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Dumbarton Road, Partick, Glasgow: from tenements to riverside apartments Featuring: activity, Updated contentCopyrighted Image Hilary Mooney

By Dr Alison Gilmour (The Open University), Dr Gerry Mooney (The Open University)

24 May 2012

We look back at the social history shaped by a ten-fold rise in population from 5,000 in 1850 to over 55,000 by 1901, and forward...  Read more : Dumbarton Road, Partick, Glasgow: from tenements to riverside apartments

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The stories behind our streets Featuring: activity, Updated contentCopyrighted Image R P C Franklyn Limited

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

16 May 2012

Where do you live? One answer may be your postal address but what are the secrets behind your postcode? How has the street you live...  Read more : The stories behind our streets

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City Road, Cardiff: suburban thoroughfare  Featuring: activity, Creative Commons Image Cardiff Central Watch under Creative Commons license

By Dr Geoff Andrews (The Open University)

10 May 2012

Known as Castle Road in the 19th century, we trace the changing character and communities of City Road, re-named in 1905, when Cardiff gained city...  Read more : City Road, Cardiff: suburban thoroughfare

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Park Hill, Sheffield: continuity and change Featuring: activity, Copyrighted Image Sheffield Local Studies Library

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

04 May 2012

What stories does Park Hill hold? From 19th century industrial squalor to iconic 'streets in the sky' in the 1960s, Park Hill, Sheffield changes once...  Read more : Park Hill, Sheffield: continuity and change

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Great Ancoats Street, Manchester: cottonopolis to urban village Featuring: activity, Copyrighted Image Isis Waterside Regeneration

By Dr Georgina Blakeley (The Open University)

04 May 2012

What are the stories behind this unique 'urban village'? From the largest mills of Manchester's 19th century industrial era to slum dwellings in the 1920s....  Read more : Great Ancoats Street, Manchester: cottonopolis to urban village

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From Mongolia to India, then straight back again Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image Work found at Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 3.0

By Lucy Hawkes (Guest)

18 October 2011

Bar-headed geese have one of the most demanding migratory patterns of all birds. Lucy Hawkes describes how they have adapted to the challenge  Read more : From Mongolia to India, then straight back again

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Calling home: How mobile phones allow migrant parents to keep in touchCreative Commons Image Swinimal under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Dr Christena Nippert-Eng (Guest), Dr Mirca Madianou (Guest), Professor Laurie Taylor (Guest)

02 August 2011

The Philippines economy relies on emigrant workers; increasingly, those workers are relying on mobile phones and web messaging to keep in touch with their growing...  Read more : Calling home: How mobile phones allow migrant parents to keep in touch

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Why are social scientists interested in social networking sites?Creative Commons Image digital_shutterbug under CC-BY-NC licence

By Dr Hugh Mackay (The Open University)

12 April 2011

Social networking is a relatively young form of communication - and Daniel Miller and others are developing our understanding of how it connects and changes.  Read more : Why are social scientists interested in social networking sites?

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Taking sanctuary: Perspectives Featuring: audio, Seelenpfluecker via Dreamstime.com under subscription

By Dr Vicki Squire (The Open University), Catherine Birara (Guest), Inderjit Bhogal OBE (Guest), Craig Barnett (Guest), Simon Cross (Guest)

09 November 2010

Refugees and asylum-seekers looking for sanctuary in the UK face many challenges, such as hostility and isolation. Often, mainstream attitudes are that they are victims...  Read more : Taking sanctuary: Perspectives

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Across the skyline: Bird-watching in London Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image stevec77 under CC-BY-SA licence

By Ian Wallace (Guest)

02 November 2010

On Friday 15th October 2010 the Saving Species team met with Ian Wallace, a pioneer of ornithology in this country, on Primrose Hill, just...  Read more : Across the skyline: Bird-watching in London

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