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Should the NHS try a Dutch model for social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should the NHS try a Dutch model for social care?

...leadership which is non-hierarchical and emphasises democratic practices. To maintain equality, the Netherlands has one of the strongest welfare systems in the world. The second institutional factor relates to employment relations. Although wages by UK standards are moderate, Dutch workers are compensated by a generous “social wage” including high unemployment...
Extending your learning with postgraduate skills
Education & Development

Extending your learning with postgraduate skills

...leadership and that I can strengthen my own leadership in my current role." - Lise What is in it for me? An Applied Masters for Employability Postgraduate skill development is relevant for those studying for personal interest, as well as for those seeking to progress in their career or consider a different career direction. Studying your Masters can offer personal,...
Spain steels itself for another election after months with no government
Society, Politics & Law

Spain steels itself for another election after months with no government

...leadership comes in. Support for parties is one thing, but support for leaders is something else. For example, the Metroscopia poll shows that Ciudadanos’s Rivera is the leader whom other parties' supporters are least put off by, something that might help him lead his party Ciudadanos into a coalition deal. Conversely, the PP’s Rajoy draws deep antipathy from other...
On the death of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Society, Politics & Law

On the death of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

...leadership, courage and integrity. He really was a giant whose counsel and example will be sorely missed. To truly understand his life and his achievements we have to look back over the long and bitter struggle that led to Nelson Mandela, prisoner 46664, being elected the first president of the South African people in April 1994. By 1900 Britain had broken the power of...
Black History Month 2021 talks
Education & Development

Black History Month 2021 talks

...leadership practices that led to Rotimi’s election to the Portlaoise Town Council in 2004 and his subsequent election to Mayor in 2007 and in 2009 to Laois County Council. Rotimi was one of the participants in Fidele’s PhD research, studying leadership and social practices of Black and Minority Ethnic socio-political entrepreneurs involved in high profile civic and...
Start your career with OpenLearn
Education & Development

Start your career with OpenLearn

...leadership… and you’ll find them all in our collection of ‘soft skills’ courses, as approved by Google. You can also check out our full collection of badged open courses on employability. Learn a language Language skills are desirable, and even essential, for prospective employers. Developing your language skills could be the key to landing yourself a perfect job....
What counts as professional learning?
Education & Development

What counts as professional learning?

...leadership to reduce the number of different groups all trying to solve similar problems in isolation without sharing learning together. The other key thread was around challenging the narratives around professional learning either being online or face to face, synchronous or asynchronous, but instead the increasing value of multi-modal, multi-time and space events that...
Ceasefire anniversary in Northern Ireland: 30 years of an impossible peace
OpenLearn Ireland

Ceasefire anniversary in Northern Ireland: 30 years of an impossible peace

...leadership and vision; that moment, to borrow a thought from Miriam Reynolds, daughter of the late Albert Reynolds, when an impossible peace began to look possible. Listen to the Ceasefire Tapes These are excerpts from seven conversations recorded by Brian Rowan during his research. Some of the recordings date back to 1994. Click or tap the image to open the activity....