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What makes a good father?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What makes a good father?

...title, and have our standards changed over time? Explore our interactive to learn more...[Screenshot from animation - What makes a good father?] Click on the image above, to start your interactive experience... Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Edge or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....
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Religion, Faith, Spirituality and Worldviews?
History & The Arts

Religion, Faith, Spirituality and Worldviews?

...at four frequently used terms: religion, faith, spirituality, and worldviews. We see that while they will sometimes overlap, they are often used for specific reasons. One of the issues which the Open University’s Religion, Belief and Worldviews Hub addresses is why the language we choose matters, and why it can change markedly according to time and place? Transcript...
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From the 'Red Clyde' to the 'Blue Clyde'?
Society, Politics & Law

From the 'Red Clyde' to the 'Blue Clyde'?

...change in their respective contexts. [raising of the Red Flag in George Square Glasgow in 1919] The first image (above) depicts the raising of the Red Flag in George Square Glasgow in 1919. [The Yes campaign supporters in George Square, Glasgow 2014 as part of the Scottish referendum] The second image displayed above is from a demonstration of pro-Independence supporters...
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Here's how we can save the car – and the planet at the same time
Science, Maths & Technology

Here's how we can save the car – and the planet at the same time

...change our perception of what cars are if we want to mitigate their high environmental costs. This doesn’t just mean moving to electric vehicles. Just at the resource extraction level, roughly five tons of materials are needed to produce a 1.2 ton car, creating ten tons of effluents and 2.5 tons of emissions. Processing these materials into components, assembling and...
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Methods in Motion: Research Modes, Moves, Methods
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Research Modes, Moves, Methods

...changes in my own life and the environment I was living in, curious to learn from others about their lives and choices. The social divisions of class, gender, ethnicity, and nationality, and the challenges of changing them when culture creates and reproduces inequalities and hierarchies, have occupied most of my research time in the last two decades. My current interest...
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Article 5 mins
What is the pension triple lock, and how has it become an election issue?
Money & Business

What is the pension triple lock, and how has it become an election issue?

...change. To understand this fully, it’s necessary to consider why it was brought in and how much it costs. Most people in the UK qualify for a state pension in later life. If you reached your state pension age before April 6 2016, your pension may have two parts: a basic pension (maximum £122.30 a week in 2017-18) and an additional pension linked to your previous...
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Active Citizenship in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Active Citizenship in Wales

...change and to shape the decisions that affect them. In Wales, that includes decisions that are made in the Senedd. Since the Senedd was created, more and more powers have been transferred from the UK Government, based in Westminster, to the Senedd, and to the Welsh Government, based in Cardiff Bay. This process is known as devolution. As the Senedd has grown in age and...
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Black lives matter in sport too: what is the BAME experience of sport in the UK?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Black lives matter in sport too: what is the BAME experience of sport in the UK?

...climate, it would be hard not to notice the social upheaval among the BAME population in the UK and USA. Be it the high proportion of deaths among the BAME community from contracting COVID-19 or unarmed black men and women being killed unjustly by the police. So, as a black British man with Nigerian parents, I must express my views from a sports and physical activity...
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Article 15 mins