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Exploring evidence-based policing
Money & Business

Exploring evidence-based policing

...L. and Mazerolle, L. (2014) ‘Beyond the evidence: organizational learning from RCTs in policing’, Policing: a journal of policy and practice, 8(4), pp. 402–416. Braga, A. (2009) ‘Evidence-Based Policing’, in Wakefield, A. and Fleming, J. (eds.) The SAGE dictionary of policing. London: SAGE Publications, pp. 113–115. Bryant, R., and Bryant, S. (eds.) (2019)...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Human Resource Management and EDI
Money & Business

Human Resource Management and EDI

...L., Williamson, S. and Foley, M. (2021) ‘Understanding, ownership, or resistance: explaining persistent gender inequality in public services’, Gender, Work and Organization, 28(S1), pp. 284–300. Collins, C., Landivar, L.C., Ruppanner, L. and Scarborough, H. (2021) ‘COVID-19 and the gender gap in work hours’, Gender, Work and Organization, 28(S1), pp. 101–12....
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...l−1 is assumed. Note that, due to rounding errors, simply adding the figures in the final column would slightly overestimate the total volume of petrol used. A total of 225 km implies a consumption of 13.2 litres of petrol, not the 13.5 which would be obtained by adding the figures in the right-hand column. DAY JOURNEY DESTINATION LENGTH OF RETURN JOURNEY/KM ESTIMATED...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Review: Bisexuality: Identities, Politics and Theories by Surya Monro
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Bisexuality: Identities, Politics and Theories by Surya Monro

...L. Ramki Ramakrishnan and others. The wider discussion of intersectionality in the book is also worth highlighting. Intersectionality – i.e. the dynamic understanding of the interplay between various identities such as gender, race, ability, sexuality, etc. – was first proposed by Crenshaw in 1989 and has been a mainstay of writings on identity politics, particularly...
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The Great Resignation: temporary blip or more enduring labour market trend?
Money & Business

The Great Resignation: temporary blip or more enduring labour market trend?

...L. (2022) ‘Great Resignation - ethical, cultural, relational, and personal dimensions of Generation Y and Z employees’ engagement’, Sustainability, 14, 6764. doi: 10.3390/su14116764. Graeber, D. (2018) Bullshit jobs: a theory, London: Allen Lane. Microsoft (2022) Work Trend Index 2022: annual report. Great expectations: making hybrid work work. Available at: Great...
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St Lucia reimagined: marketing a Swedish festive icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

St Lucia reimagined: marketing a Swedish festive icon

...of pure foods in Great Britain’, Discourse, Context and Media, 34, doi: 10.1016/j.dcm.2019.100325. Runefelt, L. (2024) ‘A Cheap and Tasty Way to Health: Advertising Coffee Substitutes in Sweden, 1870–1914’ in L.A. O’Hagan and G. Eriksson (eds) Food Marketing and Selling Healthy Lifestyles with Science: Transhistorical Perspectives. London: Routledge....
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Hedd Wyn: how the life of one of Wales’ most promising poets was cut short by the first world war
History & The Arts

Hedd Wyn: how the life of one of Wales’ most promising poets was cut short by the first world war

...L. S. Merrifield, was unveiled by his mother in Trawsfynydd. On St David’s Day 2012, Wales’ then first minister, Carwyn Jones, announced that Hedd Wyn’s home, Yr Ysgwrn, had been bought for the nation, to secure and safeguard the poet’s legacy. Two years later, it was renovated and turned into a museum by the Eryri (Snowdonia) National Park. Hedd Wyn was a highly...
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The sharing economy
Society, Politics & Law

The sharing economy

...L. (2015) ‘Performing the sharing economy’, Geoforum, vol. 67, pp. 121 - 129. Non-market, non-monetised forms of economy and market-based cooperatives, and other economic alternatives that extend their aims beyond profit are discussed extensively in several Open University modules. As the module title suggests, sharing in a broad sense is a central concept in DST206...
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