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Women and the fight to reclaim higher education
Society, Politics & Law

Women and the fight to reclaim higher education

...Social Sciences courses Background In the context of the growing ‘cost of living crisis’ in 2022, it’s unsurprising that trade union activity in Scotland has featured regularly in public discourse. Waste and recycling workers made headlines when they went on strike over pay and conditions in Glasgow during COP26 in November 2021; then in Edinburgh during the annual...
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Change in the West of Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Change in the West of Ireland

...social decline. So, while travellers from all over the world enjoy coming to this ‘remote’ location, that same ‘remoteness’ has also resulted in another type of connection to the wider world as many locals have emigrated in search of employment opportunities. In the following collection of articles, we explore the question: How can unique and distinctive regions,...
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The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911
Society, Politics & Law

The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911

...Social Sciences courses Background The Singer Manufacturing Company was one of the first multi-national companies. From their US base they expanded to Scotland in 1864, starting the assembly of sewing machines at a small factory just off John Street in Glasgow. Growing demand for their machines led them to transfer production to a new plant in Bridgeton before...
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Developing (as) a research team
Education & Development

Developing (as) a research team

...social relations of research production, and to promote disabled people’s individual and collective empowerment, should be user-led and accountable to those being researched (Barnes, 2003). Nor, perhaps is it surprising if such research seeks to involve diverse voices from the outset and as key participants throughout. But what about a less obviously participatory...
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Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?
Education & Development

Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?

...social interaction, and not work, and so would prefer to work on their own ie. without fun. Some students felt that online activities were repetitive and that associated reading activities were boring, linking distance education with an explicit lack of fun. Furthermore, some students reported feeling under pressure or stressed, and that they did not expect online...
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Article 20 mins
Caring for adults
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for adults

...social care. It enables us to build relationships with the people we care for and their families, develop relationships with people we work with and other professionals, provide clear information and carry out appropriate reporting and recording. From the time we get up to the time we go to sleep, we are communicating. We can have hundreds of moments in a day when we are...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
An introduction to school librarianship Badge icon
Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...social media. It's really helped me to appreciate how different all schools are, and also just how much we have to learn from each other. First, I think it's really important to understand the profile of your own school 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...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...social meaning or magnificence, or alongside coins and ceramics as aspects of identity. Equally, visual culture serves as an eloquent indicator of gender. If art is defined, as it was in later centuries, solely as an aesthetic entity prompting scrutiny for its own sake alone, then the purposefulness of the varied forms of art produced during the medieval and Renaissance...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs