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Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies
Money & Business

Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies

...History Month, Charles Barthold explores the connections between the management curriculum and coloniality...As part of The Open University’s events marking Black History Month, I was invited to give a presentation on the connection between the management curriculum and our colonial heritage. In particular, I tried to problematise the ways in which a...
The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry

...family, and spent most of her formative years at the seventeenth-century mansion, Earlham Hall, in Norfolk. Although raised as a Quaker in ‘name only’, in 1798 a young Elizabeth decided to fully embrace the Quaker faith and traditions. Just two years later, she married tea merchant Joseph Fry, and the couple moved to London. In the intervals between child-bearing,...
Exploring youth violence: what would you do?
Education & Development

Exploring youth violence: what would you do?

...families, homelessness, and limited access to education and welfare services. To understand some of the problems these young people can face today, step into the shoes of Tyler and Rafi and live a day of their life in our ‘What would you do’ interactive. Please note, that this interactive contains depictions of racism, which you may find upsetting. [What would you do...
The Oldest Generation
Society, Politics & Law

The Oldest Generation

...document their day to day routines, with the aim of showing how major events affect the lives of the older generation... The Oldest Generation project Using diary excerpts, this audio track documents the lives of older people, how and why certain family relationships endure or change over time, and how these processes affect the lives of members of the oldest generation....
The refugees hoping to make a splash at Rio 2016
Health, Sports & Psychology

The refugees hoping to make a splash at Rio 2016

...family, I think it makes it more real for us to see how in fact these people differ very little from us if at all.” Given the Olympic-sized audiences Rio will bring, the stories of the refugee athletes will provide a new, powerful opportunity for those working to ameliorate the refugee crisis. The London Summer Olympics in 2012 was the most watched TV program in U.S....
Personality: A user guide
Health, Sports & Psychology

Personality: A user guide

...family environment we were born into. As we grow older, we are more and more reaping the consequences of our own choices (living in places we ourselves have chosen, doing jobs that we were drawn to, surrounded by people like us whom we have sought out). Thus, personality differences that might have been very slight at birth become dramatic in later adulthood. Personality,...
LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters
Society, Politics & Law

LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters

...families. Multiple court cases were taken by couples seeking legal recognition and businesses, charities, politicians and businesses stood shoulder to shoulder with our community demanding change. Unfortunately, like so many times before, this change was not achieved through the Northern Ireland Assembly, but rather was introduced and passed through Westminster with cross...
Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre
Science, Maths & Technology

Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre

...history and have been used since ancient times as decorative art – from Islamic art to Roman mosaics. Tilings can be made from one or more shapes, and the tiles can be made from regular or irregular polygons. If the pattern repeats, the tiling is call periodic. But is it possible to have a set of tiles, that can cover the infinite surface such that the pattern never...