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...caring for the future Currently the OU is leading a project that explores how to use creative methods for researching and co-producing knowledge with migrant families: PASAR - Participation Arts and social Action in Research Asset based community development is a powerful approach being used with a diverse network of communities and community organizations across the...
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A oes gennych chi brofiad o fod mewn gofal ac yn ystyried mynd i’r brifysgol?
Education & Development

A oes gennych chi brofiad o fod mewn gofal ac yn ystyried mynd i’r brifysgol?

...Care Leavers Activities and Student Support, (Gweithgareddau i Bobl sy'n Gadael Gofal a Chymorth i Fyfyrwyr), ac mae'n cynnwys prifysgolion, colegau, gwasanaethau cymdeithasol ac elusennau ledled Cymru sy'n cefnogi'r rhai sydd â phrofiad o ofal i fynd ymlaen i Addysg Bellach ac Uwch. [Cartŵn o ddyn, dynes a phlentyn yn ei arddegau yn gwenu] Mae gwefan CLASS Cymru wedi'i...
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What is OpenLearn Scotland?
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What is OpenLearn Scotland?

...care and social sciences. The collection of FREE courses, academic insights via articles, interactive videos and audio, and broadcast material as a whole demonstrates The Open University's commitment to delivering a curriculum that is appropriate for the differing requirements of each of the countries within the United Kingdom. These open educational resources have been...
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Archaeology: the science of investigation
Science, Maths & Technology

Archaeology: the science of investigation

...careful handling is required when cleaning artefacts. X-raying objects The importance of modern technology in the preservation of an artefact from an Iron Age burial at Sutton Hoo. The Portable Antiquities Scheme The success of the Portable Antiquities Scheme, which allows the mapping of coin finds by metal detector users and helps to build a more accurate picture of...
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Opening the Boundaries of Citizenship
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Opening the Boundaries of Citizenship

...care and justice represent a form of ‘citizenship’ as they successfully administer support to the community where the state is inadequate. Sexual Citizens and Orientalism Dr Leticia Sabsay’s research focuses on ‘sexual citizenship’ and how the consequences of its emergence and expansion have forced Western societies to confront their own assumptions about...
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Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...adults and children, Reading for Pleasure may involve fiction – in novels or picture storybooks – and a wide range of other texts, both paper-based and digital. Many people read magazines, recipe books, holiday brochures, comics, football scores, information leaflets, religious texts, non-fiction books, poetry and much more, simply for the pleasure, information and...
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Essential for what? A global social reproduction view on the re-organisation of work during the Covid-19 pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Essential for what? A global social reproduction view on the re-organisation of work during the Covid-19 pandemic

...care work, cleaning, nursing, to be re-labelled as ‘essential’ during the pandemic. You will explore the interaction of theoretical lenses and the practical work of artists, through the intersectional feminist exhibition ‘This Is Essential Work’ which explores different aspects of domestic care work during the pandemic. Essential for what? ‘‘The conditions...
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Smarty pants: wearable electronics will recharge your life
Science, Maths & Technology

Smarty pants: wearable electronics will recharge your life

...care, wearable electronics provide an opportunity for revolutionary advances. Wearable electronic shirts capable of powering automated injection devices could make life easier for patients who need regular injections of insulin or other drugs. A shirt incorporating a heart rate monitor could sense changes in heart rhythm in elderly or cardiac-impaired patients – and...
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