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Has Jeremy Corbyn changed Prime Ministers Questions for the better?
Society, Politics & Law

Has Jeremy Corbyn changed Prime Ministers Questions for the better?

...changes since then. It’s nonetheless become central to the British parliamentary tradition, and also enjoys something of a cult status abroad, where the sight of grown men and women goading, braying, and heckling one another is greeted with a mixture of puzzlement and wonder. At its most volatile, PMQs is a bear pit. As the Guardian journalist Michael White pointed out...
Methods in Motion: As borders flex, how does citizenship change?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: As borders flex, how does citizenship change?

...changes that can still be made’. Thus, genealogy enables us to historicise and denaturalise the present, and to explore the manner in which what we take for granted (as ‘the’ conception of citizenship, for instance), is in fact a product of historical contingency and struggle. As such, the workshop argued, genealogical thinking enables us to understand present and...
Migration goes both ways: How Brits changed the world
History & The Arts

Migration goes both ways: How Brits changed the world

It's easy to forget that the British Isles have proved as fertile a ground for migrants heading elsewhere as it has a pull to migrants from overseas...Amid the uproar about refugees and migrants trying to make their way to the UK, it’s easy to forget that the British Isles also have a long history of outward migration. The British diaspora has had a profound influence...
Dr Anthony Gunter on representing modern Britain, the silent majority and change
Education & Development

Dr Anthony Gunter on representing modern Britain, the silent majority and change

...changes that could be made...Representing Modern Britain: In this short video Anthony observes that the OU has some way to go to be in a position to represent modern Britain Transcript The silent Majority: In this video Anthony reflects on a Black History Month event, which was well attended, noting that the majority of colleagues were not present – the silent majority....
20 years in Linguistics: how the way we communicate has changed
Languages

20 years in Linguistics: how the way we communicate has changed

...changed over the past twenty years...Find out more about The Open University's Languages courses and qualifications. Much of the history of language and communication is also the history of technology. Over the centuries, the invention of new technologies has massively changed how we communicate with each other and how we use language. The first major invention in this...
NI Electoral Dynamics, and what Good Friday Agreement did to change it
Society, Politics & Law

NI Electoral Dynamics, and what Good Friday Agreement did to change it

...change when it comes to voting and electoral dynamics? David McCann traces the Northern Irish developments since 1998..."A Peace of Us" - the OU collection exploring what Good Friday Agreement means 25 yars on This arcicle is part of "A Peace of Us", our special collection of resources exploring what the Good Friday Agreement brought to our lives in the 25 years since its...
From labelling to listening: How the conversation about mental health is changing
Health, Sports & Psychology

From labelling to listening: How the conversation about mental health is changing

...changes the relationship and the decision making. Rather than “What symptoms do you have?”, we are interested in What is happening in your life? What does this experience mean to you? What do we need to know to help and support you? What matters to you? What do you need from us? Trauma-informed approaches have contributed to that changing lens. Distress does not occur...
Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology
Society, Politics & Law

Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology

...change. This shift is based on the ‘nudge theory’ of Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein which argues positive reinforcements can be used to adapt behaviour by playing on ‘assets’ that people already value – assets may be existing beliefs, economic interest or simple convenience (e.g. putting fruit at eye level in self-service food outlets). The nudge concept is...