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Keeping Mum: learning how to be a father
Society, Politics & Law

Keeping Mum: learning how to be a father

...Open University's Martin Robb looks at the evolving role of fathers in society...Increasingly, it seems, the only good father is one who is present – and not only present but involved, ‘hands-on’, taking an equal share in childcare.In the aftermath of the 2010 summer’s riots in English cities, prime minister David Cameron described the violent scenes around the...
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What's up with Whatsapp - and should we weaken its security?
Digital & Computing

What's up with Whatsapp - and should we weaken its security?

...open the box and read Alice’s message if he has a valid key of his own. But to be able to communicate with new users, you need a way of sharing keys that is still secure. To get over this, each user has what’s called a public key that is available to anyone and proves the identity of the user, and a private key that stays with the user. Alice uses Bob’s public key...
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COP26 and the Glasgow Pact...one small step
Nature & Environment

COP26 and the Glasgow Pact...one small step

...Open University’s Environment qualifications. [Photo taken at COP26 in Glasgow. Banner says 'We can do this if we act now'.] Measuring progress in the international climate negotiations Beyond fine words, promises and pledges, there are at least 6 indicators we should use to measure progress and success in our global response to climate change. Here they are in what I...
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How can digital books support children’s learning?
Education & Development

How can digital books support children’s learning?

...is: digital books ensure that all children can have a varied reading diet and grow their reading curiosity. To convert this immense potential of e-books, we need to make sure that e-books are of high quality. Natalia Kucirkova is Professor of Reading and Children’s Development, The Open University, and Chair of the International Collective of Children’s Digital Books....
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Putting algae and seaweed on the menu could help save our seafood
Science, Maths & Technology

Putting algae and seaweed on the menu could help save our seafood

...and tuna diet isn’t sustainable. Expanding our seafood menus could be a vital way of keeping the ocean healthy while it supplies the food we need. Pallavi Anand, Lecturer in Ocean Biogeochemistry, The Open University and Daniela Schmidt, Professor in Palaebiology, University of Bristol This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London
History & The Arts

Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London

...agentive non-humans such as protest banners and monuments are excluded). If I started with the idea of my research being focused on documenting or representing events in Hong Kong and London, I have also privileged evocation as a means of expressing how particular moments open up alternative epistemological and ontological possibilities for research and for politics....
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Music as a Source of Unity: When Rory Gallagher Came to Belfast
History & The Arts

Music as a Source of Unity: When Rory Gallagher Came to Belfast

...Open University's Arts and Humanities qualifications. “In an Irish Tour, I always try and include Belfast and the north of Ireland. After all, I lived there for a while and I learned a lot playing in the clubs there, so I have a certain home feeling for it. It’s always a great audience there. Pretty much almost no one else goes to play there.” Rory Gallagher, Irish...
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A guide to developing trust with home-educating parents
Education & Development

A guide to developing trust with home-educating parents

...Open University’s Childhood and Youth Studies qualification. Background Elective home education is becoming an increasingly popular choice for parents who are seeking a more suitable approach for their child’s education than is provided by a state-funded or independent school. While many parents opt to home educate as soon as their child reaches compulsory school age,...
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