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The Lee Jeans Occupation, Greenock, 1981
Society, Politics & Law

The Lee Jeans Occupation, Greenock, 1981

...Social Sciences courses Between February and August 1981, the mostly women workers at Greenock’s Lee Jeans factory defied management intentions to close the plant. At a time when female unemployment in Greenock was 50% higher than in Scotland as a whole, the women argued that their factory was feasible and that corporate greed was the reason for closure. They seized...
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Abortion stigma and the workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Abortion stigma and the workplace

...work done by Fiona Bloomer and colleagues (2017, 2023), in the Northern Irish context, little is known about abortion in UK workplace contexts. Abortion is also highly stigmatised and is often seen as an ethical rather than a healthcare issue. This can create substantial difficulties for those who choose to end their pregnancy, and has even led to the repealing of Roe v...
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The role of business development in AstrobiologyOU
Science, Maths & Technology

The role of business development in AstrobiologyOU

...worked as a research scientist in the UK and Europe, using large ground-based and space-borne facilities including the Very Large Telescope in Chile and the Hubble Space Telescope. I studied nebulae associated with evolved stars and star-forming regions, such as the Orion nebula, with its proto-planetary discs where new planets are being born. I then moved out of academia...
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Planning a better future
Money & Business

Planning a better future

...changing jobs, wishing to move up the ladder or return to work after a break. ...Planning a better future is an introductory course for anyone considering changing jobs, wondering how to move up the ladder or return to work after a break, and those aspiring to better things. Transcript If you are interested in studying this course, visit the course website here....
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What is the Hawthorne Effect? The one-minute guide
Money & Business

What is the Hawthorne Effect? The one-minute guide

...Works in Chicago were observed to be more productive in better-lit conditions" is positioned above the light.] [A bright yellow halogen bar light is positioned horizontally across the top of a black rectangular background. Text below is written in white and says "the initial conclusion was that paying more attention to working conditions would improve how well workers...
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Emotion management for translators
Languages

Emotion management for translators

...working as employees in organisations who need to employ specific emotional skills in their working context...Emotion management for translators is an 18-hour training package designed to enhance specific emotional competences in participants, such as understanding and identifying emotions, listening to and expressing emotions, and managing emotions to foster wellbeing....
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Supporting children’s learning in the early years
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in the early years

...works with children, observes and plans for further activities while she also records her thoughts and ideas using a video camera. Further video tracks reveal how creativity is nurtured in young children to develop their abilities, how an artist in residence works with nursery children, as well as how the work of bilingual and special needs assistants mean that no child...
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Women in Science
Science, Maths & Technology

Women in Science

...working in its Faculty of Science, to nominate their personal choice of outstanding woman of science. The female scientists nominated include several Nobel Prize Laureates, such as Marie Curie, Dorothy Hodgkin and American geneticist, Barbara McClintock. The academics also talk about their own experiences of being a woman in the sciences today... Marie Curie Dr Liz...
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