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Children and young people’s participation
Education & Development

Children and young people’s participation

...research, findings and theory. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of postgraduate study in Education...Children and young people’s participation: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define the complexity of participation for children and young people compare and contrast different cultural perspectives and experiences of...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK
Society, Politics & Law

From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK

...research Our recent research on the experiences of recent Black and Ethnic Minority migrants from Greece and Spain challenges such an argument that pitches European citizens and Black and minority migrants’ rights against each other. As practices of counting ethnic minorities or migrants differ nationally, it is not easy to put a number to ethnic minority Europeans....
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Article 5 mins
Sniffing out disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Sniffing out disease

...researchers, including the double Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling, started to investigate the composition of breath using sophisticated scientific instruments of the day. Technical difficulties remained for many years but these approaches have now been re-vitalised with the discovery that animals can detect various diseases. You probably already know that police sniffer...
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Article 5 mins
Why school is bad for us - an inaugural lecture by Professor Jonathan Rix
Miscellaneous

Why school is bad for us - an inaugural lecture by Professor Jonathan Rix

...research to describe a model of the University Training School. Timings 17:00 - 18:00 Inaugural lecture by Professor Jonathan Rix: Why school is bad for us – lessons we need to learn 18:00 - 18:15 Refreshments 18:15 - 19:00 Panel discussion: If school is really bad for us, what needs to be done? 19:00 - 19:45 Drinks and canapes Register to attend There will be time for...
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Article 5 mins
The inaugural lecture of Professor Edoardo Ongaro, Professor of Public Management
Miscellaneous

The inaugural lecture of Professor Edoardo Ongaro, Professor of Public Management

...research projects. He has been visiting professor and an invited speaker at various institutions in Europe, the Americas and Asia and is an editor of Public Policy and Administration. He has published extensively on the topic of administrative reforms and comparative public management. Works include, The Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe...
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Article 5 mins
Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?

...Research shows that although the gender gap is slowly narrowing, women and girls are still significantly less likely than their male counterparts to be physically active and play sport (Sport England, 2019a; 2020). Women also occupy much less of the sporting workforce in roles such as coaching (UK Coaching, 2018), managing, performance and development directors, and other...
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Article 15 mins
‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining

...research and knowledge exchange project educates on what food allergies are and how they can severely affect health and wellbeing, and restrict social freedoms such as eating out of the home...While food allergies were once thought to be more common in children, they are now more prevalent in adults. With 1 in 20 adults in the UK with a confirmed food allergy (Food...
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Audio 2 hrs
Reflective practice as self-care: recognising the mental health needs of sexual offence investigators
Society, Politics & Law

Reflective practice as self-care: recognising the mental health needs of sexual offence investigators

...research as part of Operation Soteria. Police officers and staff involved in the investigation of rape and sexual violence were interviewed in five forces in England and Wales during 2021–2022. Officers investigating rape cases reported being exposed to trauma and reported high levels of burnout given high demand and reduced capacity to deal with complex investigations....
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Article 5 mins