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The Great Resignation: temporary blip or more enduring labour market trend?
Money & Business

The Great Resignation: temporary blip or more enduring labour market trend?

...Sustainability, 14, 6764. doi: 10.3390/su14116764. Graeber, D. (2018) Bullshit jobs: a theory, London: Allen Lane. Microsoft (2022) Work Trend Index 2022: annual report. Great expectations: making hybrid work work. Available at: Great Expectations: Making Hybrid Work Work (microsoft.com) (Accessed: 17 November 2022). Office for National Statistics (2022) Vacancies and...
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Evolutions in Education: The OU Education Conference
Education & Development

Evolutions in Education: The OU Education Conference

...Sustainability and citizenship Equity, diversity and inclusion Practitioner development Mentoring and approaches to professional learning Learning as a journey The sessions were led by Open University academic and external engagement staff and explored the themes and topics in a highly interactive, innovative and open way. Each session was based around discussing current...
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Anghydraddoldebau hiliol mewn iechyd: Effaith COVID-19 yng Nghymru a thu hwnt
Health, Sports & Psychology

Anghydraddoldebau hiliol mewn iechyd: Effaith COVID-19 yng Nghymru a thu hwnt

...Sustainability Saltus, R (2020) Holding on to the gains: Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on BAME groups in Wales Saltus, R (2020) On yearning for the ‘old ways’ in the time of COVID – Sitting in the Twilight: Wellbeing, Aloneness and Leisure: Capturing the stories of Caribbean Migrants, 80 years + Bevan Foundation (2022) State of Wales Briefing: How...
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The role of business development in AstrobiologyOU
Science, Maths & Technology

The role of business development in AstrobiologyOU

...sustainable. In a few years’ time, I hope we’ll have settled on a functional model; we’ll be more aware of our capabilities and how they work as a coherent whole. The work we’re doing now will, hopefully, produce the seeds for future growth and funding opportunities that will not only benefit AstrobiologyOU but also the wider university and its hundreds of...
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By extending the remit of PCCs, the government is playing with fire
Society, Politics & Law

By extending the remit of PCCs, the government is playing with fire

...sustained criticism from both the Local Government Association (LGA) and The Home Affairs Select Committee, which have both voiced concerns over lack of democratic representation due to the spectacularly low voter turnout. The Stevens Report by the Independent Police Commission, published in November 2013 described “serious disquiet” over both concept and workings of...
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COP28: inside the United Arab Emirates, the oil giant who hosted the 2023 climate change summit
Nature & Environment

COP28: inside the United Arab Emirates, the oil giant who hosted the 2023 climate change summit

...sustain as the climate crisis intensifies. Rising temperatures risk the UAE’s tourism and conference-hosting sectors, which have grown meteorically since the 1990s (third-degree burns and heatstrokes won’t attract international visitors). A show-stopping announcement to further its global leadership ambitions is not out of the question. At some point, one of the major...
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The Curious Geography of Weetabix: A Cereal Tale for Our Times
Society, Politics & Law

The Curious Geography of Weetabix: A Cereal Tale for Our Times

...sustainability and food security, but above all to a prized localness. Or, so it would seem. Weetabix has been in the news recently because, as with some other popular consumer brands, it faces a price hike that has been caused by the fall in the value of the pound since the referendum vote to leave the European Union. Which, you would have thought, is odd really, given...
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The benefits of a longer product life
Science, Maths & Technology

The benefits of a longer product life

...sustainability research and teaching, we are interested in understanding the difference between actual and expected product lifetimes and what might encourage greater levels of product repair. We would like to encourage learners to respond to this short survey by clicking the link and answering a few questions based on your own product and repair experiences. Thank you....
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