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How to manage the digital-related stress of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to manage the digital-related stress of technology

...change. For example, a recent study found that restricting smartphone use in the bedroom improved sleep quality, and increased happiness and quality of life. If you are up for more of a challenge, try taking a significant break from social media. The British Psychology Society recently posted an article on how taking a five day break from Facebook can reduce cortisol...
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Does handing a company on to the children work?
Money & Business

Does handing a company on to the children work?

...change, and the two mechanisms often ascribed to family firms relate to lower levels of skill (here, here and here) and lack of awareness of managerial underperformance (here, here and here). Neither of these mechanisms, however, fully explain the gap in management underperformance. We propose a different possibility based on the wealth of evidence that suggests family...
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Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...change over the past fifty years or so. Far reaching social, economic, cultural and political change has led to significant shifts in the gender composition of the labour force and in sections of the economy. Further, a shift in the balance of workplace power towards owners and managers, and an increasing and widening pattern of disputes in the public sector in Scotland...
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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

...that has proven to be flexible to changes in city life over time. Solidspace’s typology is a split-level design that uses the volume within a dwelling to create a greater sense of space, light and character. Solidspace do pose a design challenge to policy makers and the house-building infrastructure, asking ‘Don’t we all deserve to live in well-designed housing’?...
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Extinctions at World Heritage Sites aren't just environmental disasters
Nature & Environment

Extinctions at World Heritage Sites aren't just environmental disasters

...warns that populations of some fish, lobsters and molluscs have declined dramatically in recent years, leaving local fishermen and traders with less stock to sell. “It's a constant battle” she says. “Unless NGOs, society and government work together, we will not see a major change”. This article was originally published by SciDevNet under a CC-BY licence...
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British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Education & Development

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

...changes lives. If you would like further information about us and what we do, please visit www.bacp.co.uk. The Open University and the BACP have teamed up and have a course on OpenLearn create, as a response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The aim of the course is to offer a primer on working online as a counsellor or psychotherapist at a time when face-to-face...
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Narratives of COVID
Health, Sports & Psychology

Narratives of COVID

...changes to everyday life on a global scale. At The Open University, we reached out to students, staff and alumni to hear about their experiences. ...Find out more about The Open University's Health and Social Care qualification. These have been collated into a book – Narratives of COVID: loss, dying, death and grief during COVID-19 with over 30 authors from the OU...
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Mass production and the consequent devaluation of our clothes
Nature & Environment

Mass production and the consequent devaluation of our clothes

...changed over time...[Woman in a raccoon jumper] Recently a friend told me how her mother used to order one new outfit per season, complete with all accessories such as gloves, stockings and handbag, and once fabrics and styles had been carefully chosen, the outfit would be made to measure by a local seamstress and worn throughout the season. Being a bespoke and carefully...
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