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Is a technological solution always the best? The politics of toilets
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is a technological solution always the best? The politics of toilets

...open-air toilet in Bangladesh, 2010 I’ll get this out of the way: the only reason I have lived in homes with not just one but two toilets, and other people have to walk miles for toilets that are shared by hundreds of people, is because we live under an immensely unfair and unjust system called capitalism. Other systems have been unfair too (Feudal peasants had to poop...
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Brexit and health care professionals
Health, Sports & Psychology

Brexit and health care professionals

...Education of health care professionals Regulation of health care professionals Recognition of health care professional qualifications Recruiting of EU trained health care professionals Education of health care professionals Currently the training and education of health care professionals is based on Regulations from the EU in relation to the number of hours in certain...
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Developing your skills as an HR professional
Money & Business

Developing your skills as an HR professional

...Open University course B863 The human resource professional...Developing your skills as an HR professional: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: reflect on practices that support skill development demonstrate self-management skills, particularly in relation to self-organisation and managing work-life balance distinguish between groups and...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
World Space Week
Science, Maths & Technology

World Space Week

World Space Week is held every year between 4th-10th October - it is a celebration of science and technology. We've put together some fantastic free resources to mark this occasion.
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Why it is a huge mistake to get rid of parent governors on school boards
Society, Politics & Law

Why it is a huge mistake to get rid of parent governors on school boards

...education, Jacquline argues...[Parents governors cartoon, society matters] In what circumstances can you judge that a parent is “not good enough”? Apparently when they are a school governor. In its latest set of reforms in education, the government plans to scrap mandatory elected parent representation on school governing boards, so ending a democratic form of...
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Thailand: The Politics of Blood
Society, Politics & Law

Thailand: The Politics of Blood

...education and human rights are at stake, in a political crisis that is not going to go away... Thailand: The Politics of Blood In Thailand, political ideas are fought in the media spotlight - but behind the arresting symbolism and imagery, issues of democracy, welfare, education and human rights are at stake - in a political crisis that is not going to go away....
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Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...Open University course EE818 Language, literacy and learning...Understanding language and learning: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand key issues in the relationship between language and learning understand the importance of language in learning understand the different ways in which language features in learning reflect...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Battle of Thermopylae
History & The Arts

Battle of Thermopylae

...open with data from the Histories, which will enable you to search for any place that Herodotus mentions and find out what he has to say about it. To take your exploration of mapping further, look up some sources to explain what's happened to the coastline at Thermypolae in the last 2,500 years. What could the coastline have looked like when the battle took place? Compare...
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