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The gift of being a foster carer
Health, Sports & Psychology

The gift of being a foster carer

...changing with many challenges for individuals, families, communities, and society in general. Every one of us is part of a local, national, and global community. Sometimes we do not always appreciate the happenings in these communities, especially your local community on your own doorstep. Foster carers are needed every day, and as a country we are experiencing an ongoing...
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Can you manage a supply chain?
Money & Business

Can you manage a supply chain?

...change certain things about the game, such as where you position yourself in the supply chain to try to keep it stable. And you can keep on practising. So good luck, have a few goes and see if you can manage a supply chain effectively. Play the game Select here to begin the game. [The Supply Chain Game] Click on the image above to launch the Supply Chain game Instructions...
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Is Donald Trump ignoring the lessons of Deepwater Horizon?
Nature & Environment

Is Donald Trump ignoring the lessons of Deepwater Horizon?

...change of course. The American Petroleum Institute and other industry organizations have lobbied hard to rescind or modify the new offshore drilling regulations, calling them impractical and burdensome. In April 2017, Trump’s Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke, appointed Louisiana politician Scott Angelle to lead BSEE. Unlike his predecessors – two retired Coast Guard...
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Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working Class
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working Class

...changes that have turned "the salt of the earth" into the target of routine abuse by The Sun and Daily Mail, the patronised guests of Jeremy Kyle and the caricatures of Little Britain. "Chavs" - a 21st century acronym for those of our fellow Britons styled Council Housed And Violent - have become representative of the feckless "underclass". They are those who choose...
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Systems explained: Sir Geoffrey Vickers
Money & Business

Systems explained: Sir Geoffrey Vickers

...change, we have very, very limited powers to change in a predictable way. We probably can't know even in theory what those limits are. And the one limit we do begin to know is the opposite of what we knew before. Linear progress And that is a belief of linear progress of any kind. Because what seems very clear now is that in any system of any sort no one element can...
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It’s all in a name: why I refuse to use a ‘white’ name
Society, Politics & Law

It’s all in a name: why I refuse to use a ‘white’ name

...change your identity in order to progress your career? Open University employee Sudesh Loi gives his views...Before joining The Open University in March 2021, I left my old job of 12 years and decided to take a year out of work as my wife was expecting our second child during the COVID-19 pandemic. I eventually decided to begin the application process but first I needed...
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The case for and against a second referendum
Society, Politics & Law

The case for and against a second referendum

...changes since the original vote in favour of Brexit. These have included various shifts within the UK economy, the nature of the final likely “divorce” settlement with the EU, and ongoing movements in public opinion. It is ultimately a core element of any liberal democracy that voters have the right to change their mind or review key political decisions if...
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Women in the Railway in Scotland During both World Wars
Society, Politics & Law

Women in the Railway in Scotland During both World Wars

...changed when the railway unions admitted women and the then National Union of Railwaymen demanded that companies pay women at least the minimum male wage for the job”. Throughout the war years women’s engagement with more highly paid and hazardous roles increased, challenging the idea that certain jobs were too dangerous for the fairer sex. This is illustrated by the...
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