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Managing motherhood and sports participation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing motherhood and sports participation

...economic status typically receive the most support from family and friends due to having a greater social network. However, even for those women that do remain active, motherhood can still shape the type of activity they engage in. For example, individual activities are often preferred as they are easier to negotiate than participation in team sports which require...
Engaging with our environment: what are the benefits?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Engaging with our environment: what are the benefits?

...economic (resources such as wood and grazing) and from the aesthetic to health (air purification, community space and mental wellbeing). Unsurprisingly some of these benefits show strong association in reducing overall mortality (e.g. Rojas-Rueda et al., 2019). In recent times, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, use of urban green spaces has soared as has appreciation...
Opening up history: the intersections of tobacco consumption and modern war
History & The Arts

Opening up history: the intersections of tobacco consumption and modern war

...economics of tobacco supply, the everyday experience of smoking on the battlefront and the ‘home front’, and the presence of tobacco and cigarettes in wartime visual culture (such as paintings, adverts, films and photographs). 5. Why did you decide to pursue this project? The first article I ever published, back in 2016, was about smoking among British soldiers during...
Opening up history: anti-nuclear activism during the Cold War
History & The Arts

Opening up history: anti-nuclear activism during the Cold War

...Economics (LSE), where I became interested in nuclear history. 3. What is it about your specialist area that fascinates you? I’m especially interested in the dynamics between civil society and policymaking. In my research on anti-nuclear and peace activism, it’s striking how far the actions and campaigns of individuals and groups of citizens are noticed by...
A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast
OpenLearn Ireland

A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast

...economic disadvantage and exclusion. [A photograph of our guest, Aoife Moore.]Guest: Aoife Moore, Irish Journalist Aoife Moore is political correspondent for the Sunday Times Ireland and Irish Journalist of the Year 2021. Born in Derry city during the peace process, she has dedicated much of her career focusing on social justice and women’s issues as well as commentary...
After the First World War: the 1919 Egyptian Revolution
History & The Arts

After the First World War: the 1919 Egyptian Revolution

...economic? British statesmen Lord Milner was sent to Egypt in December 1919 to find a solution but was faced with strikes and unrest. Milner brought Zaghlul and his associates to London for talks and in 1920 won the condition that the abolition of the British protectorate was a prerequisite for further negotiations. This elevated Zaghlul’s standing in Egypt even higher....
The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it
Society, Politics & Law

The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it

...economic divisions, the fact must be recognized that Ireland is essentially one nation. With the acceptance of this historical fact, the first step on the road to a long overdue peace in that troubled land will have been taken. As Americans, we share rich cultural and political ties with the peoples of Britain and Ireland; we are therefore in an ideal position to...
Human Resource Management and EDI
Money & Business

Human Resource Management and EDI

...economic class, marital status, sexual orientation, education level, mental health, etc. Some of these may be visible (ethnicity), others invisible (education) and many may be open to change (marital status); some refer to the characteristics of the individual (age), while some may be concerned with the beliefs, norms and values of a group (religion). (It may even be the...