2,084 search results

The distance between us
History & The Arts

The distance between us

...Researchers can examine how the mass media allow us to sustain care towards other animals while making it more difficult to know about, and act upon, the realities of the harms inflicted on them. Our own interest in the paradox of animal care/exploitation arose from observing the puzzling phenomenon of children’s fast-food meals that juxtapose animal products – such...
WhatDoTheyKnow
Society, Politics & Law

WhatDoTheyKnow

...online." It was initiated by non-governmental organisation/charity and encourages people to participate through an online platform. WhatDoTheyKnow is local and national in orientation and concerned with democracy, politics and represention, neighbourhood and community and research, knowledge production and information access. It was launched in 2008 and is ongoing....
SecureDrop
Society, Politics & Law

SecureDrop

...by Freedom of the Press Foundation. It was initiated by a non-governmental organisation/charity and researchers, scientists and educators and encourages people to participate through an online platform. SecureDrop is local, national, transnational and global in orientation and concerned with participation and democracy, politics and representation. The project is ongoing....
Article 5 mins
The Skills Network
Society, Politics & Law

The Skills Network

...from and support each other. It was initiated by non-governmental organisation/charity and encourages people to participate through organising and campaigning. The Skills Network is local in orientation and concerned with democracy, politics and represention, neighbourhood and community and research, knowledge production and information access. The project is ongoing....
Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings

...research in the criminal justice system that there is potential for additional trauma caused by the experience of being a witness. This evidence-based course provides learning about the Fitness to Practise process and being a witness. [RCN logo] This course has been accredited for continuing professional development by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). The RCN cannot...
Jake Chapman On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Jake Chapman On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...Research Group (1972-1978). As Professor of Energy Systems (1978 -2001) Jake became Head of the Systems Department (1987- 1994) and a major contributor to courses on applying systems theory to management and complex problem solving. He also played a major role at the OU in developing teaching materials to enable home-based students to use computers. Since 2001, Jake has...
Hacking under your skin?
Digital & Computing

Hacking under your skin?

...research team have discovered a way to hack into medical implants...[Surgery in a hospital] Well this one sounds like something from a science-fiction movie. A research team in Belgium has worked out how to hack into the communications used by an implanted medical device – that is a piece of technology permanently placed inside a living person. In this case, the device...
The psychological benefits of multilingualism
Languages

The psychological benefits of multilingualism

...research indicates that a high level of multilingualism and multiculturalism makes people more tolerant of ambiguity (Dewaele and Wei 2013). Language learning is fraught with ambiguity, particularly in situations where real communication needs to take place, and language learners who are not able to tolerate this kind of ambiguity can find it very challenging to cope,...