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Golden Globe Ocean Race: The next 50 years?
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: The next 50 years?

...communities, mass migration and world economy. The animation below depicts how the rise in sea level will impact major cities around the world if we loose all the ice on Earth. How our Oceans are changing and impacting marine ecosystem? Many species are trying to adapt to warmer ocean waters by moving towards the poles but this has knock-on effects for other species and...
Swearing today: have our attitudes changed?
Languages

Swearing today: have our attitudes changed?

...communities on the basis simply of who they are as highly offensive So what does this tell us about today’s society? Is there any particular significance to people’s current attitudes to swearing, or do sensitivities such as this ebb and flow in the same way that other societal trends do? Taboo language can be divided into three broad categories. There are references...
Becoming a University of Sanctuary
Society, Politics & Law

Becoming a University of Sanctuary

...community – an educative community – as well as UK society in general. As noted by one student: ‘You belong somewhere, you belong to a certain cohort. You can identify as… not as a refugee, but as a student.’ Opening doors to studying At The Open University, to enable some forced migrants to overcome barriers to education we have 12 Open Futures Sanctuary...
The meaning of home in later life
Health, Sports & Psychology

The meaning of home in later life

...communities and society transform over time. Here the concept of home may take on new meanings in trying to maintain a sense of attachment, stability and refuge. Home has also embraced the technological and digital. For people in the UK, being able to stay in their own home in old age may involve the use of assistive technology. The development of social media sees a...
Explore the Realm of Pedagogy with Pedagodzilla!
Education & Development

Explore the Realm of Pedagogy with Pedagodzilla!

...Communities of Practice, linked to pop culture by Oliver and Carr (2003) by way of World of Warcraft. The narrative has continued ever since. Pedagodzilla is the story of Mike’s journey to learning more about pedagogy and Mark’s opportunity to offload his pent-up geekiness. Regular guest, Professor Rebecca Ferguson (The Open University), became the third ‘Zilla’...
How can education contribute to sustainability?
Education & Development

How can education contribute to sustainability?

...communities in which those children and young people reside. Not only did they post on the School’s Research Conversations: by and for Education researchers blog about how their views were set in much wider research internationally, but they also posted examples of their own practice change in personal blogs, something encouraged on the Masters in Education as a space...
Flowery meadows and high tech surveying equipment
Nature & Environment

Flowery meadows and high tech surveying equipment

...communities which used to be a common sight but are now rare, for example what level of water and nutrients do they need/can they withstand. Floodplain meadows are of course subject to occasional flooding indeed they act as flood protection areas for cities such as Oxford, we know these high biodiversity plant communities can withstand a certain amount of winter flooding...
A hard day at the Met Office: The BBC look for a change in the weather
History & The Arts

A hard day at the Met Office: The BBC look for a change in the weather

...communicated in different ways and we’re still not sure if forecasts are best presented as a single, most-likely case or as a range of probabilities. It is a brave move to change format, and impossible to please everyone. The BBC has an obligation to find the best value. But value should not be confused with price, and cheaper bidders must provide a forecast of...