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Homeless people could avoid life-saving services, if there’s a risk of deportation
Society, Politics & Law

Homeless people could avoid life-saving services, if there’s a risk of deportation

...history This story starts back in 2015, when the House of Commons heard about Operation Adoze – a pilot scheme by the Home Office to deport non-UK citizens from the European Economic Area (EEA) sleeping rough in London. Guidance notes clarifying the regulations on the administrative removal of non-UK-EEA-citizens drew concern from homelessness advocates and lawyers, for...
Highs and lows and highs again: How football has changed in the past 50 years
Health, Sports & Psychology

Highs and lows and highs again: How football has changed in the past 50 years

...history. In 1985 a Sunday Times article described football as: “A slum game, played by slum people in slum stadiums.” 3 1985 was a particularly bad year for football as 39 people were killed at Heysel and 56 in the fire at the Bradford Stadium. Attendances also fell to their lowest ever level. The Hillsborough disaster of 1989 when 96 fans were killed, and the ensuing...
The ‘New World’ Beckons: Irish Migration to Britain’s American Colonies
OpenLearn Ireland

The ‘New World’ Beckons: Irish Migration to Britain’s American Colonies

...history there was a strong connection between Protestantism and Britishness, while Irish Catholics were not recognised as part of the British Nation (Colley, 2003). The association of Catholicism with disloyalty to the Crown was evident in Britain’s American colonies. States such as Virginia and South Carolina even introduced laws to restrict the entry of ‘papists’...
How emoji are changing the shape of everyday English
Languages

How emoji are changing the shape of everyday English

...history of the symbol, it’s ‘precisely because Americans had no cultural association with eggplants prior to the emoji revolution that it was the perfect euphemism’. In other words, it wasn’t getting used for its literal meaning (as it may do in a culture where eggplant-based cuisine is widespread) and thus was a mostly empty sign looking for a meaning. Referring...
‘It’s Just Banter’: Women and Sexual Harassment in the Hospitality Industry
Society, Politics & Law

‘It’s Just Banter’: Women and Sexual Harassment in the Hospitality Industry

...History and Social Sciences qualifications. Setting the Scene Two old guys at the bar where I was working: “Whaur’s ma New Year’s kiss then?” “Aye, and whaur’s mine?” “No thank you,” I said. “Aw, come on! Ye’ve got tae gie me a New Year’s kiss!” “No thank you,” I repeated and went to get on with cleaning glasses. Their tone became...
The Good Friday Agreement and the future of the union
Society, Politics & Law

The Good Friday Agreement and the future of the union

...history and fundamentally a massive victory, for democracy, peace, non-violence and Unionism. There will be many who disagree, prisoner releases, the reform of the RUC, terrorists in Government and crucially the warped form of Government we have, means that many dismiss what was achieved and consider it a betrayal. However, ultimately, after 25 years of virtual civil war,...
Seismograph
Society, Politics & Law

Seismograph

...History of seismographs In China, in AD132, a man named Zhang Heng made what was perhaps the first seismograph. It was a copper vessel carrying eight dragon heads, which were positioned above eight frogs. Each dragon carried a ball in its mouth. An earthquake shaking this device strongly enough would dislodge the ball from a dragon’s mouth which would fall into the open...
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Exploring Europa
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring Europa

...history? Answering these questions is a central focus of our icy worlds research in AstrobiologyOU. We run laboratory simulation experiments and computer models that simulate the conditions found in the deep oceans and icy layers of icy moons like Europa. We study forms of ice and salt in the laboratory that exist only under extremely low temperatures. These icy minerals...