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The Struggle For Pay Equality in Scotland’s Colleges
Society, Politics & Law

The Struggle For Pay Equality in Scotland’s Colleges

...Article: Scottish college lecturers call an end to strike action Scotland’s Colleges: Workplaces of Struggle? Before looking at the 2021 strike itself it’s worth going back a bit to see the background because this was by no means the only industrial action that college lecturers have been involved in. There is a long history of trade union members taking action in...
The Plessey Factory Occupation, Bathgate, 1982
Society, Politics & Law

The Plessey Factory Occupation, Bathgate, 1982

...article...Find out more about The Open University's Social Sciences courses In December 1981, the Plessey Company announced plans to shut down their Capacitors plant in Bathgate. The factory – which employed predominantly women assembly workers – had been downsized substantially throughout the 1970s. Despite this, the decision to cease operations completely stunned...
Challenging Workplace Gender Roles: One Woman’s Story
Society, Politics & Law

Challenging Workplace Gender Roles: One Woman’s Story

...article examines the way that education constrained women’s careers from the beginnings of their lives, limiting their life choices. It also explores the story of Ann Gibbons, one woman who challenged gender roles in the workplace, and carved out a successful career for herself in the midst of a highly masculine work environment. The Gender Context Gender is a social...
United We Will Swim: Women’s Role in The Struggle to Save Glasgow’s Govanhill Pool
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United We Will Swim: Women’s Role in The Struggle to Save Glasgow’s Govanhill Pool

...article describes the longest continuous occupation of a civic building in British history and the result of the occupation...Find out more about The Open University's History and Social Sciences qualifications. Background In March 2001, Glasgow City Council decided to close what was to many residents in the heart of Glasgow’s Southside, the famous historic baths and...
Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay

...articles on strikes and disputes involving EIS FELA members which go back to 2002. These can be accessed at: https://socialistworker.co.uk/tag/eis/ Lewis Ackers (2022) ‘College Strikes and the Future of Education’, Conter, May 3: https://www.conter.scot/2022/5/3/college-strikes-and-the-future-of-education/ EIS.org (2022a) EIS-FELA Statutory Ballot Result; all member...
Why would you want your own web domain?
Digital & Computing

Why would you want your own web domain?

...to the web, for short periods of time at the least. That is, what I’d quite like is a convenient place to “publish” (in the sense of “run”) my own containerised apps; and then rip them down. And then, perhaps at a later date, take them away and run them on my own fully hosted domain. This article was originally published on OUseful.Info under a CC-BY licence...
Hacking under your skin?
Digital & Computing

Hacking under your skin?

...article-2803.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4667325/ - a 2015 article summarising the need to secure insulin-delivery devices http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37551633 - a 2016 article about a security flaw in a Johnson & Johnson insulin pump https://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/ - 2015 WIRED article about a ......
Spectre and Meltdown: What do you need to know about the chip security flaws?
Digital & Computing

Spectre and Meltdown: What do you need to know about the chip security flaws?

...technology website The Register, forcing the firms to reveal what they knew earlier than planned, and hitting Intel’s share price. While this kind of revelation arguably undermines responsible disclosure, the counter argument is that it forces manufacturers to fix the problem faster. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....