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EU Referendum - Sovereignty
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Sovereignty

...outside the Eurozone. This demand has not survived the negotiation process, but is likely to be used by the out-campaign as an example for the weakness of the newly found agreements. What this criticism is likely to overlook is that the EU can only ever legislate in those areas that it has the competence to do so. Explore more about the EU referendum... Study at The OU......
Brexit: On the vote in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: On the vote in Wales

...study of how people voted against their own material self interest, to increase their precarity, and to become even poorer than they already are, writes Daniel Evans...[A sign in Holyhead warns in Welsh and English of a sudden cliff edge] A dangerous cliff-edge? If nothing else, the Brexit vote, and its (increasingly visible) xenophobic underpinnings should finally put...
Sleep: A doctor's advice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sleep: A doctor's advice

...study, when you are monitored overnight to assess your breathing, heart rate and sometimes your brainwave patterns to identify the possible cause of your sleep disorder. It's all too easy for us to think about sleep as something that just happens, but the benefits of a really good night's sleep are worth a little time and effort. Almost everyone can benefit from this...
What is the relationship between history and historical fiction?
History & The Arts

What is the relationship between history and historical fiction?

...studying and reading, all the social fieldwork, all the location visiting, all the garnering of what is or what has been, must be reimagined before it can find a place in the text. It must rise into the orbit of the anarchic, gift-conjuring, unknowing part of the novelist’s mind before it can acquire its own truth for the work in question. Graham Greene, when asked by...
Working mothers in Scotland's railways
Society, Politics & Law

Working mothers in Scotland's railways

...studying for a full-time degree, and later became a full-time Health and Safety Executive. Reflecting over the years my Mum can’t believe the changes that have come about for working mothers. My Mum worked constant backshifts for around eight years, to enable my Dad to gain his degree, which also meant she was around to look after us through the day. Sometimes if my Dad...
The Borders of Astrobiology
Science, Maths & Technology

The Borders of Astrobiology

...study). It could be, therefore, that numbers for an engaged research project, notwithstanding the obvious resource implications, could be quite sizeable, and could well involve representation across constituencies, regions, nations, etc. Then there’s the question of processes, and when these are deployed within the research cycle. Put simply, an argument could be made...
Yachts, planes and buses... Mind the (inequality) gap
Society, Politics & Law

Yachts, planes and buses... Mind the (inequality) gap

...studies, reports, filmed, audio and web-based documentaries which in recent years have drawn attention to the ways such inequalities affect us all. The social harms created by economic inequalities reach almost every part of our world today, and affect daily life in so many different ways, many of which we may never have considered. It is important to understand that the...
Seeing the internet
Digital & Computing

Seeing the internet

...studies! But even in the case of people who don't have any of that technology – who don't own a smartphone or a tablet, and who, in the Global North, are more likely to be poor and old – a lot of what they do will be managed by digital technologies. The bus that runs into town will probably have a sensor on it sending wireless signals to an LED sign on a bus stop...