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30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’
Money & Business

30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’

...managers and owners, enabling them to highlight shared concerns.” Dr Richard Blundel, current editor of the Quarterly Survey, said: “It is difficult to overstate the sheer pace of change that SME managers and owners have experienced during the last three decades. It is apparent that the spread of digital technologies has had a particularly dramatic impact on small...
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Article 10 mins
Immigration detention: what's the problem with privatisation?
Society, Politics & Law

Immigration detention: what's the problem with privatisation?

...manage detention facilities in Harmondsworth near Heathrow airport and a second one near Manchester airport. In 1971, Securicor Group Limited and Security Services Limited were also listed on the London Stock Exchange. Ten years later, in 1981, Securicor Chair Peter Smith was awarded the OBE for services to the ‘security industry’. This was just the beginning of new...
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Article 10 mins
Building the London Underground
History & The Arts

Building the London Underground

...project, which, when known, will excite very great interest in the metropolis. It is for the purpose of making a railway under the ground from the lower end of the Edgware Road to the Lings Cross. The subterranean railway will, for the most part, run beneath the New Road. The estimated capital for the execution of the work is £300,000 and, as a proof that the scheme can...
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Article 5 mins
Careers in Esports
Science, Maths & Technology

Careers in Esports

...projected to reach approximately USD 48.09 billion by 2034. Audience growth continues to accelerate, with the global esports viewing population expected to reach 641 million in 2025 (SQ Magazine). This makes esports a vibrant, creative and quickly expanding industry for anyone considering a future career in this space. We met with Leyla Sabet, Head of Education at...
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Video 15 mins
Design is open
Science, Maths & Technology

Design is open

...projects. Transcript Transcript Transcript Learn more: Study design at The Open University Bachelor of Design at The Open University RSA website RSA Capabilities for Life Framework Design Council website Design Council Skills for Planet References Design Council (2022) Design Economy: People, Places and Economic Value. Available at:
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Article 5 mins
Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start of course survey....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The Lovable Bra Occupation, Cumbernauld, 1982
Society, Politics & Law

The Lovable Bra Occupation, Cumbernauld, 1982

...Manager of the Cumbernauld Development Corporation informed the Corporation that “he [would] advise the board of trade informally that, until further notice, no more enquiries to be considered for clothing firms’ (‘Minutes of the Industry Committee of Cumbernauld Development Corporation, 1965 – 1969’, meeting of 19 January 1965). [The former Lovable Factory in...
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Article 10 mins
Crimes of the powerful
Society, Politics & Law

Crimes of the powerful

...Introduction - This free course examines crimes of the powerful, examining the complexities and barriers associated with setting new criminological research agendas by considering the difficulties associated with conducting research on crimes of the powerful. It asks you to think critically about how knowledge is constructed and contested, how we define what is...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs