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Reflections on the Glasgow City Council equal pay dispute
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on the Glasgow City Council equal pay dispute

...out more about The Open University's Social Sciences courses. Background[Lyn-Marie O'Hara outside the Unison offices in Glasgow.]Lyn-Marie outside the Unison Glasgow City branch office, Bell Street, Glasgow, September 2022Lyn-Marie O’Hara was one of the key figures in the long campaign by Unison members at Glasgow City Council for equal pay. As Mags McCarthy indicates...
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Tricky Topics in Nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tricky Topics in Nursing

...out more on the NHS Learning hub Oxygen administration Oxygen administration is a treatment that provides patients with supplemental, or extra, oxygen. This video demonstrates the administration of oxygen therapy Transcript Reflective questions Reflect on the different ways that oxygen therapy might be given to a patient. For more information refer to: British Thoracic...
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The Arts and Creativity
Education & Development

The Arts and Creativity

...out more about The Open University's Art History courses and qualifications. I’m a Senior Manager in the Access, Open and Cross-curricular Innovation team and my favourite aspect about the YXM130 module is that you can use short courses that you have already studied to count towards the module - what a win! When studying this module, you can also continue to explore a...
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Why do birds eat plastic?
Nature & Environment

Why do birds eat plastic?

...out there in the “big blue”. To find food, these birds use their keen sense of smell. Their food includes fish, squid and also small crustaceans known as krill, which they locate by detecting a chemical (called dimethyl sulphide or DMS) that is released by the cells of marine algae when krill eat it. DMS therefore serves as an olfactory cue that alerts the birds to...
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Five tips for making friends at university
Education & Development

Five tips for making friends at university

...out about them can set you both at ease. Ask about them – and before you know it, they’ll be asking about you too. Smile If we feel anxious in a social situation it can often reflect in our facial expressions, and without realising it we may appear grumpy or aloof. Try smiling, even if you don’t feel like it. This not only makes you appear more approachable, it can...
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A reader's guide to Ulysses
History & The Arts

A reader's guide to Ulysses

...out-and-about in the city, and eventually their paths cross. Joyce's use of the stream-of-consciousness technique enables us to follow the flow of their inner thoughts and feelings. Joyce's fiction has had an enormous impact, as these quotes demonstrate: Leslie Fiedler: 'Ulysses was for my youth and has remained for my later years not a novel at all, but a conduct book, a...
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The Harrison Centre for Social Mobility
Education & Development

The Harrison Centre for Social Mobility

...out more about The Open University’s Open degree qualification. The Harrison Centre for Social Mobility was set up in 2017 by David Harrison, one of the UK’s leading entrepreneurs and Chairman of UK financial technology firm True Potential LLP. David achieved an MBA through The Open University and in 2013, he established a formal partnership between True Potential LLP...
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International Women's Day
Society, Politics & Law

International Women's Day

...out what can be done to make your workplace more inclusive. Explore Instersectionality Take a look at the links between race, gender and other systems that work to oppress women in the resources below. Look at Insights into Violence against Women From exploring ways to help victims of rape and sexual assault to police brutality, these articles look further into violence...
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