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Brady’s Rogue Reagent?
Science, Maths & Technology

Brady’s Rogue Reagent?

...handling the material from heat, shock waves, as well as flying glass or debris from the container. The risk of detonation may come from the potential mechanical friction between the lid and container and any encrusted DNPH powder residing between the threads on opening the evaporated container. Like food and fashion, chemicals have their best-by date too....
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Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision

...opener for me. I used to sit with my parents, I was in front of the fire, like a dog, watching the world through this little box in the corner of the living room in the early seventies, just thinking, ‘That’s absolutely amazing.’ The fascination of nature, the beauty of nature, the fascination of animals and ecologies and all of that and morphologies was just...
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The Armistice in Fiction: Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End
History & The Arts

The Armistice in Fiction: Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End

...opens and closes the action of this novel, and the climax it provides was felt to be impressive enough for more than one later critic to suggest Ford should have ended his series there, with volume 3. (One influential edition of the work, Graham Greene’s for the Bodley Head in 1963, made the dramatic decision to do just that – using Ford’s occasional doubts about...
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Sea level rise in London, UK
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in London, UK

...Open University Humphreys, D. (2019) The Role of Science in climate change policy, in ‘Environmental Policy in an International Context: Book 1’, Open University Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (IPCC) (2013) ‘Summary for policy-makers’, in Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group 1 to the Fifth Assessment Report in...
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Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents

...Open University discusses effective practice with substance abusing parents. ...In 'Addicted Parents: Last Chance to Keep My Children' we saw Fay and Micky, who have long-standing substance misuse problems seriously affecting their ability to parent effectively, go into a family residential treatment unit with their young son. There are a range of challenges and dilemmas...
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Bridges and Buildings: The structures of the Industrial Revolution
History & The Arts

Bridges and Buildings: The structures of the Industrial Revolution

...opening of the 1851 Exhibition. The building was the largest in the world, and was disassembled shortly after the Exhibition ended and reconstructed in Sydenham. It is an example of system building, using pre-fabricated standard parts which were fitted together on site using methods more akin to a factory than a building site. It epitomises the Industrial Revolution both...
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What do Europe's new data rules mean for children online?
Education & Development

What do Europe's new data rules mean for children online?

...open). Building on an earlier roundtable and new report, and some subsequent lively discussion, we hoped this new roundtable would replace confusion with clarity. As set out in our new report, some things are now clearer, and others are not. Let’s start with the former: First, in case it wasn’t already obvious, key human rights organisations have reminded everyone...
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The fight for equal pay: Glasgow City Council, 2018
Society, Politics & Law

The fight for equal pay: Glasgow City Council, 2018

...Open University's History and Social Sciences qualifications. Context The 1970 Equal Pay Act prohibited less favourable treatment between men and women in terms of pay and conditions of employment. In 2020 the pay gap in the UK was 15.5%, meaning on average women were paid 84.5p for every £1 men earned. (ONS, 2020). In 2006 Glasgow City Council (GCC) introduced a...
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