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The Great Resignation: temporary blip or more enduring labour market trend? article icon

Money & Business

The Great Resignation: temporary blip or more enduring labour market trend?

One consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic was that many workers quit their jobs en masse. Will this have a lasting effect on the labour market?

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5 mins
Women in the Railway, the War and the Unions article icon

Society, Politics & Law

Women in the Railway, the War and the Unions

The war years transformed working life for women, called upon to fill the void left by men. Proving themselves more than capable in jobs formerly considered only suitable for men contributed to the fight for women's suffrage.

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5 mins
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Veganism interactive

Veganism has been big news in recent years, and that trend looks set to continue. Explore the rise of veganism in this interactive, you will learn about how veganism relates to speciesism, the historical background to the vegan movement, and more.

Activity
15 mins
Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver article icon

Society, Politics & Law

Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver

Nicole McLean made railway history when at just 21 she became the youngest person to qualify as a train driver. She shares the story of her impressive achievement with Lois Nicolson.

Article
5 mins
Introducing key global development challenges free course icon level 3: advanced icon

Society, Politics & Law

Introducing key global development challenges

Global development is at a critical turning point. This course introduces ‘challenges’ as a spur to thinking critically and creatively about development’s future on a global scale. You will identify how the four key challenges of conflict, governance, justice, and transformation cut-across all areas of global development. These touch upon all ...

Free course
6 hrs
Women and the fight to reclaim higher education article icon

Society, Politics & Law

Women and the fight to reclaim higher education

Maureen McBride speaks to four female UCU activists at the Glasgow branch on the wave of disputes to have gripped higher education across Scotland and the rest of the UK in the 2020s.

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5 mins
Women lead the struggle at Rolls-Royce on Clydeside, 1955 article icon

Society, Politics & Law

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

The story of women workers at Rolls-Royce and their fight for equal pay during the 1950s. Lynn Rooney reveals another example of history's failure to recognise and honour brave, tenacious women who refused to accept they were not equal to men.

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5 mins
Working mothers in Scotland's railways article icon

Society, Politics & Law

Working mothers in Scotland's railways

Nicola Parker spoke to three working mothers in the Scottish railway industry, including her mum, to find out what has changed since her mum joined the industry.

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5 mins
Reflections on the Glasgow City Council equal pay dispute audio icon

Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on the Glasgow City Council equal pay dispute

Gerry Mooney's interview with Lyn-Marie O'Hara examines the background to the pay dispute, her role in the campaign and her involvment in trade unionism.

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5 mins
How juror bias can be tackled to ensure fairer trials article icon

Society, Politics & Law

How juror bias can be tackled to ensure fairer trials

Juror decision-making - how individual jurors evaluate information and examines their pre-trial biases and the cognitive mechanisms behind the verdicts they reach.

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5 mins
Jurors are subject to all kinds of biases when it comes to deciding on a trial article icon

Society, Politics & Law

Jurors are subject to all kinds of biases when it comes to deciding on a trial

From CSI to Law and Order, Line of Duty and Midsomer Murders, there is huge public fascination with crime and the criminal justice system. But how much do jurors get it wrong?

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5 mins
CSI: Current research into the impact of bias on crime scene forensics is limited – but psychology can help article icon

Health, Sports & Psychology

CSI: Current research into the impact of bias on crime scene forensics is limited – but psychology can help

Recent research suggests that the reality of forensic analysis is that it can be subjective and fallible.

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5 mins