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Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion
Money & Business

Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion

...adult social care, where we completely transformed one of the processes. So we used SMS text message to increase the amount of communication, reduce wait times for patients and carers. And the results were absolutely fantastic. However, there are still 12% of households in Wales that don't have access to proper broadband or proper mobile phone signals. And those...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?

...adults (Rix et al, 2009). Sharing values is never certain, however, and neither is collaboration. Perhaps it is not surprising that there is much confusion over what the term ‘collaboration’ means as well as little robust research into its impact and effective delivery. What research there is suggests that its implementation is inconsistent (Kennedy & Stewart 2011) or...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Library of Alexandria
History & The Arts

Library of Alexandria

...careful attention to Bagnall’s account of the historical library, and the evidence he uses. What kind of picture of the library does he build up? Are you surprised by any of it? Discussion Bagnall’s article is an uncompromising and valuable account of the troubling gap between the popular image of the library of Alexandria and the limited reliable evidence that we...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
OU Carbon Calculator FAQs
Nature & Environment

OU Carbon Calculator FAQs

...adults and children in the household? The calculator gives its results in terms of your individual or personal emissions, both direct and indirect. However, household income and a much consumption (eg, heating, vehicle use, the house itself, services like mortgage payments, and hence responsibility for their emissions) is usually shared. The result is emissions per person...
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Article 5 mins
53 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Education & Development

53 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...Adults, with the wonderful Bobby Seagull from University Challenge. We’ve partnered with some well-known companies to deliver top-notch learning such as CISCO in our Internet of Everything free course and Money Saving Expert in MSE's Academy of Money. In the wake of heightened concerns over black lives, after George Floyd’s murder in May 2020, and in light of the...
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Article 20 mins
The impact of online media reporting of family crimes on children
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of online media reporting of family crimes on children

...adult courts too, such as protecting the identity of under-18s (section 45) and even enabling lifelong anonymity for victims and witnesses under the age of 18 (Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999). Equally, article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) (1950), incorporated into UK law via the Human Rights Act (1998), guarantees the right to respect...
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One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?
Education & Development

One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?

...adults in lifelong learning, or children from disadvantaged backgrounds – are often assessed against generalised benchmarks that overlook their unique contexts (Baidoo-Anu et al., 2023; Solano-Flores and Nelson-Barber, 2001). In contrast, a ‘social approach’ emphasises the relational and structural factors influencing learning. It shifts the focus away from trying...
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Bus driver, social worker and university lecturer, a personal, professional and political journey
Society, Politics & Law

Bus driver, social worker and university lecturer, a personal, professional and political journey

...adult learning has occurred at different levels, ie, personal, professional and philosophical. For example, when I recall my decision to ‘return to learn’, I am now aware of how personal and circumstantial factors at the time affected my access to learning opportunities. As I have already highlighted, I had taken advantage of education courses provided by my trade...
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