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Society, Politics & Law
175 years of women's activism in the EIS
Celebrating 175 years of activism, the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) is today Scotland's largest teaching union. Established for the 'promotion of sound learning and the benefit of teachers', the EIS remains a campaigning, growing and highly effective trade union.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
What does it mean, to be a man?
Beliefs about what makes a ‘real’ man have changed enormously over time. So what does it mean to be a man in the twenty-first century? Do traditional ideas about masculinity still apply, and if not, what kinds of new ideas have replaced them? Explore our interactive below to learn more.
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Digital & Computing
Ministry of Sharing: Are you a safe sharer?
Are you a model citizen or a menace to society when it comes to divulging personal details? Take the test from the Ministry of Sharing and find out whether you share too much information.
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Society, Politics & Law
The Scottish Women’s Herring Strike in Great Yarmouth in the 1930s and 1940s
Herring fishing followed the migration of the shoals and the Scottish herring women followed too, gutting, curing and packing. It was a tough life, as this article reveals.
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Society, Politics & Law
Essential for what? A global social reproduction view on the re-organisation of work during the Covid-19 pandemic
Around the world, the pandemic overturned our ways of working. For many workers the pandemic caused losses of work, increased unemployment, informality, reduced incomes, business closures. Around the world all but essential workers stayed at home. But what exactly is “essential work”? Employers and authorities were slow to ensure adequately ...
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Society, Politics & Law
Fiscal policy in the post-financial crisis era: debates and lessons learned
After the global financial crisis, fierce debates over the role of fiscal policy broke out among economists, policymakers and the public at large. Are lessons learned for when the next crisis arrives? Did the legacy of the devastating impact of austerity affect the rationale of fiscal policy response after the pandemic?
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Society, Politics & Law
Why grow a tree? Barriers and boosters for landowners to adopt agroforestry
Planting trees can align environmental and development goals and integrate sustainable practices into rural livelihoods. However, there are many challenges in adopting agroforestry practices.
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Society, Politics & Law
1722 to 2021 - a history of Scotland's railway
Where did it start and what influenced the development of Scotland's railway industry? Find out in this brief interactive guide to key points in its history.
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Society, Politics & Law
Housing beyond borders
How can tracing international financial flows through Manchester and Salford help us understand how British cities are changing?
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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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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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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.