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Why grow a tree? Barriers and boosters for landowners to adopt agroforestry
Society, Politics & Law

Why grow a tree? Barriers and boosters for landowners to adopt agroforestry

...et al. 2017 Payments for Pioneers? Revisiting the Role of External Rewards for Sustainable Innovation under Heterogeneous Motivations. Ecological Economics 135:234-245. Zabala et al. 2013 Understanding the Role of Livelihoods in the Adoption of Silvopasture in the Tropical Forest Frontier. BIOECON Conference. About us OU Economics is about real-world economics: through a...
Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...article helps, but of course there is a lot more to taking notes from a social science text. So we suggest that you spend the time working on these skills. Then, when you need to use these skills, you will be able to use them quickly, effectively and with more confidence. In Sections 1–3 of this course we: ask you to think about how you read now by testing yourself on a...
Recovery strategies in sport and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Recovery strategies in sport and exercise

...et al. 2014). These symptoms are temporary, but require a period of recovery to repair. If an individual moves into their next training session without being fully recovered from the previous one, their ability to perform at their best will be inhibited. Therefore, any strategy aimed at increasing the speed of recovery is potentially advantageous. As well as being...
Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...Article 1 of the Declaration stated: ‘Men are born and remain free and equal in rights’. While the Declaration did not explicitly refer to the abolition of slavery, it marked the beginnings of guaranteeing equality and freedom to all people, without distinction – a principle, which is the cornerstone of modern international human rights law. France officially...
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General Election 2015 - 79Rewind
Society, Politics & Law

General Election 2015 - 79Rewind

...article - 'Chaos' became 'crisis' - but was the reality so bad? 14 days: Cardiff SE Lib candidate pulled out of '79 election, urging people to vote Tory. 15 days: PM Callaghan claimed credit for fall in unemployment in '79 election broadcast. 17 days: Liberal leader David Steel accused of being 'illiberal' at '79 Young Liberal conference. 19 days: Thatcher bids farewell...
Witches in popular culture
History & The Arts

Witches in popular culture

...article on film website Little White Lies praises The Witch as a “feminist horror fantasy” that “celebrate[s] the inherent power of femininity”. Likewise, Wired magazine called the film “wildly feminist”. Disempowering women However, there is another side to the witch. Mary Beard, in a recent lecture, Women in Power, argued that stories of monstrous women and...
Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...et al., 2018)...Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?: 3 Benefits of the Body Mass Index - Quantitative research is particularly useful for studying whole populations and identifying general trends and relationships because it makes use of statistical data. The results of large-scale, quantitative studies are frequently summarised in documents like...
How might Brexit affect Wales?
Society, Politics & Law

How might Brexit affect Wales?

...Article 50, was triggered by the Prime Minister, Theresa May. But until then, as negotiations continue, many questions about the aesthetics of Wales’ future relationship with the European Union, and The UK are still unanswered. The devolution of power is still a significant factor for many, and whether powers regained from Brussels will go to the National Assembly, or...