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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....
OpenMinds-Talk: Virtual Worlds for real experiences
Digital & Computing

OpenMinds-Talk: Virtual Worlds for real experiences

...research has two strands: learning technologies and social computing. Professor Minocha will show how virtual worlds bridge time and places, interleaving the virtual with the real – allowing people to communicate and collaborate with those whom they may have never met, experience places they may never be able to visit, shop, learn, and do research. Professor Minocha...
Seeing foreigners as weird and different: What is orientalism?
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing foreigners as weird and different: What is orientalism?

...children’s verses “A Child’s Garden of Verses.” First published in 1885, the collection continues to be in circulation today. Wikipedia informs us that the collection “contains about 65 poems including the cherished classics ‘Foreign Children,’ ‘The Lamplighter,’ ‘The Land of Counterpane,’ ‘Bed in Summer,’ ‘My Shadow’ and ‘The Swing.’”...
Methods in Motion: Introducing Methods in Motion
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Introducing Methods in Motion

...researchers must go beyond meeting the intensified demand for new methods. Methods are important because what we know is changed by how we know it. Furthermore, the reasons why someone uses a particular method are linked to their wider ends and means; what makes useful knowledge in that specific field. Increasingly, the critical task for social scientists is to reflect...
Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women
Society, Politics & Law

Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women

...research reports and media debates. Women are prominent in all these arenas. [What the Good Friday Agreement made possible was a range of conversations, like the one in the Waterfront Hall, Belfast.] Community Shortly after the 2019 Waterfront Hall event, a lively, small-scale local meeting took place in a community venue in Belfast. A group of women from the Falls and...
Valuing death at home: making preparations
Health, Sports & Psychology

Valuing death at home: making preparations

...children from school are all harder to manage. If you don’t have friends who can help, there may be local community groups in your area who might help you find support. Although the person will become more tired, they may still want to be doing things and enjoying life as much as they can. So, trips out and being with family or friends may give much enjoyment and can...
Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role

...research suggests that those who garden experience less fatigue and stress, two symptoms commonly found in carers. Furthermore, gardening can boost physical fitness, including building strength. This could support the carer in the physical aspects of their caring role. In the next section you will explore the benefits of physical activity to both physical and mental...
Getting started with Italian 2
Languages

Getting started with Italian 2

...research. What makes the Open Centre different? The OU is the leader in online learning and teaching with a heritage of more than 50 years helping student achieve their learning ambitions. The short courses are underpinned by academic rigour and designed by native speakers experienced in producing engaging materials for online learning of languages and cultures. The...
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