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The Rise of Museums
History & The Arts

The Rise of Museums

...account of museum life, historical characters come alive at night in a twilight world between fantasy and reality and illustrate the ironies of museum celebrations and omissions - of industrial and cultural decline, destructive technological progress and marginalised cultures. 'Ze building is a monument to science…to orderly understanding, and an affront to all ze...
Chinese education: How do things work?
Society, Politics & Law

Chinese education: How do things work?

...accounts for just over 90% of the population. Education in the Communist state Education has been highly valued in China since classical time: traditional Chinese philosophy emphasises education above other values. This focus on learning continues to be important in Chinese society today; a high standard of education is associated with higher social status and the vast...
Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...accounting for higher employment in many of these sectors. Several of the articles in this collection pick-up explicitly on some of the developments highlighted above and further illustrate the ways in which the value of work by women has been socially constructed with a long history of discrimination and occupational segregation. Susan Stewart, Director, OU Scotland:...
The moral equality of combatants
History & The Arts

The moral equality of combatants

...account given by a present-day just war theorist, Uwe Steinhoff. The Jus ad Bellum ( JaB ) conditions: A legitimate authority (king, president, parliament and the like) decides on the entrance into war. One has a just cause for entering into war (for example, defence against an aggressor). One pursues the war with the right intention, namely for the purposes of a just...
Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing
Money & Business

Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing

...accounts, your pension details, what you owe on any credit cards and loans you may have (including your mortgage). You’ll need this information as you work through your wealth check-up. So let’s get started with Activity 1. Activity 1: How are your finances currently? Timing: Allow about 45 minutes for this. Let’s start by putting your current finances under the...
The Life of Saint Andrew
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint Andrew

...account is gathered from the sacred writings, and those of the fathers. [ Saint Andrew, holding a scroll, looks intently to his left, indicating that the panel once may have formed part of a group of icons with Christ at the center. ] A Greek image of Saint Andrew ST. ANDREW was a native of Bethsaida, a town in Galilee, upon the banks of the lake of Genesareth. He was the...
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...accountability. They typically include both technical and political aspects. These interventions may be intended to address issues of inequality, division and institutional failure. Most meso-level interventions will be targeted at state institutions and are thus just as ideologically and politically coloured as macro-level interventions. Debates tend to focus on the...
A blow to the head; a blow to rugby?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A blow to the head; a blow to rugby?

...accounts for 29% of all injuries associated with illegal play, but only 9% of injuries sustained in legal play (Gardner, Iverson, Levi, Schofield, Kay-Lambkin et al., 2015). Accordingly, Roberts, Trewartha, England, and Stokes (2015) investigated collapsed scrums and collision tackles, and found that injury prevention in the tackle should focus on technique, with strict...