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Women in the Railway in Scotland During both World Wars
Society, Politics & Law

Women in the Railway in Scotland During both World Wars

...University's History and Social Sciences courses. Background During the First World War the railway network was a central part of the war effort. It was relied upon to transport medical supplies and military equipment, army personnel and horses, to the ports for export to the front. Women played a key role as they were charged with keeping the railways going, filling the...
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Studying Environments and Societies
Society, Politics & Law

Studying Environments and Societies

...how the environment is entangled with the cultural, the economic, the social, and the political. They also discuss how the new course draws upon cutting-edge research being carried out by the Open University’s academics. Environment and Society (DD213) will be a level two course and available for study from Autumn 2018. For more details visit the Online Prospectus....
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Why do female footballers experience knee injuries and what can be done?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why do female footballers experience knee injuries and what can be done?

...University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. The Football Association (2019) reports that the success of the England women’s team at the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup has been a key driver for increasing female participation in football at all levels. There are now over 2.5 million registered players in England, with football being the most...
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Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs
Society, Politics & Law

Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs

...University. Further reading and references Caprara, G., Francescato, D., Mebane, M., Sorace, R., & Vecchione, M. (2010). Personality foundations of ideological divide: A comparison of women members of parliament and women voters in Italy. Political Psychology, 31(5), 739-762. Silvester, J., Wyatt, M., & Randall, R. (2014). Politician personality, Machiavellianism, and...
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Sylvia Pankhurst: The Expert View
Society, Politics & Law

Sylvia Pankhurst: The Expert View

...University co-production Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960) was a socialist feminist. She played an important part in the women’s suffrage movement, in socialist and revolutionary politics and was a pioneering force in developing an understanding of imperialism, racism and fascism. During the suffrage campaign she not only braved the horrors of hunger striking and forcible...
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The Amygdala Hijack: Stress Response in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Amygdala Hijack: Stress Response in Aviation

...universally across cultures, but it is quite an unusual one. Ekman (2021) includes surprise along with seven other emotions and explains its function as focusing our attention to determine what is happening, and to assess whether this situation is dangerous or not. In this way, surprise as a feeling can be positive or negative, varying with the importance of the outcome,...
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Digital carbon footprints and remote working
Nature & Environment

Digital carbon footprints and remote working

...University's Environment courses. Digital carbon footprints and the remote workforce Today many companies find themselves at the intersection of two global workforce megatrends – distributed, remote workforces and the phenomenon known as the Great Resignation. These two trends have disrupted the notion of the workplace and the employer’s sphere of workforce...
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A brief history of Harlem
Society, Politics & Law

A brief history of Harlem

...Universal Negro Improvement Association started campaigning from 1916. The Great Depression proved a rallying point - the Don't Buy Where You Can't Work campaign successfully forced shops to hire black employees in the 1920s; in the 1950s and 60s, rent strikes and pressure groups campaigned on housing, education and employment issues. [Harlem riots 1964] Harlem riots,...
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