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Researching cycling in the US & the UK
Society, Politics & Law

Researching cycling in the US & the UK

...Open University. Peter, you’re in the midst of completing your PhD thesis. Could you tell us more about it? Peter Wood: My work has been looking at the growth of cycling in London over the last few years, vaguely starting in 2000, and we’ve seen cycling just increase hugely, in fact increasing more as each year goes by, and I’ve been looking at why this has been...
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This is not a city: Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

This is not a city: Milton Keynes

...Open Market in the centre of Milton Keynes will reveal a busy hub of food, clothes and other products from the Middle East, Asia and beyond. The 2011 Census recorded 18.5% of residents were born outside of the UK and a fifth of the population were from a non-white ethnicity. So a variety of people and cultures are present within MK. Where MK really does depart from the...
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Creating a different world: Celebrating Ursula K LeGuin
History & The Arts

Creating a different world: Celebrating Ursula K LeGuin

...opened up new ways of doing fantasy and science fiction, but she was also a poet, essayist, historical fiction writer, and children’s writer. In 2017 she was voted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters after having won numerous awards, including the Hugo (voted by fans) and Nebula (voted by writers) awards for a single science fiction book twice. She submitted...
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What makes people happy at work?
Money & Business

What makes people happy at work?

...Open University, discusses this issue: "One group who often can get a good work/life balance is people who work for large organisations whose jobs are not particularly skilled and where the organisation is well-meaning. Some of the big retailers for example, where often the shifts are flexible. The second main group is people who have skills their employers really need,...
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Measure the Astronomical Unit and watch the Transit Of Venus
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the Astronomical Unit and watch the Transit Of Venus

...Open University. Michael, how are the timings entered onto the website? Michael It’s very, very simple. All you need to do it click on the link, measure the AU and straight away you’ll be able to enter our interactive astronomical unit calculator. First thing you need to say is are you working from the results coming from the TV, so that’s our feed from Egypt. But...
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Battle of Thermopylae
History & The Arts

Battle of Thermopylae

...open with data from the Histories, which will enable you to search for any place that Herodotus mentions and find out what he has to say about it. To take your exploration of mapping further, look up some sources to explain what's happened to the coastline at Thermypolae in the last 2,500 years. What could the coastline have looked like when the battle took place? Compare...
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The Good Friday Agreement and the future of the union
Society, Politics & Law

The Good Friday Agreement and the future of the union

...open to it. Interestingly even the alleged benefits of the Northern Ireland Protocol/Windsor Framework allegedly giving access to both the UK and EU markets, makes a strong economic case for Northern Ireland a place of business and investment, as long as the status of Northern Ireland, with in the Union, doesn’t change. So, was 1998 worth it? In 1998 I was a cautious...
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Three solutions for the nursing staffing crisis in the NHS
Health, Sports & Psychology

Three solutions for the nursing staffing crisis in the NHS

...Open University, is a nurse with more than forty years NHS and educational experiences linked to the education of nurses, looks at the staffing challenges facing the NHS, and some of the solutions...It's no secret that our hospitals are short of staff and do not have enough equipment or sufficient room in the United Kingdom. No single ‘magic formula’ will address all...
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