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What's next for British wages?
Money & Business

What's next for British wages?

...motivate employees to 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...
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Do our clothes shopping habits require retail therapy?
Nature & Environment

Do our clothes shopping habits require retail therapy?

...Motivated by pleasure and variety seeking to an extent, but also by the desire to measure up to social expectations, frequent shopping patterns are exhibited by women across a wide variety of ages and income levels. This might suggest that our passion for fast fashion is not something that would be easily relinquished however, many of the women that I have spoken with...
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National Novel Writing Month
History & The Arts

National Novel Writing Month

...motivation. Whether you're into writing thrillers, plays or romances, immersing yourself with your chosen fiction will focus your mind, especially if you read with a critical mind. For more guidance on becoming a writer through reading, enrol on our free course - Creative writing and critical reading on OpenLearn. And if your story ideas involve characters and an enticing...
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How to help your child become a future Olympian
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to help your child become a future Olympian

...motivated and interested. 2. Do it yourself Children of active parents are much more likely to be active themselves, so dust off your trainers and get out there too. This doesn’t mean that you need to be working to the Olympics yourself, or even have to try and win the parents’ race on Sports Day, just find something that you like. [Lady and child doing yoga together]...
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Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic

...et al (2021) Impacts of COVID-19 on sexual behaviour in Britain: findings from a large, quasi-representative survey (Natsal-COVID). Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2021; 10.1136/sextrans-2021-055210 https://www.relate.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/uploads/relate_eharmony_twwan21_report_final.pdf Kirstin R Mitchell et al (2022) Initial Impacts of COVID-19 on Sex...
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Does the universe have a heartbeat? The science of cosmic connection
Science, Maths & Technology

Does the universe have a heartbeat? The science of cosmic connection

...et al., 1968). She had discovered a Neutron Star. This is the crushed core of a massive star that ran out of fuel. Imagine a star heavier than our Sun squeezed into a ball the size of a city (about 20km wide). Because it is so small, it spins incredibly fast—much like an ice skater pulling in their arms to spin faster. As it spins, it sweeps a beam of energy across...
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LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters
Society, Politics & Law

LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters

...motivated by hate, allowing increased sentencing for perpetrators of these crimes at the discretion of the judiciary. Importantly, this meant that crimes motivated by hate were recorded and investigated giving us a better picture of the violence and crime experienced by LGBTQIA+ people. In 2004 legislation was introduced recognising transgender people and enabling them to...
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The birth of (synthetic) dyeing
History & The Arts

The birth of (synthetic) dyeing

...et al. (eds.), ‘Dyestuffs in the 19th Century’, Chapter 12, A History of Technology, vol. V, p. 257, Oxford University Press, 1958. FURTHER GENERAL READING Here are some books and articles that you may want to try and get hold of: Barrow J. D., The Artful Universe, Oxford University Press, 1995 ISBN 0 1985 3996 7. A quite remarkable book that will change the way you...
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