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• Social Work Hub

  A collection of free courses and resources for personal and professional development for social work practitioners and students.

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• Exploring critical social work practice

  What does it mean to be a critical social worker and how can adopting a critical approach improve outcomes for people that use services? This free course, Exploring critical social work practice will support you to question assumptions and navigate complexity as a critical social worker. Through practice scenarios and reflective activities, you ...

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• Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour

  Corporate crime can cause financial losses to a business, damage its reputation, and may result in the loss of customers. This course explores how fraud, insider dealing, bribery, money laundering, and other types of corporate wrongdoing occur. It also outlines what legal measures exist to prevent and respond to them. You’ll learn about ...

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• Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance

  The global challenge of growing inequalities is intricately linked to the distinction made between those historically regarded as human and those who have not been. The division between ‘civilised’ and ‘non-civilised/primitive’ played a vital role in justifying the colonisation and enslavement of those who were deemed ‘lesser human’, ‘other ...

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• Introducing the Generation Study – Emily Darlington, MP

  Emily Darlington MP introduces the Generation Study, a groundbreaking research project aiming to help shape the future of healthcare.

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• South Asian young adult carers: Balancing their caring roles and planning for the future

  What does it mean to be a young adult when this involves caring for a parent or other family member? Via animations and short articles, South Asian young adult carers share their experiences of navigating education, culture and faith as they transition to adulthood, as part of the SATTA research at The Open University.

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• Careers in Esports

  Esports is a rapidly growing, multi-billion-dollar industry offering a wide range of career pathways — from game design and event production to marketing, broadcasting, business and beyond. To explore these opportunities, we spoke with industry expert Leyla Sabet about careers in the sector.

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• Political grief: understanding an emerging phenomenon

  Can we feel grief about political events? Neil Thompson explores this question and how it may impact you.

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• Effective writing in professional social work practice

  This free course, Effective writing in professional social work practice, will introduce you to the importance of writing in professional social work. It will develop your understanding of the different ways that writing forms an integrated part of professional practice in the UK. People are at the centre of writing in social work practice, ...

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