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What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?
Society, Politics & Law

What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?

...everyday interactions. Therefore, it is not just externally facing with members of the public and the victims of crime you respond to, but also internally with your colleagues. A TI approach should inform how you work with colleagues who may have experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and/or be dealing with the impact of trauma in their personal or professional...
Struggling to be heard: One woman’s video story
Society, Politics & Law

Struggling to be heard: One woman’s video story

...everyday struggles that face many women workers on the railway. ...Find out more about The Open University's Social Sciences courses. Background In 2021 Gwen McNeil, an RMT rep based at Scotrail’s Perth depot, produced a short video story of her time as a trade union rep on the railway in Scotland. The video story comprises a selection of images captured by Gwen during...
Robert Burns: a man of his times for today
History & The Arts

Robert Burns: a man of his times for today

...everyday lives and raised the self-esteem of ordinary Scots at a time in Scotland’s history when this was at a low ebb. Burns was also not afraid to challenge rank, title and wealth, sometimes to the displeasure of his editors. For example, terrified by the prospect of revolution that might be inspired by songs such as ‘A Man’s a Man’, a hymn to democracy and for...
Introduction to number theory
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to number theory

...everyday life, in particular to applications, such as the prevention of errors in ID numbers and in cryptography. You should now be able to: find quotients and remainders from integer division apply Euclid’s algorithm and backwards substitution understand the definitions of congruences, residue classes and least residues add and subtract integers, modulo n, multiply...
Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list

...English speaking world. Once again the spirit of French critique ­– this time a darker, more troubled one – found itself connecting with a national, and global, audience. Read: Reading French literature in a time of terror Across the border in Germany, three violent events in seven days shook the country, especially in a week which also featured the unconnected...
Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America
OpenLearn Ireland

Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America

...English speaking. The development of a network of national primary schools across Ireland in the mid-19th century ensured that Irish immigrants had basic literacy skills in English to meet the demands of a modernizing American economy. By 1900 most emigrants who embarked from Queenstown, then the busiest emigration port in Ireland, could read and write (Meaney, O’Dowd...
Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi
Education & Development

Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi

...Englishes, rip slyme, and performativity. Journal of Sociolinguistics 7(4): 513-533. Pennycook, Alastair (2007a) Global Englishes and Transcultural Flows. London: Routledge. Pennycook, Alastair (2007b) Language, localization, and the real: Hip-hop and the global spread of authenticity. Journal of Language, Identity and Education 6(2): 101-115. Pennycook, Alastair and Tony...
Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing

...everyday language. However, research shows that wellbeing can mean different things to different people. For example, when we asked Open University students to sum up what wellbeing meant to them, some used words such as ‘contentment’, ‘calmness’ and ‘happiness’ that indicated they thought wellbeing was focused on aspects of mental health. However, other...