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Trade Union membership cards - more than just a card
Society, Politics & Law

Trade Union membership cards - more than just a card

...courses. Background The provision of diaries has long been part of the service that many unions provide for their members. Even in this era of online calendars and diaries, a hard copy union diary was often gratefully received by trade unionists, a good place to note details of shifts, holidays and other work-related information – in addition to many other aspects of...
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“We don’t just change nappies – we change lives”: Reflections on the Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike, 2004
Society, Politics & Law

“We don’t just change nappies – we change lives”: Reflections on the Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike, 2004

...courses Setting the scene When we think about things like militancy, trade unionism, struggle and fightback, we draw on familiar imagery of braziers at shipyard gates and pitheads. We think of charged mass meetings, packed full of angry and determined … well, men. It is perhaps hard for us to contemplate, then, that early in the first decade of the twenty-first century,...
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Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum
Society, Politics & Law

Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum

...course only help to further loosen the already fraught ties that bind the UK and which also plays directly into the hands of the SNP. Gordon Brown has in recent months repeatedly attacked the Conservatives for the ‘damage’ he says that this is doing to the continuation of the Union. That there was a No vote in the 2014 Indy Ref almost seems lost in the mists of...
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Why do volcanoes erupt?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do volcanoes erupt?

...with The Open University: Volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis. This course extract is adapted from Block 3, Internal Processes, of the course Geology (S260) which ceased presentation in 2009. Good news: There are still lots of ways to study geology at the University It was originally made available more widely as part of the Rough Science: Colorado content on Open2.net...
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Medicines and personalisation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Medicines and personalisation

...courses We know that as we grow older, we are at higher risk of having multiple long-term health conditions, which we call multimorbidity, and using multiple medications, which we call polypharmacy. This combination of ageing, multimorbidity and polypharmacy inevitably comes with some risks – these are explored in a previous article in this series, Pharmacotherapy while...
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Depression, mood and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Depression, mood and exercise

...course, healthy activities but may not be suitable for all of us or not at the beginning of a lifestyle change journey. Being physically active also means not avoiding exercise when there is an “easier” or more convenient alternative, such as walking to the shops instead of driving the car or taking the stairs instead of the lift. Being physically active is very much...
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Is blocking migrant benefits missing the point?
Society, Politics & Law

Is blocking migrant benefits missing the point?

...course, it will affect a small number of migrants on very low wages and their children, but they will still benefit from working in the UK. There is little evidence that welfare is the main attraction of the UK. In short, benefit doesn’t matter much to migrants themselves, to the British economy or to the inflow of migrants to the UK. The fact that so much of the prime...
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Swept away: Brighton's Chain Pier collapses during a storm
History & The Arts

Swept away: Brighton's Chain Pier collapses during a storm

...course of erection, smashing away two piles completely and doing considerable mischief to other portions of the cast-iron framework. Volk's Electric Railway, constructed in the sea from Brighton to Rottingdean, was in several places swept away, and the railway, which was opened with such eclat last Saturday week, has thus early met with disaster. The new large car which...
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