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What can philosophy tell us about race?
History & The Arts

What can philosophy tell us about race?

...businesses or services they could use. Today, racial inequalities remain prevalent in many societies, including racial disparities in education, income, wealth, employment, incarceration and health outcomes. [A row of figures in different shades.] Different academic disciplines ask different sorts of questions about race. For example, historians of race may be interested...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
An introduction to public leadership
Money & Business

An introduction to public leadership

...business of policing - money, performance - those areas of work - estates. And one phone call later you're dealing with running what would be quite considerable investigation or we got a job where we are having to manage a threat to a person's life, potentially, or harm. And you have to move, step between the two quite quickly and use your experience which you've gained...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list

...money invested in fast-turnaround markets on Mondays generates lower returns than other days of the week, and research by Glenn Pettengill suggests that on a Monday, traders might be less ebullient and willing to take risks than on other days: The “Blue Monday” hypothesis, states that the weekday effect results from shifts in investor portfolios resulting from...
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Women and the fight to reclaim higher education
Society, Politics & Law

Women and the fight to reclaim higher education

...money to spend; yet it prefers to invest in campus expansions and high salaries for those at the top and in grandiose ‘flagship schemes’. Meanwhile, university workers’ calls for fair pay and better conditions have been ignored by Universities, and by the Colleges Employer’s Association (UCEA) and Universities UK. The figures above illustrate how widespread...
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Life on the wall: Vindolanda
History & The Arts

Life on the wall: Vindolanda

...money – and including the interesting statement that he would not send his mules down to Catterick to collect a wagon load of leather hides, because the roads were so bad. The exceptional information in the writing tablets has to be combined with the archaeological information gained from 36 years of modern excavation. The finds include vast quantities of leather,...
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Article 10 mins
The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911
Society, Politics & Law

The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911

...money as we have no evidence of any strike pay being available. This was no secret ballot, as the postcards would be easily identifiable, so we can see how the pressure was being exerted on the strikers. On Friday 7 April, Clydebank’s Lord Provost, acting as independent adjudicator, certified the count as follows: Company 6,527 votes; Strike Committee 4,025 votes. Given...
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Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs

...money around towns and between towns (often across county lines) Being forced to shoplift or pickpocket Sexually exploiting/exploited young people Threatening or intimidating other young people, just because of a perceived difference due to heritage or sexuality Recruiting the child into terrorist or radicalised activities Child criminal exploitation can take place in...
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Video 5 mins
How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...business process re-engineering) were involved, a project structure would be needed – probably of a matrix type because of the various different professional interests (such as academic, legal and regulatory, formulation and analysis). f.This is likely to be the responsibility of a functional team, possibly with baton passing, or with a project manager or coordinator if...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs