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After Manchester: Can you make venues safer?
Society, Politics & Law

After Manchester: Can you make venues safer?

...to the work the police and security services do in preventing them. And we should not let terrorism affect our movements as we live as normal a life as possible. Nevertheless, we now have to expect the possibility of an attack and, unfortunately, we all need to become more vigilant. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
How have family budgets changed in sixty years?
Money & Business

How have family budgets changed in sixty years?

...work has changed too. No longer do they use pen and clipboard to fill in paper forms – on some of our surveys, tablet computers have displaced even the older-style laptops. But one aspect of the LCFS mirrors the way it was done back in 1957: we ask all members of those households who agree to help our survey to fill in a spending diary for a fortnight. These days, we...
Flipping the flipped: The Flipping German project at the OU
Languages

Flipping the flipped: The Flipping German project at the OU

...work if you have to explain to others” or.. “There's always something useful in hearing from others - little hints and tips” ..showed how much our students profited from taking responsibility for their learning, reflecting, and sharing their learning strategies. Specifically for language learning, the benefits of an active approach cannot be overestimated: with the...
Life behind a mask
Health, Sports & Psychology

Life behind a mask

...working implemented across the UK, washing and sanitising our hands for more than 20 seconds, and now wearing face coverings in supermarkets and shops. One of the most powerful tools in communication is the face. People can easily make a number of inferences from facial expressions about physical health, emotional state, personality traits, pleasure or pain. When talking,...
Climate change in the global South: Bangladesh and Senegal
Nature & Environment

Climate change in the global South: Bangladesh and Senegal

...work of Cheikh Mamadou Abidoulaye Dieye, the mayor of Saint-Louis. The mayor took Saint-Louis’ plight to the international stage at the World Mayors Summit on Climate in Mexico City in 2010 where it was noted that many other coastal cities, particularly populous, poor cities, are now suffering the effects of climate change. The film was recorded one year after the World...
What's next for British wages?
Money & Business

What's next for British wages?

...work harder and smarter while giving them more money to buy goods. David Spencer explores these ideas in his article The simple win-win case for higher wages in Britain in The Conversation. There are, furthermore, attempts to provide a deeper analysis of why wages remain so persistently low. Conventional accounts of declining worker rights or crumbling welfare state do...
The West of Ireland: Dimensions of distinctiveness
Scotland Colleges

The West of Ireland: Dimensions of distinctiveness

...place. Explore the articles in this collection . Acknowledgements This material draws from an Open University course based on the work of Pat Jess. Jess, P. (1985) ‘Unit 17 Local Change in the West of Ireland’, in The Open University (1985) D205 Changing Britain, Changing World: geographical perspectives, Broadcast Handbook, Milton Keynes, The Open University Press....
Virtual murder: Just a game?
History & The Arts

Virtual murder: Just a game?

...work colleague spent his or her days fantasising about torturing small animals? Wouldn’t that be, to say the least, a bit yukky? The philosopher, Morgan Luck, has developed this line of thought further. What if there were a game (even a virtual reality game) in which players did not commit violent acts, but rather committed sexual acts – let’s make it even more...