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Methods in Motion: As borders flex, how does citizenship change?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: As borders flex, how does citizenship change?

...history, anthropology, economics, and geography, whilst crossing through fields such as gender studies, international studies, migration and refugee studies, human rights, development studies, public policy and education. Yet, the interdisciplinarity of the field, and the variety of ways of looking at citizenship, have also meant that there is no distinct methodological...
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Information blackout at the Council of Europe?
Nature & Environment

Information blackout at the Council of Europe?

...history”. Indeed, access to the history (and sometimes even the deep history) of collective decision-making can often be more central to the sustaining of genuine accountability and democratic control of complex policy areas than access to up-to-the-minute information and documentation. Moreover, countervailing interests to transparency, such as ensuring the...
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How did a Scottish golf club shape how we remember the First World War?
History & The Arts

How did a Scottish golf club shape how we remember the First World War?

...history research expanded, and now I chair Wilfred Owen’s Edinburgh 1917-2017, a literary community celebrating the centenary of the poet’s time in Edinburgh. Looking at Owen through the lens of the city has led to a decade of research and thrown up some interesting questions. Not least about the meeting between Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, who...
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Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One
Education & Development

Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One

...families, prison staff and society at large. They are also concerned with the continued failure of prisons to fulfil any of their stated aims or purposes...[Barbed wire fencing on a prison wall] Below we consider a range of questions that often arise whenever the idea of prison abolition is raised and offer some detailed, but concise, responses that may be used as a...
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Article 12 mins
Gain Skills with The Open University
Money & Business

Gain Skills with The Open University

...families the opportunity to upskill and reskill using OU courses...From free, short courses to modules and degrees, The OU has something for everyone. If you are interested in studying one of our accredited modules or qualifications, you can find more information at http://www.open.ac.uk/scotland/study/courses-and-qualifications The OU also have a huge number of free,...
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Women lead the struggle at Rolls-Royce on Clydeside, 1955
Society, Politics & Law

Women lead the struggle at Rolls-Royce on Clydeside, 1955

...history's failure to recognise and honour brave, tenacious women who refused to accept they were not equal to men...Find out more about The Open University's History and Social Sciences courses. Background On Tuesday 25 October 1955, members of the General Iron Fitters Association at Rolls-Royce in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, took unofficial strike action. By Thursday 27...
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They can cage a child, but they can't frame the agenda
Society, Politics & Law

They can cage a child, but they can't frame the agenda

...Families Belong Together protest] Women Of Faith Cry Out: A protest against Trump's policies outside the Washington offices of US Customs And Border Protection By now, you’ve probably heard about the family separation and detention policies at the U.S. border. The facts are horrifying. Recent media coverage has led to a flurry of outrage and debate about the origins of...
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The OU Welcomes Carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The OU Welcomes Carers

...family carers is rising and predicted to continue to rise. As a result, caring will touch most of our lives; more than three in five of us will be a carer at some point. In addition, increasing numbers of people are likely to care more than once and care for two people at the same time. This all means that currently 20% (one in five) of the UK population are carers...
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