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The rural dimension – rundale in the West of Ireland
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The rural dimension – rundale in the West of Ireland

...social, the environmental and the spatial. A combination of factors within society and environment such as soils and climate, cultural forms, local social organisation and the wider economic and political context, both national and international, are drawn together in change over time. The present rural landscape in the West of Ireland is a mosaic of small fields, small...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Financial Engineering
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Financial Engineering

...social impact that extends beyond businesses and the market. Established assumptions about the economy and the free market would dramatically challenged. Is it safe or positive to have so much of the economy revolve around the financial sector? These events call for a potential transformation of how economics and business studies are taught. Atul Shah discusses these...
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Opening up history: teaching transatlantic slavery in British schools
History & The Arts

Opening up history: teaching transatlantic slavery in British schools

...social, cultural, political and economic afterlives of slavery within the present. I find the way that this history connects people, places, and ideas over time fascinating – it gives meaning to the work, even if that meaning can sometimes be difficult and complicated to grapple with. 4. What is your research project about? My most recent project focuses on the teaching...
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British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Education & Development

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

...social responsibility At the bottom of the list you'll find a selection of badged courses. These courses take 24 hours to complete and provide a free digital badge on completion which you can download, display and share as a mark of your achievement. The badges are not accredited by the Open University but they're a great way to demonstrate and provide evidence of your...
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Negotiating trade deals
Money & Business

Negotiating trade deals

...work?” There are also larger questions about current free trade agreements. In particular, many object to their benefiting of corporations and political elites. It reflects a broader global “race to the bottom” where countries compete with each other for business investment through reducing their social welfare, taxes and labour as well as environmental regulations....
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World-Changing Women: Madam CJ Walker
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Madam CJ Walker

...worked as a maid from the age of ten. By her fourteenth birthday, Sarah had married and three years later gave birth to her only daughter. In 1887, having been widowed, she moved with her daughter to St. Louis where her brothers lived. She earned $1.50 a day as a laundress and cook, struggling to send her daughter to school. By the age of thirty-five life did not look...
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Introduction to mental health science
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to mental health science

...social science perspectives. [introduction to mental health science] You will broaden your knowledge and understanding of anxiety and depression, recognise different lines of evidence and appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of current knowledge. You will look at theoretical models, biological and psychological explanations, and explore some of the more...
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Why is FGM practised?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is FGM practised?

...work of authors with similar and opposing perspectives who critically debate FGM through anthropological, human rights, public health, and social scientist lenses. They discuss the complexities of social norms, social convention, pluralistic ignorance, human rights, universalist and cultural relativism and feminist approaches (Fisaha, 2016; Shell-Duncan et al., 2018;...
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