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Film as a Historical Source
Health, Sports & Psychology

Film as a Historical Source

...economic and cultural context is necessary if we want to use the photograph to illustrate or back-up statements about the lives of women workers in this industry. Secondary sources are therefore essential for background information and to tell us what other historians know about the subject. They will enable us to place our photograph in its wider historical context and...
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Article 15 mins
The Scottish Women’s Herring Strike in Great Yarmouth in the 1930s and 1940s
Society, Politics & Law

The Scottish Women’s Herring Strike in Great Yarmouth in the 1930s and 1940s

...economic differences within the transient group of working women and girls. For example, there were economic and cultural differences between women from the crofter and fishing villages of the Western Isles and those from the Shetland Isles and the herring villages and towns along the Fife coast. They became united in the action for increased pay. Not entirely forgotten...
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Article 5 mins
Developing high trust work relationships
Money & Business

Developing high trust work relationships

...economics explain the changes in organisational dynamics that have led to a focus on trust within organisations understand and discuss the consequences of trust within organisations...Developing high trust work relationships: 1 The concept of trust - In this section, you will be introduced to the concept of trust in organisations. Activity 1 Introduction to trust Timing:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Concepts and theories in international relations
Society, Politics & Law

Concepts and theories in international relations

...economic hierarchy international relations are shaped and re-shaped by economic booms and busts. Two key contemporary IR scholars working in the Marxist tradition: Robert Cox, Justin Rosenberg Main criticisms of the Marxist tradition: Some argue it over-emphasises the negative aspects of capitalism compared with capitalism’s benefits; others believe it over-emphasises...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary
OpenLearn Ireland

The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary

...economic progress for the Irish people. The defining moment of this period and a defining moment in Irish history was the successful negotiation by Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair of the Good Friday Agreement between the British and Irish Governments and the political parties in Northern Ireland in April 1998.He was re-elected Taoiseach (Prime Minister) in June 2002. These...
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Article 10 mins
Safer battery could spark investment in renewables
Nature & Environment

Safer battery could spark investment in renewables

...economics of renewable power generation. Paradoxically, another group of researchers from the same university have, in the same week, argued that the storage shortfall might be a non-problem. Hossein Safaei and David Keith, of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard, report in the Energy & Environmental Science journal that the supply of wind and solar...
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Article 5 mins
Marco Rubio wins by coming in third
Society, Politics & Law

Marco Rubio wins by coming in third

...economic stability, security in health care, and social progress. That’s been in marked contrast to the Trump-led sniping and alpha male posturing distinguishing the Republican contest so far, and it will serve the Democrats well heading into the general election campaign. Any Democrats worried about the risks of a progressive-moderate split would do well to calm their...
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Article 5 mins
What is the Golem Effect - and how does it harm bilingual students?
Languages

What is the Golem Effect - and how does it harm bilingual students?

...economic background and student ethnicity has received considerable attention, this is not true of student bilingualism. A Belgian study recently published in the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Pulinx et al. 2015) raises precisely this question: how are teacher attitudes towards linguistic diversity related to the expectations they hold of...
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Article 5 mins