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The 2018 Spring Statement: A first reaction
Society, Politics & Law

The 2018 Spring Statement: A first reaction

...public finances, to the extent that the government’s current budget has moved back into surplus. Brighter forecasts So the backdrop of a world economy that is performing more strongly than anticipated, alongside public finances that are in a better shape than expected, has allowed Hammond to bear glad tidings. At the time of the budget last November, the Office for...
Selling Empire: Introduction
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Introduction

...publicity. In reality, it spent as much money on research as publicity, but it was the latter which lodged in the public mind. In its six-year life, it unleashed millions of posters, from a few gigantic billboard features, such as Highways of Empire (shown above, 1927), through cheap, reduced-size copies sent to thousands of schools and sold to the pubic, to miniature...
WhatDoTheyKnow
Society, Politics & Law

WhatDoTheyKnow

...public sector...[http://hackforchange.org/] “[In the UK] [Y]ou have the right to request information from any publicly-funded body, and get answers. WhatDoTheyKnow helps you make a Freedom of Information request. It also publishes all requests online." It was initiated by non-governmental organisation/charity and encourages people to participate through an online...
Stress Awareness Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress Awareness Collection

...public awareness about both the causes and cures for stress. And National Stress Awareness Day is the first Wednesday of November. We've put together some of our top FREE related wellbeing tips, courses and and other learning resources to support and help any time you need them...April is National Stress Awareness Month in the UK so we've curated some of our top content...
The impact of online media reporting of family crimes on children
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of online media reporting of family crimes on children

...public understand and perceive crimes, criminals and families of criminals. Research (Mercadal, 2023) highlights how the media serves as a primary source of information about crimes which can influence societal perceptions and influence attitudes and fears regarding safety and justice. Media representations of crimes are often selective, sensationalised and in some cases...
Abortion stigma and the workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Abortion stigma and the workplace

...health). Abortions are extremely common: some 73 million take place worldwide annually (Bearak et al., 2020) and, in 2021, there were 214,256 abortions in England and Wales (Office of Health Improvement and Disparities, 2023). Except for the work done by Fiona Bloomer and colleagues (2017, 2023), in the Northern Irish context, little is known about abortion in UK...
COVID-19 nursing and healthcare: learning to help you in practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

COVID-19 nursing and healthcare: learning to help you in practice

...NHS Wales or Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland, OpenLearn has a range of free courses available for you to refresh your knowledge and skills...All of our courses are free and you can start them when you want to, studying at your own pace. Some of the courses are badged, so you can print a certificate of completion and include the course on your LinkedIn profile....
Theo on... getting celebrity endorsements
Money & Business

Theo on... getting celebrity endorsements

...simple. The Open University Business School can help you sharpen your skills as a manager in charge of marketing. Selling direct to the public? The Open University has a course offering An introduction to retail management and marketing. The whole story Join Theo Paphitis as he follows nine companies seeking to expand their overseas markets: Theo's Adventure Capitalists....