2,540 search results
The interplay of language and culture in times of crisis: COVID-19 and beyond
Languages

The interplay of language and culture in times of crisis: COVID-19 and beyond

...social media users have raised concerns that this term reinforces stigmatisation of a group of people who have become very vulnerable in Chinese society (Koetse, 2022). Ukraine invaded The COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a very rich example of the complex interplay of language and culture in times of crisis. But as other global events continue to reverberate and enmesh...
View article The interplay of language and culture in times of crisis: COVID-19 and beyond
Article 5 mins
How inclusive is women’s football?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How inclusive is women’s football?

...social group. This is not to suggest that women players cannot or do not embody inclusive attitudes and behaviours, because many do, nor that all ethnic minority players experience regular exclusion. But for these British Asian players, racism was side-lined in favour of focusing upon the (shared) gender struggles that helped their inclusion in the game. The denial of...
View article How inclusive is women’s football?
Article 5 mins
The fight for equal pay: Glasgow City Council, 2018
Society, Politics & Law

The fight for equal pay: Glasgow City Council, 2018

...Social Sciences qualifications. Context The 1970 Equal Pay Act prohibited less favourable treatment between men and women in terms of pay and conditions of employment. In 2020 the pay gap in the UK was 15.5%, meaning on average women were paid 84.5p for every £1 men earned. (ONS, 2020). In 2006 Glasgow City Council (GCC) introduced a Workforce Pay and Benefits Review...
View article The fight for equal pay: Glasgow City Council, 2018
Article 5 mins
On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!
Society, Politics & Law

On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!

...social insurance system. The NHS is about as safe with them as a pet hamster would be with a hungry python. The issue of the safety of the NHS, and the ‘leave’ campaigners’ claims that money sent to Brussels could be spent on healthcare were further undermined when it emerged that the co-founder of the Leave.EU group, Arron Banks, did not support a state-funded NHS....
View article On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!
Article 10 mins
The history of soapmaking
History & The Arts

The history of soapmaking

...social norm. In 1853, Gladstone repealed the British tax on soap that had been imposed centuries earlier and the industry flourished. It was made even more profitable by Nobel’s invention of dynamite in the same year: dynamite was made from the explosive nitroglycerine, a chemical derived from glycerine, hitherto a waste product of soapmaking. In the United States, one...
View article The history of soapmaking
Article 10 mins
How can we improve teaching about Islam?
Education & Development

How can we improve teaching about Islam?

...social and cultural mosaic or religions that have existed in the region most closely associated with Islam – and continue to do so today. How the arts can explain important connections So, what should educators do to improve this literacy? From my perspective, a fuller picture could be painted if identities were not to be solely defined through religion. That is,...
View article How can we improve teaching about Islam?
Article 5 mins
Impossible Peace 2: Introduction
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Introduction

...Social Sciences. [Belfast republican Séanna Walsh - one of the longest serving IRA prisoners - reads the order that the armed campaign will end]Belfast republican Séanna Walsh - one of the longest serving IRA prisoners - reads the order that the armed campaign will end at 4pm Thursday, July 28th. All units were instructed to dump arms. [Handwritten note from Séanna...
View article Impossible Peace 2: Introduction
Article 5 mins
Beth fedra i wneud am fy iechyd meddwl pan nad oes gennyf y cymorth sydd ei angen arnaf?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Beth fedra i wneud am fy iechyd meddwl pan nad oes gennyf y cymorth sydd ei angen arnaf?

...Social Support: Building Positive and Empowering Relationships, London: Jessica Kingsley. Mae’r adnodd hwn yn rhan o ‘Gasgliad Llesiant ac Iechyd Meddwl’ wedi ei greu gan y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru. Gallwch ddysgu mwy a dod o hyd i gyrsiau, erthyglau a gweithgareddau eraill ar dudalen hafan y casgliad. Rhowch gynnig ar gwrs AM DDIM Cymorth ychwanegol Tudalennau...
View article Beth fedra i wneud am fy iechyd meddwl pan nad oes gennyf y cymorth sydd ei angen arnaf?
Article 10 mins