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How OpenLearn uses third-party content

...accounts and allowing subjects of academic interest to speak for themselves (e.g. health service users; migrants) Extend the geographic range of the subjects of OpenLearn coverage beyond the UK (e.g. democracy in Bangladesh; healthcare in Syria) Include other points of view and/or opinions on subjects covered by OpenLearn The item will be published with links to other,...
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Election days: 1769 - when 296 votes beat 1148
History & The Arts

Election days: 1769 - when 296 votes beat 1148

...account for their lack of principle, all being in receipt of State patronage, or emolument of one kind or another, sufficient to prove that self-interest was their guiding principle, and that their consciences were closed by the greed of preferment. The despotic action enforced by the administration, in defiance of the principles of the constitution,—a common practice...
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The devil is in the (complex) detail
Health, Sports & Psychology

The devil is in the (complex) detail

...account of the new but disconfirmatory information, people instead strengthen their existing beliefs. This has been found to apply to climate change denial and adherents of conspiracy theories, and other political beliefs. There are indications that the backfire effect can affect politicians in the Brexit process. For example, a report warning that leaving the EU would...
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What's next for British wages?
Money & Business

What's next for British wages?

...accounts of declining worker rights or crumbling welfare state do not fully address contemporary economic realities. This is particularly true in trying to understand why the effects of the “recovery” post-crisis. The current economy is one of increased zero-hour contracts and underemployment rather than simply unemployment. Thus a crucial but sometimes overlooked...
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Make your clothes count
Nature & Environment

Make your clothes count

...accounts for around one-quarter of the carbon footprint of clothing. Washing less frequently, using larger loads, tumble drying less and following the care label all make a difference to how long a t-shirt will last and could cut the carbon footprint by 7%. Half of the 120 million t-shirts that are no longer wanted in the UK each year go on to be reused. The other 50% go...
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Soil could save Earth from overheating
Nature & Environment

Soil could save Earth from overheating

...accounts for perhaps a quarter of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions, and between 10% and 14% directly from agriculture. But, they reason, since soils hold three times as much organic carbon as exists in carbon dioxide form in the atmosphere, better management of the terrestrial planet could help reduce emissions too. So, the trick is: don’t degrade healthy...
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Assisted dying or non-assisted living?
Society, Politics & Law

Assisted dying or non-assisted living?

...account outlining why this could have been the wrong decision...[Assisted dying illustration showing paliament with a ill person's hand - society matters illustration] As the dust precariously settles on the parliamentary vote in September that rejected the “right to die,” I shake my head at the polarised debate that missed a trick. What we need is not the ability to...
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Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?
Society, Politics & Law

Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?

...accountable for their actions. One study found that jurors who held rape myths were more likely to acquit defendants in sexual assault cases over any other trial type, even when the evidence was strong, and the victim’s testimony was credible (Finch and Munroe, 2005). The study also found that jurors who held rape myths were more likely to engage in victim blaming, such...
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