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Too much of a good thing? Choice challenges in sustainable clothes shopping
Money & Business

Too much of a good thing? Choice challenges in sustainable clothes shopping

...everyday shopper determine which choice from these multitude of alternatives is most responsible? Even for consumers with reasonable levels of ethical literacy these variations create barriers to understanding and undermine choice confidence. Shoppers also need to be reassured that a label does what it says, which means they have to know they can trust the governance...
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Swearing today: have our attitudes changed?
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Swearing today: have our attitudes changed?

...everyday life. And thirty per cent said that they themselves were using explicit language more than they used to five years ago. Language with sexual or misogynistic connotations in particular was now felt to be less acceptable Just three years later, however, the very same organisation revised their own guidelines and recategorised a number of films because they felt the...
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Mastering our fear of death with the Jack-o’-lantern
History & The Arts

Mastering our fear of death with the Jack-o’-lantern

...everyday clothes. Within this context we might consider the Jack-o’-lantern. The tradition of carving pumpkins for Halloween comes from ancient Celtic practices, particularly the festival of Samhain, which marked the end of the harvest and the beginning of winter. They believed that on this night, the boundary between the living and the dead blurred, and spirits could...
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Stoke-on-Trent, where they’re loving angels instead...
History & The Arts

Stoke-on-Trent, where they’re loving angels instead...

...and spirits in everyday life, and look at our Spirit Trail which maps all the sites that have been registered for Spiritualist worship and services across the city since 1870. You may be surprised at what a magical and enchanted history this seemingly very prosaic city hides! If you enjoyed this why not visit our free interactive, Beyond belief: talking to the dead?...
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Why Michelle Obama's farewell is a masterclass in speech making
Society, Politics & Law

Why Michelle Obama's farewell is a masterclass in speech making

...everyday existence – jobs, diversity, caring, sharing. Going against the US’s rapidly darkening climate of fear, she framed differences of colour, faith, and creed as abiding national strengths, not liabilities. This was the culmination of the last eight years, during which Obama has presented her ideas with understated but remarkable power and passion. With this...
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Unmasking inequalities: what COVID-19 revealed about the degree awarding gap at The Open University
Digital & Computing

Unmasking inequalities: what COVID-19 revealed about the degree awarding gap at The Open University

...to action. The pandemic didn’t create the degree awarding gap – it exposed and exacerbated it. As the OU and the sector move forward, we must use this moment to address not only emergency responses but the underlying inequalities that persist in everyday academic life. Our students deserve more than resilience; they deserve equity, visibility and authentic support....
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From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to paracetamol: why harmful autism myths are so common
Health, Sports & Psychology

From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to paracetamol: why harmful autism myths are so common

...everyday substance is linked to autism, it inevitably sows doubt. History shows how damaging that doubt can be. The US president’s recent comment about paracetamol resurrects earlier myths that were thoroughly discredited, yet remain surprisingly influential. Like the false claims about vaccines or cow’s milk, it risks causing real harm to children and parents alike....
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Life-changing scholarships and bursaries at The Open University
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Life-changing scholarships and bursaries at The Open University

...English schoolteacher that I dreamt of being. For OU student Dawn*, being able to study through the Carers Scholarships Fund has given her and her family something to look forward to after years of challenges, as she explains: “I started university at 18 years old with dreams of becoming a teacher but left when my mum’s health deteriorated. Since April 2019, I have...
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