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Abbie Barnes - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Abbie Barnes - Earth in Vision

...communicate the interactions that humans have with nature, the positive and the negative. There is so much going on there, it’s so complicated, but the key thing is that it’s so interconnected, I don’t think you can look at wildlife without looking at the human interaction with that because it sounds… it’s ridiculous to say like 90-odd… pretty much everything...
The Scottish Women’s Herring Strike in Great Yarmouth in the 1930s and 1940s
Society, Politics & Law

The Scottish Women’s Herring Strike in Great Yarmouth in the 1930s and 1940s

...community throughout Scotland and beyond Scotland to other areas in the United Kingdom (Historic Environment Scotland, 2023). Following the herring shoals Steam fishing boats were the main vessels used in the Scottish Herring Fleet in from the 1880s. In Scotland, the fishing harbours at Anstruther and Cellardyke on the East Fife coast were the key locations for the...
Finding your way after the death of a significant person
Health, Sports & Psychology

Finding your way after the death of a significant person

...communities...My name is Remi Martin. I am a Black British woman from South London and work in a Bereavement Team in my local hospice. I started my studies with The Open University in 2019. I am now an OU Alumni but have been continuing engaging in research-based projects with the OU after writing a participatory research proposal on bereavement for my final assessment in...
Swapping between languages: Bilingual people expressing emotions
Languages

Swapping between languages: Bilingual people expressing emotions

...communicative effects through code-switching. A lot of code-switching is for practical reasons to fill a linguistic gap for a word or concept but I am particularly interested in instances of code-switching where speakers are expressing emotions, making evaluations or achieving in-group bonding. To demonstrate this, I am going to discuss three examples. In the first...
Shopping for citizenship: A conversation at the Citizenshop
Society, Politics & Law

Shopping for citizenship: A conversation at the Citizenshop

...communicated a sense of the good citizen as someone who enacts diversity, openness and respect. Here’s a few comments: I am (citizenship) Macedonian Living in (Nation) the UK A good citizen is: Someone who brings a different point of view and extends the capability of the nation to strive. * I am (citizenship) Turkish Living in (Nation) the UK What makes a good citizen...
Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?
Society, Politics & Law

Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?

...community divisions?...[Children jumping] The unveiled and direct attacks this week between the DUP leader and First Minister Peter Robinson and a senior Catholic bishop, Donal McKeown, have once again raised the thorny and entangled issue of the role of education in Northern Ireland as either a vehicle for social cohesion or one of perpetuating community divisions. The...
Do we really listen to children and young people?
Education & Development

Do we really listen to children and young people?

...communicating their views. Yet participation means more than merely listening. Not only do children and young people have a basic human right to express their views on matters which are important to them, but also that their views are taken on board by adults and used to improve young people’s lives. Children and young people can participate in different ways. They can...
Why we should remember the Armenians
Society, Politics & Law

Why we should remember the Armenians

...Communism in Soviet Russia. The virtual Radio Yerevan was the cradle of the socio-political humour which attacked the system; and here is a most glorious, sharp and quick-witted example of it. Lady-teacher asks an infant – what is the difference between Capitalism and Communism? The child answers – capitalism is the exploitation of Man by Man, and Communism is its...