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The City: The Roman and Greek Cities
History & The Arts

The City: The Roman and Greek Cities

...institution, so larger groups of people create states in which laws and institutions of government promote the general good. More than this, however, Aristotle saw the polis, in essence the city, as the ideal model for the state and therefore as a natural entity with its roots in the mysterious world of human nature. When Greeks explored beyond the Aegean they did so as...
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The OU Welcomes Carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The OU Welcomes Carers

...institutional care, improved longevity of those with lifelong disabilities and reduced expenditure on public services means the number of family carers is rising and predicted to continue to rise. As a result, caring will touch most of our lives; more than three in five of us will be a carer at some point. In addition, increasing numbers of people are likely to care more...
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Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...et al. Although all organizations are susceptible to institutional influences these pressures seem to take on greater importance in certain organizational fields, such as in domains where professional associations play a major role (e.g. accounting, medicine and law) and in governmental sectors where market pressures are dampened. In the public sector where there may be...
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Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...et al., 2017). This is similar to the international trend and is underscored by other research. For example, a study of British Cohort data revealed a strong association between childhood reading and increased attainment in literacy and numeracy in adolescence (Sullivan & Brown, 2013). In addition, as teachers know intuitively, and other studies have shown, reading for...
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175 years of women's activism in the EIS
Society, Politics & Law

175 years of women's activism in the EIS

...Institute of Scotland (EIS) is today Scotland's largest teaching union. Established for the 'promotion of sound learning and the benefit of teachers', the EIS remains a campaigning, growing and highly effective trade union...Find out about The Open University's Social Sciences courses. On 18 September 1847, around 600 teachers from across Scotland, gathered together in...
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Which Poverty and Place: Why how we label different areas matters
Languages

Which Poverty and Place: Why how we label different areas matters

...been poor will remain poor. References Duffy et al. 2021. Unequal Britain: Attitudes to inequalities after Covid-19. London: The Policy Institute. Dorling, D. et al. 2000. The ghost of Christmas past: Health effects of poverty in London in 1896 and 1991. BMJ 321: 1547-1551. Paterson, L.L. & I. Gregory. 2019. Representations of Poverty and Place. Basingstoke: Palgrave....
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Personal and career development in engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal and career development in engineering

...Institutions Peter Hills, past president of the Institute of Design Engineers, talks about the application process for professional engineering bodies in the UK, their role in quality assurance and the benefits of membership. Employing and Managing Engineers Rod Taylor, MD of an electronic engineering business, talks about the value of ongoing professional development and...
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Should the NHS try a Dutch model for social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should the NHS try a Dutch model for social care?

...institutional factors really stand out. The first is that Dutch institutions are framed within a political culture of social democracy and based on strong egalitarian principles. The Dutch and Nordic countries have a shared emphasis on equality, reflected in the lack of pay differentials and a dominant workplace culture of flat leadership which is non-hierarchical and...
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