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Jury Decision-Making: What’s the Story?
Society, Politics & Law

Jury Decision-Making: What’s the Story?

...account for these patterns, and here the story model seems to struggle. Finally, there is a query about the role of stories themselves. Note that stories are not just factual models, but they are factual models with a very characteristic narrative form. That is, they feature stereotypical structures including characters with desires and intentions and so would be familiar...
A Century of Change: Shifting Patterns in Irish Emigration in the 1800s
OpenLearn Ireland

A Century of Change: Shifting Patterns in Irish Emigration in the 1800s

...account for 52% of total Irish migration in the nineteenth century (Diner, 1984, p.31). This was unusual in comparison with other European groups where men predominated. Many Irish women found work as domestics catering to America’s growing middle class. Indeed ‘Bridget’, often portrayed in cartoons as inept and ‘manly’, became a typical stereotype of an Irish...
Unlocking the diversity of the past
History & The Arts

Unlocking the diversity of the past

...account - and we do need positive narratives from the past to add to our varied histories. Moving away from mainstream narratives is important, because without proper representation, we cannot ever form an accurate picture of society. For much of this we have to turn to local histories, and in order to facilitate that, the Welsh Government has funded extensive training in...
Studying Environments and Societies
Society, Politics & Law

Studying Environments and Societies

...account environmental factors - flora, fauna, animals, birds, plants et cetera - more centrally as part of the imagining and decision making process. Now this really feeds into what we are trying to do in block five of the module. One of the starting points for this module is a well-known theorist named Bruno Latour. And one of his main ideas that kind of informs what we...
The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?
Society, Politics & Law

The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?

...accountability, and scalability are the watchwords of the day, together with high hopes for the educational technology that promises to make all those things possible. Against this backdrop, and early naysayers notwithstanding, the OU is a longstanding exemplar of how to serve nontraditional students who many don’t see as college material. From its revolutionary...
Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives
Education & Development

Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives

...account (Ferguson, 2026). Reflection or diffraction? If professional learning is often serendipitous and informal, this reframes ‘what counts’ as processes of professional learning. Reflective practices are commonly discussed across professions, where we look backwards and towards ourselves as a stimulus for future action. Current literature asks whether diffraction,...
Should we read John Locke today?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we read John Locke today?

...accountability to parliament, and the king championed the slave trade. To criticise or resist royal policy might be a treasonable offence. It would have been exceedingly difficult for Locke to openly criticise the slave trade. One person – Morgan Godwyn – who tried to challenge it mysteriously disappeared soon after. Perhaps Locke could have done more, but he lived in...
Data analysis and interpretation
Education & Development

Data analysis and interpretation

...account of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race, culture and religion in its design, undertaking, and reporting. The body of research evidence available to policy makers should reflect the diversity of the population.’ This consideration can only be guaranteed at this stage of the research process if it has been adopted in all the previous phases. Research...