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War, Intervention and Development
Nature & Environment

War, Intervention and Development

...education, poverty and unemployment are still rife and it's this lack of development that gives rise to conflict. Views from all sides are presented, including those of women, disaffected youth, members of the RUF and the new peace-keeping forces, to provide an in-depth analysis of the complexities of the aftermath of a civil war. In the academic perspective, Helen...
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No good advice: Five problems with sex manuals
Health, Sports & Psychology

No good advice: Five problems with sex manuals

...educate, inform, and advise about sex. So – in true sex advice “top tips” form – here are the top five problematic messages that we’ve found are perpetuated by the majority of sex advice. 1. There’s a set script for ‘proper’ sex As sex therapist Clare Staunton puts it, the “kiss, kiss, boob, boob, penis in vagina” approach to sex is found everywhere....
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Do animals have sex for fun?
Nature & Environment

Do animals have sex for fun?

...educated guesses about whether sex is pleasurable for other species. Sex would be a very strange thing to seek if it didn’t bring some form of pleasure. It increases risk of disease, it wastes energy, it can seriously increase the likelihood of something bigger coming along and eating you (seriously, check out leopard-slug reproduction). There’s no reason why an...
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Time management and study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Time management and study

...Education at The Open University in Inclusive Practice, says: I usually make portable notes ie: mp3 audio notes of the extensive reading I have to do so I can listen to them anytime even when doing chores or travelling. I listen to my notes when dressing and cooking etc., so I am engaging with material often. I work full time as a teacher so time is very short for me and...
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Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?
Languages

Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?

...education with life skills, as the independent Senator Jacqui Lambie has argued in the Australian parliament. The millions of migrants and refugees who built post-war Australia learnt their English through immersion in communities and workplaces that afforded opportunities for participation and inclusion; as they used to say out at the Ford motor car factory in...
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Birth of the Welfare State
History & The Arts

Birth of the Welfare State

...education, health and a standard of living of which they could be proud. The 1944 Education Act was already on the statute book when the Labour government came to power. By raising the school-leaving age to 15 and later to 16, it was going to give children chances that their parents had never had - to carry their education on (if they passed the examination) into grammar...
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“We don’t just change nappies – we change lives”: Reflections on the Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike, 2004
Society, Politics & Law

“We don’t just change nappies – we change lives”: Reflections on the Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike, 2004

...education was transformed in public consciousness and in reality. This short piece, based partly on research conducted during the strike in 2004 (see Mooney and McCafferty, 2005 and 2007), is my attempt to address this to an extent, and to ensure Scotland’s nursery nurses are given their rightful place in our awareness and understanding of women’s workplace struggles...
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The Open University's Carbon Calculator
Nature & Environment

The Open University's Carbon Calculator

...education. Different calculators therefore give different results depending on their assumptions, data sources and what they include. This calculator attempts to be comprehensive by including the effects of income, goods and services consumption and infrastructure emissions as well as the usual energy, food and transport footprints. For this article we are using the...
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