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Revealed: what sexism in call centres can teach us about sexism in society
Society, Politics & Law

Revealed: what sexism in call centres can teach us about sexism in society

...leadership roles and generally have a lower status and less influence? My research sheds light on this phenomenon. After extensive interviews with call centre managers and agents, as well as an investigation into the industry’s working culture and practices in Scotland and Denmark, it became clear that call centres are built on the sexist attitudes embedded in society....
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What does the head of Ofsted do?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the head of Ofsted do?

...leadership. Wilshaw had been praised for his ability to create an outstanding school in an area of high deprivation – the Mossbourne Community Academy in Hackney. He began by introducing a far more “rigorous” inspection framework, combining this with a re-modelling of the inspection workforce to include more headteacher as inspectors. This was a move aimed to...
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Saudi Arabia is paying a heavy price for Iran’s global rehabilitation
Society, Politics & Law

Saudi Arabia is paying a heavy price for Iran’s global rehabilitation

...leadership of the UN Human Rights Council, Saudi Arabia more and more finds itself in the headlines for all the wrong reasons – the beheading and crucifixion sentence handed out to al-Nimr’s nephew Ali Mohammed al-Nimr in 2015, the withdrawal of a £5.9m prisons contract between the UK Government and the Saudi regime, the rising civilian death toll in its campaign...
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Article 15 mins
Why I created a podcast to celebrate the OU’s BME community
Education & Development

Why I created a podcast to celebrate the OU’s BME community

...leadership was instant and enthusiastic, and within hours of my proposal being announced, busy network members were investing their time in my idea. Learning about the essential role that BME staff played at the OU, both humbled and galvanised me. At first, I wanted to create a platform that would not only showcase our diverse voices but also celebrate our stories,...
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Who is Donald Trump?
Society, Politics & Law

Who is Donald Trump?

...leadership. Treating Trump principally as a pop icon and his campaign and victory as an extended performance might sound flippant – but it’s crucial that we see this for what it is. Trump’s shocking ascent to the top job indicates that the role of the politician really has finally merged with the role of the rock star. This article was originally published on The...
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International Jazz Day
Miscellaneous

International Jazz Day

...leadership of Ken ‘Snakehips’ Johnson the West Indian Dance Orchestra, which also incorporated black British musicians, achieved great success in Britain in the 1930s. As well as swing, their output reflected Cuban rhumba and Trinidadian calypso, styles which were considered ‘exotic’ at the time. This musical combination reflected the blurring of black cultural...
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Selling Empire: Epilogue – the slow death of heroism?
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Epilogue – the slow death of heroism?

...leadership, and settler kinship, were still there. Over time, these annuals’ names changed to reflect the acceleration of decolonisation. The Empire Youth Annual became the Empire and Commonwealth Annual in 1953, the Commonwealth Annual from 1958, and then seems to have ceased publication in 1964. By the latter date, illusions that Britain would be able to lead a united...
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Section 4: Enduring Controversies around Glasgow 1919: (Mis)representing Red Clydeside?
Society, Politics & Law

Section 4: Enduring Controversies around Glasgow 1919: (Mis)representing Red Clydeside?

...leadership. Working class understandings and views are much harder to reconstruct because these represent the experiences of the mass of ordinary Clydesiders who left little in the way of sources which historians can access. These are the men and women, skilled and unskilled, Catholics and Protestants, Socialists and Conservatives, internationalists and (Irish, Scottish...
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Article 20 mins