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Innovative efforts to raise wages
Money & Business

Innovative efforts to raise wages

...social democratic solutions of the past up to the task of addressing today’s wage stagnation? Indeed, declining pay speaks to the need for fresh forms of national and international worker rights that link economic growth to higher pay. Thomas Kochan discusses these ideas in his article America doesn’t just ‘need a raise,’ we need a new national norm for wage...
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Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993

...social aspect. I have four close friends I worked with at Timex, sadly I lost one really close pal last year. But me and all my friends from Timex still go out and socialise, my daughters have been brought up with them. It was a sad day when I walked through the Timex gates on Harrison Road for the last time. “I think Dundee felt the loss of Timex, and of other...
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Astrobiology from the ground up
Science, Maths & Technology

Astrobiology from the ground up

...work on environment and international development and astrobiology...[A sacred site in the semi-arid desert of Rajasthan, India] A sacred site in the semi-arid desert of Rajasthan, India Shonil’s research engages with several key environmental concerns: agriculture and food security, biodiversity conservation, climate change and sustainability. In AstrobiologyOU, he is...
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Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...social workers working with children who have particular emotional or behavioural needs. The theory behind such methods stems from a branch of psychology called ‘behaviourism’. [Described image] Figure 3 Example of a reward chart During the past 30 years, behaviourism has had many forms but in simple terms it is based on the idea that children’s (and adults’)...
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Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children
Education & Development

Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children

...social care professionals involved in the lives of their autistic children. This included: struggles to secure a diagnosis challenges associated with accessing (specialised) education provision securing opportunities for socialisation and self-care (for both mother and child) managing the financial consequences of caregiving and planning for the practical and emotional...
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Fake news during COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news during COVID-19

...worked on epidemic Vibrio cholerae strains, Dr Bik conducted research on the microbiomes of humans and marine mammals for many years. Writing on her blog ScienceIntegrityDigest, Twitter, and PubPeer, she is an expert in detecting inappropriately duplicated or manipulated photographic images and plagiarised text in biomedical literature. Her investigative work has been...
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Clickety Clack: a railway poem
Society, Politics & Law

Clickety Clack: a railway poem

...Social Sciences and History courses. [A women worker on the railways, first world war, sitting in front of a cargo vehicle, uniform, wearing a cap and smiling.]Clickety Clack Clickety Clack The rhythm of the railway track. With all the men folk off to war. It’s women left to do the chores Corsets and skirts are cast aside Whistles, trousers, gold buttons worn with...
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The Asian Single Parents Network (ASPN)
Education & Development

The Asian Single Parents Network (ASPN)

...socially accepted, you can be regarded as a failure if your marriage doesn’t work out, and looked down on. This can come from the older generation who believe that marriage is for life, that you should make it work no matter what, and unfortunately, it’s often the women who are blamed. We have had members who are going through domestic violence (DV), but their family...
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