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Archaeology: the science of investigation
Science, Maths & Technology

Archaeology: the science of investigation

...careful handling is required when cleaning artefacts. X-raying objects The importance of modern technology in the preservation of an artefact from an Iron Age burial at Sutton Hoo. The Portable Antiquities Scheme The success of the Portable Antiquities Scheme, which allows the mapping of coin finds by metal detector users and helps to build a more accurate picture of...
Opening the Boundaries of Citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Opening the Boundaries of Citizenship

...care and justice represent a form of ‘citizenship’ as they successfully administer support to the community where the state is inadequate. Sexual Citizens and Orientalism Dr Leticia Sabsay’s research focuses on ‘sexual citizenship’ and how the consequences of its emergence and expansion have forced Western societies to confront their own assumptions about...
Could President Trump do what Candidate Trump promises in the struggle against Islamic State?
Society, Politics & Law

Could President Trump do what Candidate Trump promises in the struggle against Islamic State?

...care about their lives, don’t kid yourself, but they say they don’t care about their lives. You have to take out their families. Exactly what Trump is suggesting doing is not clear here, so let us examine some of the different possibilities. Protecting human shields Some might argue Trump was merely making the point that regardless of the enemy’s use of their own...
Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers Badge icon
Education & Development

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...adults and children, Reading for Pleasure may involve fiction – in novels or picture storybooks – and a wide range of other texts, both paper-based and digital. Many people read magazines, recipe books, holiday brochures, comics, football scores, information leaflets, religious texts, non-fiction books, poetry and much more, simply for the pleasure, information and...
Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...Care. You might be particularly interested in the Open University course K240 Mental health and community...Challenging ideas in mental health: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the complexity and dilemmas of diverse perspectives in the field of mental health and distress understand the importance of service
Understanding service improvement in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding service improvement in healthcare

...care, and how they can make sure that any change is sustained...This free course, Understanding service improvement in healthcare, will help you to understand what people mean by the terms ‘service’ and ‘improvement’ in relation to healthcare. The course will help you to think about how those involved in healthcare, whether as practitioners or service users, can...
Can engineering help improve patient safety?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can engineering help improve patient safety?

...care unit typically generates 160 alarms per day, caused by machinery that is not integrated. “You have to assemble all the kit around an intensive care bed manually,” she explains. “It doesn’t come built as one like an aircraft cockpit. This is not a problem a hospital can solve alone. It needs to be solved at the sector level.” Dixon-Woods has turned to...
The fight for equal pay: Glasgow City Council, 2018
Society, Politics & Law

The fight for equal pay: Glasgow City Council, 2018

...care for loved ones. The disruption this strike caused to lives in Glasgow did not lead to a backlash against the strikers, quite the opposite. The well-organised public campaigning of these women ensured they had the support of Glaswegians across the city. Before the two days were finished the council agreed to settle the equal pay claims and to implementing a new JES to...