphere,...
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Article 10 mins
Spiritualism, stigma and prejudice: what is everyone so scared of?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Spiritualism, stigma and prejudice: what is everyone so scared of?

...researching Spiritualism. Starting with a conversation during a taxi ride… ...‘Could you drop us at the Spiritualist church, please?’ ‘Spiritualism?’ [A look of horror] ‘They believe in all that possession stuff don’t they?’ ‘Well, not really. They believe in the continuation of the soul after death. That the spirit lives on and continues to develop...
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Article 5 mins
Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Education & Development

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

...research about students' experiences of learning to teach and considers the implications of this in designing teacher education programmes...This free course, Making sense of learning to teach, is the first of four courses which comprise the course Learning to teach. It draws on what we know about how people learn to become teachers. It explores the different approaches...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Exploring how migration changes the places where we live
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring how migration changes the places where we live

...research by the Centre of Migration, Policy and Society at the University of Oxford who have identified some key principles to aid our understanding of integration and inclusion. Spencer and Charseley’s 2016 model of integration demonstrates that integration is a mutual, two-way process that is concerned both with newcomers and receiving or host communities. Integration...
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Article 15 mins
Why books are a lifeline for prisoners
Society, Politics & Law

Why books are a lifeline for prisoners

...centre, some prisoners were talking about books. The conversation was not of favourite authors, or what they had read recently, but of families, the future, of life outside. Relaxed and emotionally open, it was an unusual conversation for any group of men. In the confines of a prison, it was remarkable and moving. By a quirk of timing, I was visiting two prisons in...
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What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?
Society, Politics & Law

What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?

...children, traumatic experiences, known as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), include: maltreatment (emotional and sexual abuse, physical and emotional neglect) parental separation domestic violence mental illness substance abuse incarceration. (Bellis et al., 2014) Where there are no protective factors to help maintain resilience, such as support from trusted family...
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How are social workers portrayed in the media?
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How are social workers portrayed in the media?

...research shows how social work is misrepresented in newspapers and on TV. Maria Leedham explains more...‘Blame culture’ Social workers as ‘cultural scapegoats’ ‘Child snatchers’ These are just some of the claims made about how social workers are portrayed in the media. But is the media really so negative about social workers? And what does this negativity look...
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Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye
Health, Sports & Psychology

Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye

...children and young people’s death anxiety as a result of COVID-19, and the impact of the pandemic and death on staff working in care establishments, and how grief was reported in UK newspapers. ...The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedent disruption to our daily lives, changing the way we educate, the way we work and the way in which we care for the dying and...
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Article 20 mins