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Messaging apps – paying attention and timing it right
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Messaging apps – paying attention and timing it right

...research suggest they respond more quickly to people they are closer to: “I usually only respond immediately to my wife”, one survey respondent told me. In my research, I’ve explored what people are doing when they sent mobile messages, and how this determines the kinds of conversations they have. My research suggests that the rhythm of mobile messaging...
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Why school-based sex education isn’t inclusive enough
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why school-based sex education isn’t inclusive enough

...research about sources of information for young people, there's been relatively less consideration about how sources of information about sex may differ according to sexual orientation. This is what recent research by myself and my colleague Sarah Burke who set out to do. We had two main aims the first was to consider where the main sources of information about sex...
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Evolutions in Education: The OU Education Conference
Education & Development

Evolutions in Education: The OU Education Conference

...Research in practice Finding and filling the gaps Sustainability and citizenship Equity, diversity and inclusion Practitioner development Mentoring and approaches to professional learning Learning as a journey The sessions were led by Open University academic and external engagement staff and explored the themes and topics in a highly interactive, innovative and open way....
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Exploring Ireland’s historic army barracks network
OpenLearn Ireland

Exploring Ireland’s historic army barracks network

...research contribution The ‘Our shared built military heritage: the online mapping, inventorying and recording of the army barracks of Ireland, 1690–1921’ project, a collaboration between The Open University and University College Dublin, has worked to identify and map over 360 permanent residential army barracks established on the island of Ireland from the 1690s...
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Climate change, sovereign debt and the looming debt crisis in the global south
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change, sovereign debt and the looming debt crisis in the global south

...Research Fellow at the German Development Institute and Honorary Professor of Economics at the University of Leipzig. At SOAS, he previously served as Head of the Department of Economics and Member of the University’s Executive Board. Ulrich is Chairman of the Japan Economy Network and Co-editor-in-chief of the Asia Europe Journal. Ulrich holds a PhD from Freie...
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Think you’re better at driving than most? How psychological biases are keeping our roads unsafe
Health, Sports & Psychology

Think you’re better at driving than most? How psychological biases are keeping our roads unsafe

...research shows that many people are overconfident in their driving abilities and think it’s ‘normal’ to drive recklessly and break road laws. The number of people who are killed or seriously injured on UK roads has stayed reasonably static since 2012. Five people are killed and around 80 are seriously injured every day. Imagine the public outcry if the homicide rate...
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Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments
Health, Sports & Psychology

Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments

...research study please visit www.keepmewalking.info​​ website. We know that sustained benefits come from regular engagement with activities (see more in Five Pillars of Ageing Well) but this is challenging at many levels for people living with dementia and their families and carers. This is even more difficult in the tomes of COVID-9. The Parks Trust is an independent...
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Rough sleepers in policy and practice: chaotic and off course, or misunderstood?
Society, Politics & Law

Rough sleepers in policy and practice: chaotic and off course, or misunderstood?

...research conveys a different story...[illustration of a fire with a homeless person sitting by it] Since 2010 the number of people sleeping rough has increased year-on-year, according to official estimates. Historically, rough sleepers have been the subject of national government policies, which have made distinctions between ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’...
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