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How gender equality can help fix the construction industry
Society, Politics & Law

How gender equality can help fix the construction industry

...family, women engineers and architects are already being paid less than their male counterparts. The lack of career progression that this suggests increases with age, with the number of women in senior positions dwindling to a minuscule proportion. With such inequality of pay, matched by inequality of treatment, it is no wonder they don’t stay. Bad for women, bad for...
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Remembering Peter and John
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering Peter and John

...family. Eric Wade, taught and directed numerous residential (summer) schools as a friend and academic colleague of Peter. It was he who appointed him as one of the first tutors at the OU. Eric fondly recalled Peter’s engagement with teaching and students. Tom Kinneavy did team teaching with Peter at these Schools. He saw: Peter's professionalism, his experience, his...
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Banking crimes without end
Society, Politics & Law

Banking crimes without end

...families, employees and employers, lenders and borrowers, and central and local Government – that is, everyone. None of which is yet to mention the biggest crimes of all, emerging during 2007 and culminating in the financial crisis. In the UK, the response to a crisis precipitated by long term and systematic fraud and theft was a rescue of private capital from the...
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Ageing Well Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing Well Collection

...family and friends, and rarely feeling lonely, are all associated with slower cognitive decline. Explore the free resources below for inspiration. We all need social connection to thrive throughout our life but are you getting enough social contact? Check out the link below, ‘My Social Diary’, to take a look at your social habits and what you can do to improve your...
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Feeling Stuck in your Job or Career? The ACT Matrix may be the Tool you Need
Health, Sports & Psychology

Feeling Stuck in your Job or Career? The ACT Matrix may be the Tool you Need

...family or caring commitments) or feel boring or ‘not right’ anymore. It may also feel like you have achieved all your work goals but are still unfulfilled. You are stuck: the normal way of doing your job isn’t working anymore, or you cannot get that next promotion. These situations then often lead to feelings of worry, stress and anxiety, and even hopelessness and...
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Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students
Education & Development

Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students

...family to attend university, or from communities where higher education feels unfamiliar – the unwritten rules of university life can be harder to decode. These hidden expectations can influence how confident students feel in assessments, how likely they are to approach tutors for help, and how supported they feel when challenges arise. The good news is that small,...
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'A Rose By Any Other Name...': The Importance of Words when it comes to Race
Education & Development

'A Rose By Any Other Name...': The Importance of Words when it comes to Race

...family. Only years later, through seeing the film Hidden Figures and then reading the book, did I understand how much information had been suppressed about the enormous input people from Black and Minority Backgrounds had on the moon landing. Kevin Costner taking an axe to the segregated toilet sign made for a very satisfying moment, but reading the book gave greater...
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World Cup 2026: it looks like a lucky dip tournament!
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Cup 2026: it looks like a lucky dip tournament!

...family of 4. For Scottish fans the cost is even higher at around £7,500 per person (Johnson, 2026). This accounts for tickets, travel, air fares and hotel accommodation. Due to the tournament being held across an entire continent it is also considered that this World Cup will be the most polluting World Cup ever. Calculations suggest an England fan following their team...
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