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Has London always attracted young Europeans to do its low-paid work?
History & The Arts

Has London always attracted young Europeans to do its low-paid work?

...manager told me this yesterday. These "clodhoppers", he says, are natural waiters. After a very few weeks experience they are perfectly capable of acting as assistants to older waiters and even, in a rush, of attending upon casual customers themselves. Their only fault is they are clumsy. They smash a lot of crockery, but then, as they hardly get any wages, and work for...
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Money & Business

Working in teams

...project and management teams. Many job applicants worry about their lack of experience of teamwork. Sometimes they undervalue the experiences they have already gathered. Where lack of teamwork experience is a problem, it can be remedied in surprising ways, for example by seeking unpaid voluntary work. Involvement in sports clubs, choirs and orchestras should also not be...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...project. They have been advised by their line manager that, by looking at something that is working well, they are ignoring the real problems that should be the focus of their work. d.You are leading a meeting in which you ask colleagues to spend time free writing around an issue and then use this as the basis for discussions. A colleague challenges you as to why you are...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
How good were the pollster's predictions?
Science, Maths & Technology

How good were the pollster's predictions?

...projected that Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour could end up with fewer than 210. In particular, an analysis of the favourite in each of the seats traded on the Betfair market gave the Tories 366 seats and Labour 208. The Predictwise betting aggregation site gave the Conservatives an 81% chance of securing an overall majority of seats, in line with the large sums of money trading...
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The value and progress of jury research in Scotland
Society, Politics & Law

The value and progress of jury research in Scotland

...project...Find out about The Open University's Law courses. [A group of people engaged in a debate.] When the Scottish Government announced in 2015 that it had accepted a recommendation to commission research into the Scottish jury, an observer might have wondered why this was even necessary. In 2012, Dennis J Devine estimated that there had been 1500 jury research...
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Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...manage the different stakeholder needs and wants across various projects in the organisation. For many charities and organisations within the sector, the primary stakeholders are not necessarily funders. For example, for some membership organisations, members are the primary stakeholders. For many charities, service users are the primary stakeholders. Moreover, many...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter
Society, Politics & Law

Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter

...project currently running on the Norfolk coast, UK (PI Revill, ‘Listening to Climate Change: experiments in sonic democracy’):www.soundingcoastalchange.org. More information on this audio-slideshow Transcript Coping on the coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter Welcome to the first half of a two-part audio-slideshow that explores how...
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Video 15 mins
Reading communities
Education & Development

Reading communities

...project found that RfP is strongly influenced by relationships between children, teachers, families and communities. Where shared understandings were established about the changing nature of reading and the value of everyday reading practices, these supported children’s RfP. These reading communities generated new kinds of talk about reading. Reciprocal and interactive...
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