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Methods in Motion: The things we don't know
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: The things we don't know

...becoming something that stood outside the preconceptions with which I began. This started a long fascination with how we produce ‘situated’ knowledge (Haraway, 1988) from particular perspectives (or standpoints, as feminists might say). Recognising this involves attending to the practicalities, emotions and thinking involved in the processes of empirical research, and...
Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education
Education & Development

Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education

...student. Can you show me what you’re doing to support her progress?’ I’m stumped. ‘Er, I refer you to the aforementioned …’ I mumble to a halt. Then I try again, saying something more definite about looking into it and reporting back by our next meeting. Afterwards, I felt a bit cross. As a new teacher, I was fully committed to the ‘Every Child Matters’...
Brain Awareness Week
Science, Maths & Technology

Brain Awareness Week

...OU PhD students' fascinating research into the brain to new articles with mind-blowing facts, we've got a host of FREE brainy learning materials...Brain Awareness Week is a global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research. Here, on OpenLearn, we want to encourage you to learn more about the brain so we've collated a series of...
Are you estranged from your family and considering university?
Education & Development

Are you estranged from your family and considering university?

...student finance. The key issue is that estranged students do not have any financial, emotional or other support from their parents (biological or adoptive parents) for their higher education studies. They are self-reliant and live independently, sometimes with friends or a relative such as grandparents before or while at university. Support available Estrangement is so...
Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?
Education & Development

Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?

...students but interestingly showed new insights into how they learn, approach and regard exams...Find out more about The Open University’s Childhood and Youth Studies qualification. [Sign saying 'EXAMS AHEAD' next to books] EHE students have to pay in full and sit exams as private candidates, organising their own exams with willing exam centres; at a school, college or...
“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language
Languages

“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language

...OU collection exploring why Good Friday Agreement matters 25 years on This arcicle is part of ‘A Peace of Us’, our special collection of resources exploring why the Good Friday Agreement is relevant to our lives 25 years since its signing. The Good Friday Agreement was to herald a ‘new era of equality’ for communities, and bespoke commitments were given in the...
Section 5: Legacies: Does Red Clydeside still matter today?
Society, Politics & Law

Section 5: Legacies: Does Red Clydeside still matter today?

...become an important historical symbol of working-class protest, which is called upon or referred to in struggles that have taken place in Glasgow and across Scotland in the late twentieth century and in the early decades of the current centuryActivists and trade unionists have often portrayed the struggles and conflicts in which they are, or have been engaged, as in some...
Investigating Links Between Pesticides and Mental Health
Science, Maths & Technology

Investigating Links Between Pesticides and Mental Health

...OU PhD student explains their research... ...Organophosphates exist throughout our environment and consequently, we are all likely to come into contact with these compounds to some extent. Evidence suggests that long-term, low-level exposure to these compounds play a role in psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression. However, most research has focused on the...