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Why do voters allow corrupt politicians to stay in office?
Society, Politics & Law

Why do voters allow corrupt politicians to stay in office?

...institutions (for example, which party holds the majority in the House), their ability to identify important political figures (for example, to name the Vice President), and to properly place parties and prominent candidates relative to each other on a range of policy issues, such as health care, taxes, abortion, and environment. I combined these data with detailed...
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Chlorine-washed chicken: An OpenLearn reading list
Money & Business

Chlorine-washed chicken: An OpenLearn reading list

...Institute For Government, Oliver Ilott suggests the main barrier to cross is the tariff barrier: A trade deal between the US and UK may attempt to remove tariffs in areas where they are high. These are almost all in agriculture. On the US side, there are 22 import duty rates above 100%, all on agricultural products. This makes some agricultural goods produced outside the...
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What happens to the poorest in a cashless society?
Science, Maths & Technology

What happens to the poorest in a cashless society?

...institutions. My own research on the persistence of Delhi’s informal recycling economy shows just how important cash is to low-income laborers. How Delhi’s informal recycling economy works For the past few years, my work has focused on informal garbage collectors in a northwest Delhi neighborhood who collect garbage for middle-class residents across the city. Beyond...
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Selling Empire: Posters
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Posters

...institutions to conduct ‘public relations’. Highways of Empire Highways of Empire was the first poster issued by the EMB after its creation in May 1926. [Highways of Empire] 'Highways of Empire'; (TNA) CO956-537A It was displayed in January 1927 on massive billboards, 20 feet across by 10 feet high. The EMB commissioned MacDonald Gill to design the poster, dictating a...
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Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay

...Institute of Scotland Further Education Lecturers Association (EIS FELA) took strike action in April and May 2022. Lynn Rooney gives us a personal view of the background...Find out more about The Open University's Social Sciences courses Lecturers took strike action for an annual cost of living pay rise, for fair pay in other words. The strike followed a ballot with 73.3...
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iSpot: Your place to share nature
Nature & Environment

iSpot: Your place to share nature

...institutions and groups including undergraduate and postgraduate students in OU courses; and engages the public through face to face and online activities as well through OU/BBC co-productions (see links below). Moving forward iSpot is co-designing services for biodiversity and environmental citizen observations through a European collaboration, exploring human computer...
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What is trauma?
Society, Politics & Law

What is trauma?

...institutional racism, harassment and discrimination can itself amount to ‘racial trauma’. A broader understanding of trauma is therefore needed, one which recognises ‘the contextual features that give rise to, maintain, and impact trauma-related responses’. Marginalised groups may suffer further from a lack of cultural and professional recognition of the traumas...
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Can Space Technologies solve the Sustainable Development Goals?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can Space Technologies solve the Sustainable Development Goals?

...institutions. Particularly during the COVID-19 global pandemic, restrictions from face-to-face interactions means we are relying on space technologies more than ever. Internet communications, possible through telecommunications satellites, keep us connected to our family and friends. These examples scratch the surface of the countless ways space technologies can be...
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