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Five ways in which COVID-19 has impacted on progress in global health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five ways in which COVID-19 has impacted on progress in global health

...Open University are exploring ways of handling NCD’s either through linking industrial and social innovation to increase access to cancer care in East Africa (Professor Maureen Mackintosh) or by increasing screening for depression for people with diabetes and depression in Sub-Saharan Africa to improve treatment outcomes (Professor Cathy Lloyd and myself). The...
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Building Science and Technology Diplomacy Skills through CARE–KNOW–DO
Education & Development

Building Science and Technology Diplomacy Skills through CARE–KNOW–DO

...open schooling projects focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals—such as ‘Microplastics’ (SDG 14) or ‘Carbon Neutral’ (SDG 13)—students collect data, evaluate evidence, and propose solutions with peers from other countries. Technology diplomacy focuses on the governance, ethics, and societal impacts of emerging technologies. Students can develop these...
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Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes
History & The Arts

Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes

...course - the superhero genre as a whole is based on the linked binaries of hero v villain, good v bad, and right v wrong, with the former winning out in the end. More recent versions of superhero movies trouble these simple distinctions somewhat. For example, The Dark Knight version of Batman is less clear cut, and the two groups of X-men can be seen as more about...
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Fighting hard while flying high: the personal story of a BA cabin crew trade unionist
Society, Politics & Law

Fighting hard while flying high: the personal story of a BA cabin crew trade unionist

...Open University's Social Sciences courses Setting the scene In the summer of 2022, talk of strikes taking place or being threatened across a number of airlines using UK airports was a staple feature in the media. Strikes by airline workers are not in 2022 ‘news’ as such. We have become used to hearing of industrial action in the sector, not least involving staff...
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Working as a researcher | Developing research and study skills
Education & Development

Working as a researcher | Developing research and study skills

...Open University’s Human Research Ethics Committee website for help.) Have you made diary notes of when you need to start applying for approval? Developing as a researcher What others said: As a teacher I am used to organising how students work and that is what I expected. However … the [EdD] approach was tending to be a reaction [from my supervisors] to what I wrote...
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Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?
Languages

Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?

...Open University's Language courses and qualifications. What is language? Language is a method of communication, which contains a structured system consisting of a set of sounds, written symbols and signs. It describes how we share norms, values, meaning, culture and perspectives of the world with others who understand the same language system. All languages are fluid,...
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Panic buying and how to stop it
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic buying and how to stop it

...Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications Panic buying is an emerging issue during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 across the world. The term panic buying implies fear, namely the fear, based on the anticipation that important goods (food, water, toilet rolls) will run out. In many ways, this is a fear about losing control over our lives, and framed in these...
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How can a genetic mutation shared by many Brazilians help in the fight against cancer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can a genetic mutation shared by many Brazilians help in the fight against cancer?

...opened from the coast to the interior by early explorers, settlers and military men. One appealing notion is that the founder was a tropeiro, one of a band of travelling traders who journeyed by mule between the scattered settlements, carrying goods and gossip and mail in the 17th and 18th centuries. Away from home most of the time, a tropeiro would likely have had a...
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