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South Asian heritage as a facilitator for developing identity and community
Education & Development

South Asian heritage as a facilitator for developing identity and community

...community? Manfusa Shams looks more at South Asian identity in this article...What is South Asian heritage? South Asian heritage is characterised by unique traditions, beliefs, ideology, customs and ongoing practice from generations to generations. This is deeply rooted in a cultural context, connected by diverse geographical landscapes, celebrated as specialities of...
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Article 5 mins
Introducing the GRACE project – your community and genetics research
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing the GRACE project – your community and genetics research

...communities. For example, oximeters used widely during the COVID-19 pandemic were not properly calibrated for darker skin, which may have contributed to increased mortality seen in ethnic minority groups. We, the GRACE project, research and engage directly with communities, giving them a voice, and identifying barriers and concerns which prevent their participation in...
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Why I created a podcast to celebrate the OU’s BME community
Education & Development

Why I created a podcast to celebrate the OU’s BME community

...community. Since launching the podcast, engagement has been positive, even if a little modest for my taste, but I have it on good authority that it is doing well, which must be true since the team are currently working on bigger, more challenging and ‘provocative’ projects as part of the podcast’s expansion. I also recognise that, personally, I have been on an...
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Non-speaking autism, embodiment, neurodivergence and access to communication therapies and devices
Health, Sports & Psychology

Non-speaking autism, embodiment, neurodivergence and access to communication therapies and devices

...communicate independently online. ...This content is associated with The Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications. Let’s start with our terminology regarding autistic individuals. Many autistic self-advocates insist on an ‘identity first’ definition of their humanness: for example: ‘autistic person’ rather than ‘person with autism’. To...
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The New Union Flag project: from an object of agitation to a space for communication
Society, Politics & Law

The New Union Flag project: from an object of agitation to a space for communication

...communities and of various ethnic and national groups that live in the UK today. A conversation about visual arts, mapping and identity between Gil Mualem-Doron and Giota Alevizou is below. After the conversation you will have the opportunity to reflect on aspects of audience participation and co-creation – this time young children. Giota Alevizou: You describe yourself...
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Article 5 mins
Play families: Using toys to open up communication with your child
Education & Development

Play families: Using toys to open up communication with your child

...communicate well using toys to express themselves. Use this activity with your child so that they can open up about how they are feeling. ...Play is a very important part of children’s communication — it can reflect their world and their feelings and give them a way to express themselves other than through talking. Professionals helping children to communicate use...
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How can you tell if a signal from space is an alien communication?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can you tell if a signal from space is an alien communication?

...communicating life may well be extremely rare – either because it doesn’t arise or because when it does, it gets wiped out fairly quickly. This idea is known as the great filter. The best chance of spotting life in the galaxy may therefore not come from looking for radio signals, but from looking for the signature of a biosphere as an exoplanet transits across the...
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Disseminating across the margins: bridging communities and academia through a Black feminist lens
Education & Development

Disseminating across the margins: bridging communities and academia through a Black feminist lens

...community, I am also part of a system that has historically marginalised voices like mine. My current research project, titled ‘Mothering at the Margins’, has been designed with another researcher who is also a Black female academic and mother to autistic children. The study explores the perspectives of Black mothers of autistic children to gain an insight into how...
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Article 35 mins