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Scottish nurses striking out
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish nurses striking out

...Scotland first took industrial action nearly fifty years ago. Gordon McKay explains the history behind the ongoing fight for better pay and working conditions...Find out about The Open University's History and Social Sciences courses. Setting the scene On 12 August 2022, Scotland’s highest circulation broadsheet newspaper, The Herald, carried a headline exclaiming...
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Approaching the break up of Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

Approaching the break up of Britain?

...Scotland and Wales) but also within those units – within the nations and territories that make up the UK. There was a substantial vote for leave across England – over 53% of those who voted recorded a leave vote. And some have suggested that the vote can even be understood as an expression of English nationalism, perhaps reflected in the rise of the UK Independence...
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Section 1: Introducing ‘Red Clydeside’
Society, Politics & Law

Section 1: Introducing ‘Red Clydeside’

...Scotland’s Open Learning event held on the centenary of the events in George Square 1919, January 31, 2019. Gerry Mooney, The Open University in Scotland This event also featured in some news outlets in Scotland: Martin McLaughlin, “Red Clydeside’ Battle of George Square remembered with centenary gathering’, The Scotsman, February 1, 2019 STV, ‘Glasgow to mark...
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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

...Scotland, 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...
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Six Nations 2017
Health, Sports & Psychology

Six Nations 2017

...rugby match in progress] The Six Nations Championship, the annual international rugby union competition involving six European teams: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales is back. Discover all the different ways in which sport impacts our lives and explore The Open University's sports and fitness modules and qualifications by trying a free course....
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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

...Scotland, at East Kilbride and Hillington, had joined them (BBC Newsreel, 1955). Altogether, around 11,000 workers took unofficial strike action (Daily Worker, 1955; Blantyre Gazette, 1955). This dispute, in which many women workers were involved, lasted until 14 December 1955 (The Daily Telegraph, 1955). Comparatively little is known about this dispute, and the fact that...
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Election days: 1880 - Squabbling peers
History & The Arts

Election days: 1880 - Squabbling peers

...Scotland gather to select their representatives for the new Parliament of 1880. It's not a smooth process...[Holyrood House] Holyrood House The Peers of Scotland met in the Picture Gallery of Holyrood Palace yesterday, for the purpose of electing sixteen of their number of represent them in the House of Lords in the new Parliament. A number of Peeresses were present, and...
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My experience as a shop steward: British Leyland in the 1960s and 1970s
Society, Politics & Law

My experience as a shop steward: British Leyland in the 1960s and 1970s

...Scotland...Find out more about The Open University's Open degree qualification. British Leyland bathgate The Bathgate factory was one of several factories established in central Scotland during the 1950s and 1960s under UK government regional policies. The main goal of these was to contribute to the modernisation and diversification of the economy of parts of the UK then...
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