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What can emoji teach us about human civilization?
Languages

What can emoji teach us about human civilization?

...English-language culture they’re not replacing alphabetic writing. They’re adding to it. And specifically, they’re adding a way to convey what we might call ‘emotional framing’ for online conversations. In other words, they fill a particular need in modern-day communication – a need produced by the fact that social media encourages a much more conversational...
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What is the evidence that King Edward VIII was a Nazi sympathiser?
History & The Arts

What is the evidence that King Edward VIII was a Nazi sympathiser?

...English government and conclude a peace with Germany contingent on a military alliance against the USSR. Even more evidence of Windsor’s treachery was hidden in Spanish archives. Like his relative Coburg, the Duke of Windsor was anti-Semitic. In June 1940 Don Javier Bermejillo, a Spanish diplomat and old friend of Windsor – he had known him since the 1920s –...
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Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education
Education & Development

Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education

...English as an Additional Language, Pupil Premium, Special Educational Needs, School Action. All of which categorically avoided identifying Black and brown students and the need to scrutinise their progress against their white counterparts. Perhaps the policy had similar intentions as my younger self – remove labels of race which could reduce pupils to simply a colour...
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What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?
Digital & Computing

What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?

...everyday there seems to be another news story (e.g. "open source goes mainstream"), blog post (e.g. "open source offers a better way") and company (e.g. Microsoft) or government (e.g. NSA) press release about how open source software is enabling innovation (e.g. "There are thousands upon thousands of open source projects that bring about innovation"), reducing costs (e.g....
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The machine that is still changing the world
Science, Maths & Technology

The machine that is still changing the world

...everyday life. We can be sure that the automotive sector is not only continuing to adapt and improve itself, but through the adaptation and spread of its techniques to manage operations more effectively in other sectors it is continuing to change the world. References [i] Womack, J.P., Jones, D.T and Roos, D., The Machine That Changed The World, Simon & Schuster, 1990 &...
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Why is childbirth a medical procedure?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is childbirth a medical procedure?

...everyday event for many women all around the globe. The routine medicalisation of childbirth robs women, midwives, and society, of the knowledge and experience of what it is to have a normal birth. Maternity Standard 11 of the National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services states that women should: '. . . have as normal a pregnancy and birth...
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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...
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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...
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