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Methods in Motion: An emerging politics of Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: An emerging politics of Brexit

...everyday; to explore, in other words, the politics of ordinary and mundane political acts which are routinely seen as a background to the ‘real’ politics of the state. Considering the implications of the current political climate, the seminar series serves as a platform for reflecting on the extent to which our conceptual and methodological tools are appropriate for...
Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition

...everyday community creativity and diversity for a while now. When I began to experience symptoms 16 years ago, I found myself needing new strategies and knowledge in order to improve my experience of daily life. At first it did not occur to me to connect my creative practice (largely singing) with this health and existential challenge. Those passing through the menopause...
Not intervening as a form of care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Not intervening as a form of care

...everyday healthcare practice. These instances of not doing can refer to a particular medication, a general course of action, or broader aspects of care. We focused on palliative care teams in a London hospital and surrounding community who look after people who are dying or living with serious illness. These teams are frequently brought in when other medical specialists...
Milton Keynes: energy capital of the UK?
Nature & Environment

Milton Keynes: energy capital of the UK?

...everyday life and better known as the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)...The Open University was founded back in 1969 and set up its Walton Hall campus amongst green fields in the new town (now city) of Milton Keynes, about 50 miles North West of London. This was a golden opportunity to influence the design of the thousands of new houses that were being built, making...
Rastafari in Israel
History & The Arts

Rastafari in Israel

...everyday life, creating a new form of language. Through my fieldwork, the main question I wanted to answer was why they embraced Rastafari so passionately. Despite identifying as Jews, they felt Rastafari to be more flexible than Judaism. In addition, because Rastafari relies on the Levitical code of conduct, for them it is easier to embrace Rastafari practices and...
Working for health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Working for health

...everyday health, and examines debates about the relative importance of individual lifestyles and looks at wider public-health concerns and the impact of changes in NHS policy and practice on the delivery of health care. Health is increasingly ‘everybody’s business’. This album will provide you with insight into the debates that surround human health, and will enable...
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Do challenges make learning more fulfilling - or off-putting?
Education & Development

Do challenges make learning more fulfilling - or off-putting?

...Everyday life involves experiences that are easy and those that are difficult. How do these challenges (or lack of challenges) impact motivation? Research tells us that what matters is what people think ease and difficulty mean for them. Both easy and difficult experiences can be demotivating. If homework feels easy, for instance, a student might think: “This is stupid....
Does the rural idyll really exist?
Nature & Environment

Does the rural idyll really exist?

...English culture, a nice town, it stopped it being a place like Bath or Chester, or Stratford or even Leamington just down the road. [Coventry [Image: AmandaBHSlater under CC-BY-SA licence]] Coventry [Image: AmandaBHSlater under CC-BY-SA licence] In the end it’s the nice towns that have worked best economically, the ones without an industrial heritage. Then in 1973 even...