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Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay

...laws) (EIS.org, 2022a). The background to this pay dispute is that the negotiators representing Colleges Scotland employers refused to increase their offer of £850 or ‘budge’ on a one-off thankyou payment to college lecturers in recognition of their work during two years of COVID-19 lockdowns during 2020 and 2021 (College Employers Scotland, 2022). The employers...
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On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!
Society, Politics & Law

On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!

...Law; criticisms by LEAVE (despite being supported by the majority of the tabloid press) of media bias; or claims by Nigel Farage that women may be subjected to mass sex attacks if Britain stays in the EU. Some think that the whole debate is little more than a blue on blue civil war and that progressive politicians should not even be sharing a platform with pro-EU...
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The women of the Gorbals’ Campaign for Social Justice, 1923
Society, Politics & Law

The women of the Gorbals’ Campaign for Social Justice, 1923

...law, brought in by the pioneering Infanticide Act 1922, meant that judges in England and Wales, no longer put other mothers in similar circumstances on trial for murder, sentencing them instead to around 4 months’ imprisonment. As for Lily, the father of her daughter was required by a court to contribute to the cost of her upbringing. In a strange twist, Lily named her...
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Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change
Nature & Environment

Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change

...law (Humphreys, 2019, p. 279), and any action from the North preventing them exercising this right could be considered as neo-colonialism. These rooted disagreements are difficult to overcome. However, it can be argued there is a tendency for conferences like COP26, the media around them and therefore people’s perceptions to focus on large scale forests as the only...
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The Asian Single Parents Network (ASPN)
Education & Development

The Asian Single Parents Network (ASPN)

...laws because the dowry wasn't enough. On honeymoon, my husband complained my parents didn't provide a house or a car. I was only 21. It took me 2 years to get my clothing, and personal belongings back because they wouldn't return them without going through court. My second marriage ended after 8 years because of various cultural issues, but I'm really thankful that I have...
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Festival of Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Festival of Psychology

...law, the home, housing and social care. When language brokering situations are challenging, these difficult encounters often take place between figures of authority and their families in predominantly white public spaces. The increased responsibility taken-on by child language brokers has been likened to the concept of ‘parentification’ or ‘role reversal’, which...
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What is shareholder activism?
Money & Business

What is shareholder activism?

...Krishnan, C. N. V., Partnoy, F., and Thomas, R. S., 2016, The Second Wave of Hedge Fund Activism: The Importance of Reputation, Clout, and Expertise. Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 15-9; Journal of Corporate Finance 40, 296-314, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2589992...
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Impossible Peace 2: Thrown to the political wolves
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Thrown to the political wolves

...law enforcement to the Province without routine military support." They were the words I would have expected from the Colonel, but writing for the BBC in this period, I used this sentence to contextualise these developments: Republicans will view this as "military Brits out" - that is its real significance. And I added these thoughts: The past few days have given us the...
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