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How did a Scottish golf club shape how we remember the First World War?
History & The Arts

How did a Scottish golf club shape how we remember the First World War?

...work focused mainly on the relationship between Owen and fellow soldier-poet Siegfried Sassoon, while Barker focused on Sassoon and Craiglockhart psychiatrist William Rivers. Both works are to be commended, but they are essentially fictional accounts. Part of the hospital’s plans to restore traumatised British officers to health was to put these men to work in the...
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How the Good Friday Agreement changed my life...
OpenLearn Ireland

How the Good Friday Agreement changed my life...

...working in the voluntary sector as the Agreement loomed in the mid-nineties, watching political developments with huge interest. When it dawned on a few of us that if the politicians were to secure a deal by Easter 1998, the Talks Chair Senator George Mitchell’s famous deadline before he left for his new-born baby in the USA, then there would be an instant and massive...
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Workshops on gender diversity – helping us move from insults to inclusion.
Health, Sports & Psychology

Workshops on gender diversity – helping us move from insults to inclusion.

...work led by UNESCO in the Asia-Pacific region. This work has included partnerships between academics, schools and UNESCO and these have generated valuable work toward preventing bullying on the basis of gender identity and expression. Transgender young people, and selected community-based organisations that they are a part of, have also been working hard to improve this...
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What is the pension triple lock, and how has it become an election issue?
Money & Business

What is the pension triple lock, and how has it become an election issue?

...working population. The different colours indicate the basis used to increase pensions each year. The chart shows how policy see-saws between protecting pensioner incomes and containing cost. [Chart showing the basic and new State Pension as a percentage of average earnings from 1975 - 2017.] Basic and new State Pension as a percentage of average earnings, 1975 to 2017....
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How can nature help us meet the climate challenge in towns and cities?
Nature & Environment

How can nature help us meet the climate challenge in towns and cities?

...Working in partnership with nature to bring benefits to people is not new. For thousands of years, residents in tropical countries have planted greenery to provide shade and guard against oppressive heat. Rural farming communities in countries like Japan have for centuries understood that protecting the health of forests, rivers and uplands enables them to return healthy...
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D-Day, the Battle of Normandy, and the British Military Nursing Services
Health, Sports & Psychology

D-Day, the Battle of Normandy, and the British Military Nursing Services

...work. They had the capacity for 350 stretcher cases and 150 walking wounded. Despite rough seas and the number of casualties, most of the wounded arrived back in England within 36 hours. It was here that nurses initially treated the wounded during those first hours after the initial assault with the first casualties receiving treatment at hospitals in the south of...
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If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors
Science, Maths & Technology

If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors

...worked the way scientific journals work. WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS...[Infinity Wars pixel art] What if movie scripts were subjected to the same peer-review process as a scientific manuscript? Peer-review for a scientific paper involves a journal editor sending your manuscript to two or three expert reviewers for feedback. As most scientists are acutely aware, their work...
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5 quick tips to boost your wellbeing
Education & Development

5 quick tips to boost your wellbeing

...worked for me and many others I've recommended them to. Plus, they link together, offering even more wellbeing benefits! Each suggestion is flexible, so I encourage you to experiment, tweak, and find the best version that suits you. So, onto my first top tip. 1 - Create an airlock [woman on a beach with arms stretched out signifying 'freedom' in front of a sunset] We all...
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