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The Women and Scottish Railway History Collection
Society, Politics & Law

The Women and Scottish Railway History Collection

...student learners came together with dedicated Open University tutors to create an online learning resource to celebrate the achievements and struggles of women members working within the rail industry in Scotland, for the period starting around 1900 until the present day. The role of women in Scottish Trade Unions, and in the wider Scottish Labour Movement since the mid...
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Balloon releases – a touching celebration or an environmental tragedy?
Nature & Environment

Balloon releases – a touching celebration or an environmental tragedy?

...become ill and/or die. It has been reported that dolphins, turtles and seabirds have all been found with balloons in their stomachs. Although people can buy bio-degradable latex balloons, these may still pose a risk to animals as they can take months to years to bio-degrade, especially in water. If ribbons are attached to the balloons, these can also trap wildlife and get...
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Why are caves being used as hospitals in Syria?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are caves being used as hospitals in Syria?

...become targets in the ongoing war, medics are moving into the mountains. Imogen Mathers finds out more...[Medics stage a die-in to remember colleagues lost in Syria] Supporters %u201Cdie%u201D in honor of medical workers killed in Syria at an event in New York City hosted by Physicians for Human Rights and the Syrian American Medical Society. Attacks on health workers in...
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Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching
Education & Development

Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching

...student forum ended in them becoming complicit with the covert racism. We can all be influenced by the messages society constructs around us, which are negative towards groups other than white, unless we make sure we have critical overview of our actions. It’s from reading studies like these that I have personally come to favour a critical reflexive approach in my own...
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The Arts and Creativity
Education & Development

The Arts and Creativity

...student and how best to learn online and become a distance learning student. How the topics I’m interested in might overlap and relate to each other. Learning about the past and what has been celebrated as art and why. Exploring the topics of art and creativity in its wider forms such as creative writing, innovation, and interpersonal skills, as I’m interested in how...
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Why has English taken over academia?
Languages

Why has English taken over academia?

...become the language with the highest number of non-native users in the world and is the most frequently used language among people who don’t share the same language in business, politics and academia. In universities in countries where English is not the official language, English is increasingly used as a medium of instruction and is often the preferred language for...
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The drive to sustainability in Higher Education
Nature & Environment

The drive to sustainability in Higher Education

...student travel; the purchase and use of ICT devices; printed educational materials and paper; student residential energy use; and campus buildings and site operations (Caird et al. 2015b). This enabled a carbon-based environmental assessment of the main sources of the energy and carbon dioxide emissions involved in the production and delivery of HE modules/courses which...
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Why EU nationals in Britain are hurrying to get one piece of paper
Society, Politics & Law

Why EU nationals in Britain are hurrying to get one piece of paper

...become a key part of border control – as it already is for non-EU citizens with a permanent right to remain. Applications on the up As they wait for post-referendum migration statistics to emerge, the government has been preparing in order to avoid a backlog. Data from before the referendum showed a rise in applications. During the first two quarters of 2016, official...
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