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Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi
Education & Development

Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi

...class and age relations in Delhi (Atluri, 2013; McLoughlin, 2019; Dattatreyan, 2020). Delhi’s urban complexity is an important characteristic of the city’s hip hop scene in which I participated in 2013. On the most basic level, this complexity becomes relevant because all of my research participants are domestic or international migrants. They either themselves...
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Start writing fiction
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction

...de Bernières, Abdulrazak Gurnah and Monique Roffey. This enlightening and engaging series tackles the practicalities and pitfalls of writing fiction. It contains invaluable advice on the creation of characters, the structure of narratives and how to turn an idea into the book you’ve always wanted to write. This material forms part of The Open University course A174...
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COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

...classes, which have different roles in protection. IgA antibodies are particularly important in protecting mucosal surfaces against respiratory viruses. The adaptive immune system displays immunological memory, which is the basis of vaccination – by immunising with a harmless antigen or attenuated pathogen, the immune system is primed to make a strong response if it...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers Badge icon
Education & Development

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...class as readers. With such a significant drop in children choosing to read as a pastime, it is the responsibility of policy makers, school leaders, educators, librarians, community and youth workers, and parents to support and encourage children to read, not only as part of the curriculum, but in their own free time, for their own purposes. In the National Curriculum in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Can the Economy be Irish?
Money & Business

Can the Economy be Irish?

...de-globalising project. ...[Scrabble words spelling out the word 'Brexit'] Image credit: Speedpropertybuyers The Irish are great storytellers, illuminated through the centuries by Beckett, Yeats, O’Brien, Shaw, Wilde, Binchy, Enright and Joyce to name a few. The great English lexicographer, Samuel Johnson, said that narrative is the superior form of knowledge, whilst...
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Why mental fitness is as important as physical fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why mental fitness is as important as physical fitness

...de-de-de-de. You know, mentally you need to be able to cope with all that pressure and to kind of execute what you’ve done that makes you so good and do it in the most intense situations. Caroline: Pressure is a big part of being involved in a sport so the pressure of, for example, preparing for an Olympic Games in terms of being selected for Olympic Games is a big...
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The interplay of language and culture in times of crisis: COVID-19 and beyond
Languages

The interplay of language and culture in times of crisis: COVID-19 and beyond

...La Palma, Spain, erupting in 2021]Cumbre Vieja erupting in 2021During the eruption of Cumbre Vieja (a volcano on the Spanish Island of La Palma) in 2021 and its aftermath, the public were given a crash course on scientific terminology. However, a more colloquial word from the Canary Islands proved to be the favourite: ‘fajana’, generally meaning flat terrain at the...
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Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...class young women. In this context, being anorexic can be a way of achieving popularity and attention: Hayley (15): I always used to look at my friends and think that I wanted to be as good, or as pretty, or as clever as them. So, I decided that not eating was a way that I could maybe achieve that. (Evans et al., 2004, p. 137) Paradoxically, not eating can become a way of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs