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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?

...open question, free of judgement, such as ‘What has happened to you?’ in the context of a safe environment could mean an individual starts to disclose their trauma history and takes the first step on the road to healing and seeking help. Being TI in practice also needs to have a wider organisational lens. It does not just rest with the individuals working within it...
Struggling to be heard: One woman’s video story
Society, Politics & Law

Struggling to be heard: One woman’s video story

...Open University's Social Sciences courses. Background In 2021 Gwen McNeil, an RMT rep based at Scotrail’s Perth depot, produced a short video story of her time as a trade union rep on the railway in Scotland. The video story comprises a selection of images captured by Gwen during her travels across the Scotrail network (and a few from beyond the Scotrail network!)....
Newyddion ffug yng Nghymru
Society, Politics & Law

Newyddion ffug yng Nghymru

...open, free, and honest global conversation without discriminating against political ideology". Dyma ddatganiad cenhadaeth ar gyfer llwyfan newydd ar y cyfryngau cymdeithasol a gyhoeddwyd gan Donald Trump fis Hydref 2021. Mae ei enw wedi codi sawl gwrychyn, o ystyried hanes ei sylfaenydd o ran dweud y ‘gwir’ - neu beth mae’r rhan fwyaf o bobl yn ei ddeall fel ‘y...
A new mission to the icy moons of Jupiter
Science, Maths & Technology

A new mission to the icy moons of Jupiter

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications. Rachael Hamp and Grace Richards are members of AstrobiologyOU. Their research focusses on another icy moon orbiting a gas giant planet – Enceladus, a moon of Saturn. They discussed their work and what they hope might come from the JUICE mission with Ann Grand, a fellow member of AstrobiologyOU. Tell me something...
The Life of Saint David
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint David

...opened to it from Milford-Haven. Soon after the former synod, another was assembled by Saint David at a place called Victoria; in which the acts of the first were confirmed, and several canons added relating to discipline, which were afterwards confirmed by the authority of the Roman church; and these two synods were, as it were, the rule and standard of the British...
The women of the Gorbals’ Campaign for Social Justice, 1923
Society, Politics & Law

The women of the Gorbals’ Campaign for Social Justice, 1923

...Open University's Social Sciences courses Background In Leeds in 1918, a young munitions worker, Lily, “in a fit of despair” took the life of the son she loved, by drowning him in the bath. She was sentenced “to be hanged” for murder (The Weekly News, 10 February 1923). However, as she was pregnant, the sentence was reduced to imprisonment for life and later she...
Vitality Netball World Cup 2023 – what’s it all about and who is going to win?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Vitality Netball World Cup 2023 – what’s it all about and who is going to win?

...Open University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. The Vitality Netball World Cup will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 28th July to 6th August 2023 and it will be the first time it has been held in Africa. This will be the 16th World Cup tournament, although prior to 2015 it was called the World Netball Championships. The first tournament was held in...
The science of genetics
Nature & Environment

The science of genetics

...open up the possibility of redirecting our future evolution. The science of genetics The study of genes began in 1900 when it was shown that genes govern inheritance in many different creatures. In 1907 it was shown that the same patterns of inheritance could account for the transmission of eye colour in humans. However, not until 1953 was the structure of DNA deduced by...