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The importance of alternative household arrangements
Society, Politics & Law

The importance of alternative household arrangements

...children remaining at home, or retired parents moving in with adult children, is a situation where non-related adults share accommodation. However, people may also deliberately choose such alternative forms of living for other reasons (instead of, or in addition to, this). For example, they may do so due to shared spiritual, political or ecological commitments. It is...
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What does the head of Ofsted do?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the head of Ofsted do?

...children and young people, such as children’s centres and childminding, along with education and skills providers for learners of all ages. Pulled in many directions During Wilshaw’s tenure at the head of Ofsted he has been the subject of intense media scrutiny. He began the role in January 2012, appointed with optimistic zeal by then secretary of state for education,...
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Astrobiology from the ground up
Science, Maths & Technology

Astrobiology from the ground up

...research engages with several key environmental concerns: agriculture and food security, biodiversity conservation, climate change and sustainability. In AstrobiologyOU, he is a member of the International Development workstream, which considers issues around the use of space technologies to support development, inclusion, innovation, partnerships and ethics. Your work...
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Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender

...research; analysing existing self-help; conducting collaborative research with gender-, sexual-, and relationship-diverse (GSRD) communities; autoethnographic reflection; and creative dissemination. This time I want to reflect on one particular strand of the project: the book How to Understand Your Gender (2017 London: Jessica Kingsley), which I have written with scholar...
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Approaching language, literature and childhood
Education & Development

Approaching language, literature and childhood

...children's literature allows us to learn not just about the books that children are reading, but also about what role reading plays in childhood, and how our ideas about childhood affect the books that they read. In this free course, you will be introduced to some of the key questions that the study of children's literature raises, such as: how do ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
60 second adventures in microgravity
Science, Maths & Technology

60 second adventures in microgravity

...research? This series, funded by the UK Space Agency, explores how we recreate microgravity conditions on Earth, and why they are beneficial to scientific research...Find out more about The Open University's Science courses. Why do astronauts float on the space station? Contrary to popular belief, it isn't because there's no gravity. The gravitational pull of the Earth is...
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Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...researcher writes: ‘If cultural theorists want to understand how Black women and girls view their worlds, it is essential to understand why hair matters to them’ (Bank, 2004). For the vast majority of Black women and girls, hair is not just hair; it contains emotive qualities that are linked to one’s lived experience and identification. Historically, hair has held...
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Smart Cities in the Making: Learning from Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

Smart Cities in the Making: Learning from Milton Keynes

...research Milton Keynes? Professor Gillian Rose introduces a study of how cities are increasingly using digital data to improve their management and create new ways of living...A smart city uses digital data to improve the way that it's managed, and to support new opportunities or ways of life. In the following video, Professor Gillian Rose introduces research into how...
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