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Women and the fight to reclaim higher education
Society, Politics & Law

Women and the fight to reclaim higher education

...public discourse. Waste and recycling workers made headlines when they went on strike over pay and conditions in Glasgow during COP26 in November 2021; then in Edinburgh during the annual International Festival in August 2022. Across Scotland, the railways and postal service have seen frequent disruption as workers are no longer willing to accept poverty wages while...
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Defining your research methodology
Education & Development

Defining your research methodology

...health, social care setting or in the field? Will it be conducted online, offline, or both? Then, outline your research methodology, keeping in mind that your research questions will influence the methodology you choose. You will want to demonstrate that your methodology is systematic and – for certain studies - can be replicated by other researchers in similar...
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National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840
History & The Arts

National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840

...public support, most notably from the Volunteers, groups of local militia organised for home defence during the American Revolutionary War (1775–83). The red coat that Grattan is wearing in the painting in Figure 2 was a distinguishing feature of the Volunteer uniform. You can also make out other MPs and observers, both male and female, wearing the uniform or colours of...
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The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...health and wellbeing and confidence building (Law, 2015; Law, 2016). Many of the badged courses also carry Continuing Professional Development (CPD) ‘points’ that have provided a further layer of endorsement to the free learning issued by the OU that is not credit-bearing, a function that is in support of a national upskilling and social regeneration agenda. While...
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What are Mintzberg’s five components of an organisation? The one-minute guide
Money & Business

What are Mintzberg’s five components of an organisation? The one-minute guide

...public relations, mailroom, cafeteria and so on. These are the Support staff. What is the Operating Core? Finally, at the bottom of the organisation, is the Operating Core. These are the people who do the basic work of producing the products or delivering the services. Mintzberg’s generic organisational model also illustrates an important principle of organisation...
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Negotiating trade deals
Money & Business

Negotiating trade deals

...public eye by political and economic elites. Further, their conditions are negotiated without democratic scrutiny or accountability. Just as worrying, these deals are reached by unelected figures, further putting into question their ability to be publicly debated and influenced. Alvaro Guzman Bastida discusses these concerns in his article for Al Jazeera America...
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Spray diagrams
Science, Maths & Technology

Spray diagrams

...the particular arrangement meets with your objective. If you are stuck or lose the thread, start again with a new central theme and create a new, perhaps subsidiary, diagram. Don’t clutter up the original. You could perhaps just leave things for a while to give you time for some fresh thinking. References Buzan, A. (1974) Use your head, London, UK, BBC Publications....
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World-Changing Women: Mary Prince
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Mary Prince

...publication, in 1831, of the autobiography of Mary Prince, a female slave from the British West Indies, had a profound impact on these campaigns. Mary Prince was born into a slave family in Bermuda, around 1788. Her mother was a household slave and when the family who owned them lost money, her mother had no choice but sell Mary at the market-place. For the next 15 years...
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