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Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...managers, and an increasing and widening pattern of disputes in the public sector in Scotland has become more marked since the 1980s. Alongside these shifts, UK government cuts in public service provision, service withdrawal, assorted forms of privatisation and a range of other policy strategies falling under the general umbrella of ‘austerity’ have together...
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Article 10 mins
Collective leadership
Money & Business

Collective leadership

...Introduction - Welcome to the free course, Collective leadership, which explores the traits and skills of an effective leader in an organisational setting. There are many practices that could be considered and that you may be familiar with, however this course focuses on three leadership practices that have been referred to as the ‘extraordinarization of the mundane’...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Developing a research question in International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Developing a research question in International Relations

...manageable within the scope of a research project. Through this course, you will learn how to recognise and produce a good research question...This free course, taken from the MA in International Relations (Part 2), explores why research questions matter and what makes a good research question. Research questions are vital for any academic inquiry, yet writing a good one...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
World Toilet Day
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Toilet Day

...managed sanitation service': a toilet, not shared with other households, that either treats or disposes of human waste on site, stores it safely to be emptied and treated off-site, or connects to a functioning sewer. Globally, at least 2 billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with faeces. Every day, over 700 children under five years old die from...
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Article 5 mins
Introducing global development issues
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development issues

...managed? What can guarantee equality and fairness? What kind of good change do you want? [Introducing Global Development] The courses can be studied independently, but we recommend you start with Introducing global development and then follow this with Introducing key global development challenges. This content is associated with the Open University courses DD870...
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Video 10 mins
Combating air pollution
Science, Maths & Technology

Combating air pollution

...management. The five video tracks explore the nature of pollution arising from different forms of transport, and look at how data is interpreted and how pollutants can be minimised. To complete the album, Senior Lecturer Rod Barratt explains the choice of some of the case studies provided, and unpicks the issues that emerge, while Dr Suresh Nesaratnam gives an overview of...
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Audio 25 mins
Applying to study for a PhD in psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Applying to study for a PhD in psychology

...Introduction - If you have chosen to do this OpenLearn course, you are probably considering studying for a PhD in psychology, in the near future or at some later point. Here are some possible reasons. You enjoyed your previous study of psychology and you’d like to continue. You were successful in your previous study of psychology so you’d like to take it to the next...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Tackling systemic human and workers’ rights issues in garment supply chains
Society, Politics & Law

Tackling systemic human and workers’ rights issues in garment supply chains

...management to have better communications, empowering workers to raise and resolve grievances. In South India, we are working to address a number of workers’ rights issues in the spinning mills and garment factories. Our objective is to contribute to the elimination of exploitative practices in the textile industry in Tamil Nadu by implementing a replicable model that...
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