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Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing

...De-la-Calle-Durán and Rodríguez-Sánchez’s (2021) review of 148 employee engagement and wellbeing studies, identified five main drivers of engagement that also lead to wellbeing, within the current pandemic context: conciliation, cultivation, confidence, compensation, and communication. Questioning current practices, and asking employees what each of these mean to...
Why Do Historians Disagree?
History & The Arts

Why Do Historians Disagree?

...de-industrialisation in the early to mid-1980s, for example. The role of ideology and politics Disagreements can also be more overtly ideological in character. They can be articulated as conscious or thinly-veiled political disagreements, or, as the unacknowledged (and sometimes consciously denied) manifestation of ideological predispositions. At one level, political...
Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)
Science, Maths & Technology

Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)

...DE ANGELIS, M. H. & COTMAN, S. L. 2012. Large-scale phenotyping of an accurate genetic mouse model of JNCL identifies novel early pathology outside the central nervous system. PLoS One, 7, e38310. WAGER, K., ZDEBIK, A. A., FU, S., COOPER, J. D., HARVEY, R. J. & RUSSELL, C. 2016. Neurodegeneration and Epilepsy in a Zebrafish Model of CLN3 Disease (Batten Disease). PLoS...
Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period
History & The Arts

Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period

...De Troyes, C. (1991) Arthurian Romances. London: Penguin Classics. El, C. (2016) Moor. What They Didn’t Teach you in Black History Class. Vol. 1 and 2. California: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. El, C. (2016) Black a Moor: Bridging the Gap between Black and Moor. California: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Eveleth, R. (2014) Not all the...
Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?

...de Silva, an anthropologist at Atlanta’s Emory College, tells me that in Japan, “The whole idea is that by one individual taking his or her life, so the honour is restored or the family member would be spared the shame.” “Other people’s evaluation adds an additional burden,” says Kim. A person’s shame could leak and stain those around them. Under past...
Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism

...education study or returning after a break? You may even be able to study for free. ​ Our 'Arts and Languages Access module' – designed to develop the key skills required for successful university study – is an ideal starting point. You will be introduced to a range of absorbing subjects to prepare you for a wide range of qualifications in the humanities, including:...
Astrobiology from the ground up
Science, Maths & Technology

Astrobiology from the ground up

...Education, interviews Shonil Bhagwat, Professor of Environment and Development, on the intersections between his work on environment and international development and astrobiology...[A sacred site in the semi-arid desert of Rajasthan, India] A sacred site in the semi-arid desert of Rajasthan, India Shonil’s research engages with several key environmental concerns:...
Modelling the planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling the planets

...Education, about her route to astrobiology, her current research and where her work might go in the future...Find out more about The Open University's Science courses and qualifications. Astrobiology isn’t a subject on the school curriculum or even in many universities. Could you tell me something about your journey to astrobiology? It was a long journey. A very long...