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...University's History and Social Sciences courses. With the introduction of conscription in 1916 leading to over 100,000 men in Scotland leaving to fight in the First World War, women had to step in to fill the jobs that men had left. Many of these jobs were on the railway and it had never been imagined that women would be able to do this type of work previously. Society...

...University's Politics courses and qualifications [Image of the word 'democracy' in a dictionary. ] We are used to thinking that democracy is unequivocally a good thing. But is it? Even Winston Churchill, who frequently spoke in favour of the system, stigmatized it as the worst form of government (apart from all the others that have been tried). The great Greek...

...sounds, then, is that all sorts of sounds can powerfully convey the effects of environmental change on vulnerable landscapes like beaches. Further reading and references The audios in this article were recorded by audioBoom, as part of the British Library and National Trust’s Sounds of our Shores project. The Open University module DD103 studies soundscapes in week 23....