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Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities

...Working for Water Programme (WWP) case study, introduced as a programme that actively addresses the impoverishment of black South Africans. 14 million South Africans currently have no or inadequate water supplies. In 1997, unemployment stood at 37%, and 50% of the population was classified as ‘poor’. With 240 projects since its inception, the WWP has generated 42,000...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Assessment in secondary music
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary music

...work, including making decisions about what is assessed and how it is assessed. Most of all, however, the course will have at its heart considerations of how music assessment can be musical. The course identifies and explores some of the key issues and debates around assessment and music in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates you will...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...working conditions of secondary labour market jobs. Competition alone will not do this, nor will it remove the barriers that workers trapped in such jobs face in getting into better jobs. Institutionalists would be likely to advocate direct government intervention, possibly by promoting affirmative action or tackling low pay through equal pay legislation. In this case, as...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...working with children or are you a parent or carer? This free course, Supporting children’s mental health and wellbeing, is designed to give insight into the factors that are contributing to our youngest citizens’ poor mental health; examining factors from a national and global perspective. By the end of the course you will have gained knowledge about strategies and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Some thoughts on Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Some thoughts on Brexit

...worked. It didn’t work in the 1930s and after 6 years of austerity it has finally been abandoned as the overarching policy goal. But what it has left behind is a legacy of increased inequality by region and income class. An obvious scapegoat is excessive immigration, and this in my view is what has driven the Brexit movement in England. The situation in Scotland, Wales...
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Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...work on systems education courses in 1991 having first come across the concepts as part of his postgraduate OU studies in Manufacturing. Martin describes his approach to STIP as: “A Curious person. I try to follow the adage of learning something new every day though these days it’s more about trying to remember something I’ve forgotten. What approaches and sectors...
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Recording women's experiences and resilience during Covid-19
Society, Politics & Law

Recording women's experiences and resilience during Covid-19

...work during the pandemic. Together, we celebrate women’s resilience and demand better for women. From December 2020 to March 2021, one thousand women members participated in an online questionnaire, the answers to which informed this video, showcasing the work and homelife experiences of women in education professions. Teachers and lecturers offer insight into the many...
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Video 5 mins
Hard Choices: How Would You React?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Hard Choices: How Would You React?

...work then you should check that this feature hasn't been switched off or disabled. Check your browser's help files for more information on this. Kelly Kelly is fifteen years old and two months pregnant. Her parents separated when she was three and her father, with whom she lived after the separation, died when she was five. From then onwards, she moved from place to place...
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