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Demolishing Pasts, Uncertain Futures:The Symbolism of Glasgow’s Red Road Flats
Society, Politics & Law

Demolishing Pasts, Uncertain Futures:The Symbolism of Glasgow’s Red Road Flats

...social housing doesn’t work! However, there is another, much more hidden story that needs to be told. With the demolitions taking place in Glasgow in October 2015, we need to appreciate that other aspects of urban life are being demolished alongside the physical destruction of high-rise blocks: the Red Road Flats were not only an important feature on Glasgow’s urban...
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Remembering Peter and John
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering Peter and John

...working for the Open University, Social Sciences faculty in June 1987 and after 24 years' service he retired from the OU in September 2011. John was active in the University and College Union and served as Branch President from 2005 to 2007. One of his colleagues remembered him as ‘OU to the core’. John was a talented and highly motivated student whose ambition on...
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Ageing, health inequalities and an integrated approach
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing, health inequalities and an integrated approach

...Social Care courses and qualifications. As part of the Ageing Well Public Talk Series we explore how important it is to maintain well-balanced nutrition and hydration throughout our lives, as well as regular physical and social activity in older age. Within the series we also explore how this knowledge might be used to facilitate self-management and delay the ageing...
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Has Twitter's role as a political influence been overstated?
Digital & Computing

Has Twitter's role as a political influence been overstated?

...social environments may be working against our interests. Twitter is a form of capitalism that seeks to harvest data at a scale and complexity that is useful to advertisers: the more tweeters who are tweeting the more valuable Twitter becomes. Platforms are hungry for words and have written algorithms that encourage us to continuously feed them by looping news and media...
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How did the referendum polls get it wrong - again?
Science, Maths & Technology

How did the referendum polls get it wrong - again?

...work on which to draw when estimating the level of support for the various political parties. They still make mistakes, as was evident last year, but at least they can learn from them. In a one-off referendum they have no previous experience on which to draw — and there is certainly no guarantee that what has worked in a general election will prove effective in what is...
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Pathways To Success in Higher Education
Education & Development

Pathways To Success in Higher Education

...work through it at your own pace. You can also download the Pathways to Success PDF here. To get the best from Pathways to success, you need a hard (paper) copy to work with alongside the interactive version. you can print one out, or if you live in Wales you can get one from OU in Wales by emailing them emailing them. How Do I Know Which Subject Pathway to Choose? You...
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Do sperm whales speak with local accents?
Science, Maths & Technology

Do sperm whales speak with local accents?

...work, many people have registered differences in behaviour in a wide range of species, which we cannot attribute to these two factors. For example, the detailed genetic work of Michael Kruetzen and his team has helped to dispel the “hardwiring” argument for tool use in dolphins. Cultural differences are something we pick up from others and pass on, it is a social...
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Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology

...social anxiety that arises from the fear that you are missing out on something; whether it’s an event, a work or social opportunity, a communication, or a potential connection, or just something cool and ethereal that you might like to see or be part of. So we want to be connected… ‘just in case’. To test this, just ask your friends and family if they’ve ever...
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