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Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...education, rather than larger political and economic forces. The solution is always to conduct more work on the self, rather than to question and challenge how things are seen and done in the first place. The drive is to individualise problems rather than to approach them systemically and collectively. When things go wrong with leadership, the temptation is always to...
How can honour killings be stopped?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can honour killings be stopped?

...education pack, Changing Hearts and Minds to disseminate lesson plans and best practice. It is also extending the Ambassadors programme to survivors to challenge cultural and religious norms and practices within the community. Another example of prevention work is The Fatima Project, an EU Daphne funded multi-country project, which in the UK was led by the Angelou Centre....
Dance skills
Education & Development

Dance skills

...education and training. In this free course, Dance skills, it is also the main point of reference...Dance communicates ideas through movement and is an expressive art form. Students need to learn how to use their body in a safe and healthy way, whilst developing a wide-ranging movement vocabulary. The use of different dance techniques can be an effective way of building...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University
Education & Development

Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University

...technology, engineering and mathematics degree with the BSc Combined STEM. Finally, the MA/MSc Open is an innovative masters degree, which means you can expand your existing discipline-related knowledge to pursue options related to your professional development. People change jobs and careers throughout their life. The open qualifications enable you to align your study to...
Diversity in religion: Islam
History & The Arts

Diversity in religion: Islam

...technologies, and they challenge traditional authority structures in a way that’s quite unprecedented. Having said that, it’s very difficult to get into the traditional authority structures. There is a Saudi Arabian scholar - very influential, I think he’s called Salman al-Ouda - who had what were for a Saudi, quite progressive views on a lot of things, including...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Marketing communications in the digital age
Money & Business

Marketing communications in the digital age

...technology provider, used a hard-hitting factual theme to convey the impact of global water consumption. It enhanced the creative execution of the advert through the endorsement of Manchester City Football Club: Video 6: Xylem ‘Manchester City’ advert (make sure to open this link in a new tab/window so you can easily return to this page). Slice of life ‘Slice of...
‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...education, since the views and perspectives of these groups are not well reflected in western society. Like many UK institutions, Buckingham Palace in its efforts to modernise, invited Black and Brown people to events, but need to do much more work on how to ensure their events are inclusive. This involves better understanding of the part that the British Empire played in...
Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?

...technological systems create ways of knowing that are caught up in the processes by which they remain coherent; because knowledge and social life are self-referential, their inequalities can seem self-evident, natural or even beneficial. The corollary is that inventing new ways to know the world allows that world to be changed. By exploring how we know we also learn about...