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Sarah Everard murder: the problem with the government’s plan to make women ‘feel’ safer
Society, Politics & Law

Sarah Everard murder: the problem with the government’s plan to make women ‘feel’ safer

...in Criminology, CQUniversity Australia Lisa Lazard, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, The Open University Lois Catrin Donnelly, Associate Lecturer in Psychology, University of Worcester Lucy Thompson, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article....
Teaching reading: what are our long term goals?
Education & Development

Teaching reading: what are our long term goals?

...creative, interactive, shared, sustained and personalised nature of their engagement (Kucirkova, Littleton and Cremin, 2016). These synergies which have the potential to help shape teachers’ (and parents’ and publishers’) choices of reading resources will be examined in more detail at a forthcoming UKLA Research Symposium Reading for Pleasure-What Next? at the Open...
Why would you want your own web domain?
Digital & Computing

Why would you want your own web domain?

...creativity and give them a home on the web in which they could run their own applications, eased the pain for many: the host could also be trusted, was helpful, and was affordable. The Oklahoma create space allows students to register a subdomain (e.g. myname.oucreate.com) or custom domain (e.g.ouseful.info) and associate it with what is presumably a university hosted...
How are Snapchat filters allowing survivors of sexual assault tell their stories?
Digital & Computing

How are Snapchat filters allowing survivors of sexual assault tell their stories?

...creative and powerful method that allows survivors to change the narrative and let their voices be heard. Omar's use of Snapchat has attracted national and international media attention. In an interview with Global Voices, Omar, who is the mobile editor for newspaper Hindustan Times, explained: The filters were the only reason they shared their story. In India it’s both...
Left behind?
Society, Politics & Law

Left behind?

...creative career (just look at the list in the first paragraph!), and if you are an American left-handed graduate, 26 per cent more likely to be rich than right-handed American graduates. I am sure, like a lot of right-handers, even me, we take the right-handed nature of our world for granted most of the time. I hope this post makes you think a little of left-handed people...
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Future of Empowerment
Society, Politics & Law

Future of Empowerment

...creativity in fresh and interesting ways. Moreover, it could give people more time to devote to leisure and wellbeing. Post-capitalism future? A key question of the present then, is are we heading toward an empowering post-work future? Recently there has emerged new theories of “post-capitalism”. These highlight the potential for a different type of economic system....
‘Resilience isn’t enough’: why the growth of women’s football could lead to player burnout
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Resilience isn’t enough’: why the growth of women’s football could lead to player burnout

...clubs. If the game truly wants to thrive long-term, it must create a culture where players aren’t just expected to perform, but are supported to rest, recover and speak openly about their mental health – without fear, stigma or consequence.[The Conversation] This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article....
A school reaches for the stars with an online astronomy course
Science, Maths & Technology

A school reaches for the stars with an online astronomy course

...creative artwork, form a display that runs the length of the school corridor. [Denny School Project] Alan concludes: "The contribution of the school has been invaluable. I have been extremely impressed by the enthusiasm and ability of the STEM pupils and in the quality of the results that they have obtained from COAST". Variable stars and citizen science The Denny pupils...