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The machine that is still changing the world
Science, Maths & Technology

The machine that is still changing the world

...universities have tried to apply the very same principles. If we look hard enough we can see the use of lean practices in parts of everyday life. We can be sure that the automotive sector is not only continuing to adapt and improve itself, but through the adaptation and spread of its techniques to manage operations more effectively in other sectors it is continuing to...
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What is a digital carbon footprint?
Nature & Environment

What is a digital carbon footprint?

...University's Environment courses Carbon footprint According to the World Meteorology Organisations, the occurrence of extreme climate events has increased by more than a factor of five in the last 50 years. In their 2021 report, they state that the number of reported climate disasters rose from 711 in the 1970s to 3,165 in the decade between 2010 and 2019. It is therefore...
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Rugby: A sport for sampling or specialisation?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby: A sport for sampling or specialisation?

...sports experience that hopefully continues into adulthood. To learn more about sports and fitness, find videos, articles, games and free courses on OpenLearn. If you're interested in studying Sports and Fitness with the Open University, explore more courses and qualifications we offer in this subject area. This article was first published on the OU Sports & Fitness blog....
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Making a difference: Janet Cassidy's life as a union representative
Society, Politics & Law

Making a difference: Janet Cassidy's life as a union representative

...University's History and Social Sciences courses Janet started working in the railway in 1986 as a Ticket Examiner on board train, starting on a six-month temporary contract which lasted almost 29 years. Based at Dalmuir, her role as a Ticket Examiner lasted for four years, before she moved on to working as a Guard. This was a role which carried more responsibility, as...
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Why do Taylor Swift & Sylvia Plath have more in common than you might think?
History & The Arts

Why do Taylor Swift & Sylvia Plath have more in common than you might think?

...University newspaper Varsity in 1956. It was this unthreatening image that she was later to violently reject in famous poems such as “Lady Lazarus”, “Daddy”, and “Electra on the Azalea Path”, in which a powerful female protagonist emerges, phoenix-like, from the ashes of trauma, to wreak vengeance on male oppressors. Swift has been likened to Plath before....
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Irish Women’s Poetry: Eavan Boland
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: Eavan Boland

...University Review, vol. 23, no. 1, 1993, pp. 131–48. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25484541. Accessed 20 Mar. 2024. Boland, Eavan. “Outside History.” The American Poetry Review, vol. 19, no. 2, 1990, pp. 32–38. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27780039. Accessed 26 Mar. 2024. Boland, Eavan. "A Question." The Literary Review, vol. 44, no. 1, fall 2000, p....
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Struggling to be heard: One woman’s video story
Society, Politics & Law

Struggling to be heard: One woman’s video story

...University's Social Sciences courses. Background In 2021 Gwen McNeil, an RMT rep based at Scotrail’s Perth depot, produced a short video story of her time as a trade union rep on the railway in Scotland. The video story comprises a selection of images captured by Gwen during her travels across the Scotrail network (and a few from beyond the Scotrail network!)....
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Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?

...University, the 1988 Olympics was his first major event at the start of his elite development. Fortunately his body responded well to training and he mostly stayed injury-free, both of which are starting to be recognised as having genetic components. An international athlete’s craft involves refining diet, responding to coaching analysis, conditioning in the gym and...
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