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Syria: who's involved, and what do they want?
Society, Politics & Law

Syria: who's involved, and what do they want?

...change. Russia is not protecting Assad because of any significant economic or military ties, but for two other specific reasons. For one, Russia presents the integrity of Syrian governance structures as a bulwark against radical Islamist alternatives. But on another level, Russia’s military intervention has made it an unavoidable geopolitical interlocutor for the rest...
Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver
Society, Politics & Law

Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver

...changing and evolving. Although we are still a predominantly male industry, the inclusion of women in the railway is gradually changing the public’s perception of who might be eligible to join. On a more personal note, my eight years in the railway so far have served me well. While I have certainly experienced struggles, most of them have been struggles faced by...
Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America
OpenLearn Ireland

Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America

...change in Ireland and American economic expansion. By the end of the century, the US census indicated that almost five million Americans were either Irish-born or had at least one Irish parent (US Census, 1900). This exceeded the population of Ireland at the time (Kenny, 2000, p. 131) How were the Catholic Irish received in America? The Catholic Irish who arrived in...
Flying Fatigued: Fatigue in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Flying Fatigued: Fatigue in Aviation

...changes. Rest periods must provide sufficient time to enable crew members to overcome the effects of the previous duties and to be well rested by the start of the following flight duty period. Types of Fatigue There are three types of fatigue: TRANSIENT fatigue is acute fatigue brought on by extreme sleep restriction or extended hours awake within 1 or 2 days. CUMULATIVE...
How I wrote Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How I wrote Frankenstein

...changed no portion of the story, nor introduced any new ideas or circumstances. I have mended the language where it was so bald as to interfere with the interest of the narrative; and these changes occur almost exclusively in the beginning of the first volume. Throughout they are entirely confined to such parts as are mere adjuncts to the story, leaving the core and...
Formulating research questions
Education & Development

Formulating research questions

...change. Concerning research funding, and reflecting the above inadequacies, there has been a recent awakening for EDI to be explicitly addressed in research, both in the processes through which research proposals are developed, and in their research aims and focus (e.g. UKRI, 2023; Wellcome Trust, n.d.; NIHR, 2022). This development has the potential to strengthen the...
The Cyber Armour: A podcast which champions voices and safety of women and girls in the digital world
Society, Politics & Law

The Cyber Armour: A podcast which champions voices and safety of women and girls in the digital world

...change the behaviours which lead to online harms; ii) change the design of tech/software which enables online harms and iii) provide effective law and policy responses which help the victims. The Cyber Armour podcast was developed to increase awareness and understanding of online harms affecting women and girls. The pre-recorded episodes explore a wide range of concerns...
Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...changing social policy and terminology help to shape, and are shaped by, the experiences of people seeking asylum in the UK...The words 'refugee' and 'asylum seeker' have a wide variety of connotations in Britain, many of them negative. This free course, Who counts as a refugee?, explores how changing social policy and terminology help to shape, and are shaped by, the...
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