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Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage
Society, Politics & Law

Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage

...communication and also possibly contributing to shaping consciousness and selfhood (whether one subscribes to Lacanian theory or not, the ‘inner voice’ is partly linguistic). My practice focuses on language because of its dual nature: it has a cultural, and ‘natural’ bias and a significant role in shaping thinking. At the same time, when we think of the voice, we...
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Article 5 mins
A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast
OpenLearn Ireland

A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast

...communities, arts, sports, and lives...Find out about The Open University's Politics courses. Episode 1: The role of the Arts in a post-conflict society Episode 1 host and guests [Photograph of our host, Jordan Keeny.] Host: Jordan Kenny, BBC Radio 1 Jordan Kenny’s a TV and radio presenter/reporter, normally heard on BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat programme. Originally from...
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Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology
Society, Politics & Law

Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology

...communicating ‘certainty’ about `objective facts’ there was a need for discussion involving openness, transparency and the uncertainties around scientific knowledge. The stress was now on how a ‘crisis of trust’ required a new era of dialogue between scientists, experts, policy makers and the public and the modality switched from ‘pubic understanding of’ to...
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Article 15 mins
Assessing risk in engineering, work and life
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing risk in engineering, work and life

...community. Risk is tied in with accidents so it is vital to understand how accidents arise, how likely they are to occur and how they can be prevented. These subjects are all covered in this course...Risk is something that must be taken into account at all times when practising as an engineer. We accept risk as part of everyday life so there is a need to balance the risks...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
An introduction to school librarianship Badge icon
Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...community, and its diverse mix of students with different needs, such as English as a second language, or special educational needs. You also need to be aware of the makeup of your school in terms of things like ethnicity, gender, and prior attainment. Once you've spent some time discovering your school community, it's important to find out about the school's mission...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Questioning crime: social harms and global issues
Society, Politics & Law

Questioning crime: social harms and global issues

...communities affected by the hurricane? Legalistic approaches are grounded in the assumptions that the law and criminal justice systems should be used to define crime, determine whether offences have taken place and determine what redress (if any) victims are entitled to (similarly to traditional criminological approaches). It assumes that any government failings can be...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
The psychology of cybercrime
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of cybercrime

...communicating with everybody. I mean, I use social media obviously. I use Facebook for personal usage, keeping in touch with friends and family that are all across the globe. And obviously, Twitter we use obviously as work purposes. But I think, yeah, constantly, it's the first thing you check when you get up to see what's been going on the night before or, so that sort...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Leadership challenges in turbulent times
Money & Business

Leadership challenges in turbulent times

...community, the extended family, is where the immediate response will be, so it’s actually looking at that. Video 1 Based on the challenges Amanda Griffith addresses in the video, drag and drop each to the examples which illustrates the particular challenge. Violence in the home Children having to leave home The need to access education or work Children having to leave...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs