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Listening to young children: supporting transition
Education & Development

Listening to young children: supporting transition

...changes or transitions. Such transitions can involve many dimensions, including familiarisation with new cultural practices, the development of new relationships and potentially a shift in identity, for example, from being a 'nursery child' to being a 'pupil'. During the course you will explore how listening to children as they go through such fundamental transitions can...
When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants
Society, Politics & Law

When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants

...change the world. Bouazizi was not the first person to set himself alight in protest, just as Aylan was not the first child to wash ashore on Mediterranean beaches. [Asylum seekers arrive in Messina, Sicily - June 30th 2015] Asylum seekers arriving in Messina, June 30th, 2015 Indeed, those who have been following the refugee crisis over the past four years have viewed...
Time to look again at HIV and relationships
Health, Sports & Psychology

Time to look again at HIV and relationships

...changed in the world of HIV medicine. Since the late 90s, the availability of highly active antiretroviral treatment (sometimes known as HAART) has meant that, for those able to access it, HIV has become more like a chronic condition than the fatal infection we’ve seen on our screens. [Map showing couples around the UK] Effective HIV treatment stops the virus from...
Inside the mind of Trump's true believers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Inside the mind of Trump's true believers

...change, they must be intensely discontented yet not destitute.” They must also have “an extravagant conception of the prospects and potentialities of the future” and “be wholly ignorant of the difficulties involved in their vast undertaking. Experience is a handicap.” Much of Trump’s campaign was based on promises of vast change, such as the immediate repeal...
Doctor Who and human history
History & The Arts

Doctor Who and human history

...change the human history...This content is associated with The Open University's History courses and qualifications. [Matt Smith the Doctor] Doctor Who, which celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year, is best known as a science fiction series. Think of the show, and you think of sci-fi concepts such as the TARDIS, and alien creatures like the Daleks or Cybermen. But,...
Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey

...change my roles and activities, and eventually look for less responsibility. This when I was actually at the height of my professional experience, competence and wisdom. Once I realised, after a few years of this, that I was probably in the menopause transition, I noticed an increase in symptoms including palpitations, disturbed sleep, memory issues and brain fog. Sensory...
Campaigning for refugee and migrant women
Society, Politics & Law

Campaigning for refugee and migrant women

...changes and offer independent support for women and children. As the interview below with Mina Patel from SBS illustrates, whether a woman is experiencing violence prior to seeking asylum in the UK, or within an intimate relationship already in the UK, there are laws that offer protection, so it is important to get legal advice and support. The report Refused, compiled by...
When do children develop a sense of gender?
Education & Development

When do children develop a sense of gender?

...changing your clothes doesn’t change your gender. Developing gender identity Further research suggests that children’s concept of gender develops gradually between the ages of three and five. After the age of five, most children believe that outward changes in clothing or hairstyle don’t constitute a change in gender. Once children begin to think about gender as a...