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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

...works of the then dominant party in Scotland, Labour, by wresting control of Further Education away from local authorities. They did this by what was called ‘incorporation’ (a form of semi-privatisation in other words) – setting up each college as an autonomous entity run by Principals as private ‘fiefdoms’ aided and abetted by tame Boards of Management. Many of...
How to make the best of your digital badge
Education & Development

How to make the best of your digital badge

...working as educators at a variety of levels. Badged courses have fulfilled a need for the recognition of informal learning achievements and remain some of the most popular content on OpenLearn. Of the 70+ badged courses, around 20 have been commissioned to support employability of informal learners and the OU’s own student body, including some of the so-called ‘soft...
Opening up history: anti-nuclear activism during the Cold War
History & The Arts

Opening up history: anti-nuclear activism during the Cold War

...working at the EU institutions in Brussels. From there, I expanded to look more at transatlantic relations and particularly NATO. During my PhD and for years afterwards, I also worked closely with the Cold War Studies Programme at the London School of Economics (LSE), where I became interested in nuclear history. 3. What is it about your specialist area that fascinates...
The science of sleep
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of sleep

...work, seemed to have sleep inertia lasting all day... 'Power naps' [A student sleeping ] There is good scientific evidence that napping is effective in improving performance and reducing sleepiness, especially if they are taken before long periods of work to protect against feeling tired, rather than when already feeling sleepy. It has been proven that the benefits of a...
Football culture: the use of banners
Health, Sports & Psychology

Football culture: the use of banners

...working class political reform movement, carried banners on their mass marches, but sadly, there are no surviving examples. In the early twentieth century, women in the suffrage movement carried hand-crafted banners in demonstrations. Religious processions involving banners used to be common on important dates in the Christian calendar and some still take place nowadays....
Timeline: Marx, Nietzsche and Freud
Society, Politics & Law

Timeline: Marx, Nietzsche and Freud

...works of Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud with our interactive timeline...How do I use this timeline? The easiest way to journey through the lives of Marx, Nietzsche and Freud is to click the arrow on the right hand side (or swipe right on a tablet), which will take you through all the entries. You can also investigate just Marx, Nietzsche or Freud by...
Saving Setrus: To Intervene or not to Intervene
Society, Politics & Law

Saving Setrus: To Intervene or not to Intervene

...shared history as nations means that there are many Hannish living and working in Laurania and the eyes of the international community are on you to see how you will react. [Saving Setrus launch image] Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....
Design for urban living: how we live and how we might live
Science, Maths & Technology

Design for urban living: how we live and how we might live

...work and actually inhabit homes that Roger Zogolovich of Solidspace provocatively suggests ‘Shouldn’t we all be developers?’ In this he promotes the design of housing that values the experience of inhabiting a home that has been designed well, for the place where it is, to fit within the existing urban fabric. The dwellings that Solidspace design are a...