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

Women and the fight to reclaim higher education

...Scotland and the rest of the UK in the 2020s...Find out more about The Open University's History and Social Sciences courses Background In the context of the growing ‘cost of living crisis’ in 2022, it’s unsurprising that trade union activity in Scotland has featured regularly in public discourse. Waste and recycling workers made headlines when they went on strike...
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Jurors who believe rape myths contribute to dismal conviction rates – but judge-only trials won’t solve the problem
Society, Politics & Law

Jurors who believe rape myths contribute to dismal conviction rates – but judge-only trials won’t solve the problem

...Scotland...Find out about The Open University's Law courses. After years of consultations and reports, the Scottish government is proposing to conduct a pilot to test out running rape trials with just a judge – and no jury. The conviction rate in Scotland for rape and attempted rate is woefully low. Only 51% of trials lead to a conviction, which is simply not acceptable...
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Wheelchair basketball player Yasmin on coaching, classification and the cost of disability sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Wheelchair basketball player Yasmin on coaching, classification and the cost of disability sport

...Scotland and Wales. For information on wheelchair rugby in England, Scotland and Wales, take a look at the Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby Limited (GBWR) website. Sport England also have a section of their website dedicated to increasing access to sport for people with longstanding disabilities or illnesses. The Open University's Sport and Fitness Student Voice Champions....
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Open Education Week 2017
Education & Development

Open Education Week 2017

...free!) on OpenLearn Create. You might be interested in visiting the website of the OEPS project, which celebrates open educational practices in Scotland. Follow on social media You can see the latest news about the Open Education Week and help spread the word by following along on Twitter, Facebook or YouTube. Why not also follow us on Twitter? Tweets by openeducationwk...
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Some thoughts on Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Some thoughts on Brexit

...Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a bit different, which in itself points to both long-standing and growing divisions between the nations of the UK, but I’ll not go into it here. What we are seeing in England, and to a certain extent Wales, is a social reaction against austerity with immigration as the bogey man. In our EU referendum the regions that supported the...
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Welcome to the OpenLearn Resources for Educators hub
Education & Development

Welcome to the OpenLearn Resources for Educators hub

...Scotland There are a number of ways you can use this hub. Using the topic areas, you can create your own professional development resource that you might wish to share with your colleagues. Senior leaders or Subject Leads may wish to curate a bespoke OpenLearn professional development set, aligned with your school’s priorities and shared with staff for completion in...
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Dating apps: is swiping right a thing of the past?
History & The Arts

Dating apps: is swiping right a thing of the past?

...Scotland in February. Some of the events are murder mystery focused, some are for the LGBTQIA+ community, some are bisexual only, and others are broken down into age categories. Is it possible that the restrictions on meeting during the Covid lockdown have pushed us to want more time off screen and more human connection? This Valentine’s Day the key to someone’s heart...
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Community Social Care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Community Social Care

...Scotland from the differing viewpoints of sufferers and energy advisers and projects in place to combat the problems that arise Fuel Poverty: Jackie's story The personal account of fuel poverty and debt experienced by advice worker Jacqueline Carlin Fuel Poverty: Florence's story Personal accounts detailed by sufferers of fuel poverty and the various government schemes...
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