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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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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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DIY: Generate your own electricity
Science, Maths & Technology

DIY: Generate your own electricity

...Open University's Science qualifications. Do it yourself A generator is simply a device that converts mechanical energy (itself derived from coal, oil, natural gas, wind, water, nuclear reactions or other sources) into electrical energy. Here, we describe how to use readily available materials to make a simple generator. Although it will only be powerful enough to light a...
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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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How radical was Martin Luther King?
History & The Arts

How radical was Martin Luther King?

...open-minded moderates than appears on the surface.” He urged them to lead the region through its necessary transition to equal treatment for black citizens. He reassured all that the aim of the movement was not to “defeat or humiliate the white man, but to win his friendship and understanding.” King had hope for this vision. He had worked with white liberals such as...
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'Keeping it Real': The Experiences of Black Youth beyond Criminal (In)Justice Statistics
Society, Politics & Law

'Keeping it Real': The Experiences of Black Youth beyond Criminal (In)Justice Statistics

...course in the most troubling of cases temporary exclusions would in a short space of time escalate and become a permanent exclusion. ….got chucked out of school when I was 12 so I haven’t really got any [referring to his lack of GCSE’s], they sent me to a school, like a naughty school, it’s called a naughty school and I never attended there neither, I wasn’t...
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Is science fiction a field in its own right?
History & The Arts

Is science fiction a field in its own right?

...opens in a manner that seems to reinforce this generalization by vehemently denying it. The main themes of his introduction are “Science fiction’s crises of legitimation, and how science fiction (and its criticism) remains a contested field” (Baker vii). However, in that same year, a more confident approach emerged in The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction. No...
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