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Teaching citizenship: work and the economy
Education & Development

Teaching citizenship: work and the economy

...families. But do they know much about their rights and responsibilities at work? This free course, Teaching citizenship: Work and the economy, explores aspects of work, including child labour and its relationship to citizenship for those teaching this subject in secondary schools...The issue of 'citizenship, work and the economy' is often neglected in everyday discussions...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Remaking the relations of work and welfare
Society, Politics & Law

Remaking the relations of work and welfare

...Families Programme was established by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996. These programmes have been venerated as having solved ‘the welfare problem’ (Rogers, 1999; Clark and Hein, 2000; Peck, 2001). And they have epitomised the ways in which welfare policies are developed around particular constructions of personal...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Neighbourhood nature
Nature & Environment

Neighbourhood nature

...history of local woodland and how some traditional woodland management methods can benefit biodiversity. You will also learn about the importance of ancient trees as a habitat for certain rare species of insect and fungus. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Environment & Development...Neighbourhood nature: Learning outcomes - After studying this...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Social care in the community
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social care in the community

...family Timing: Allow about 45 minutes To bring the subject of family care to life, you are about to listen to a case study in the form of an audio drama. This will bring out issues vividly – you’ll hear tensions mounting and be able to imagine the scenes for yourself. The people you will hear are actors but what happens is based on real lives. Task 1 An incident on...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
What was the impact of 'Spanish flu' on the armistice?
History & The Arts

What was the impact of 'Spanish flu' on the armistice?

...history. Hypotheses about the source of the flu have varied but investigative work by virologist John Oxford and his team identified one of the camps on the Western Front as being at the centre of the flu outbreak. So how significant was the influenza outbreak on the casualties at the end of the First World War? “In the American Army it was hugely significant. I mean...
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Article 10 mins
Witnessing war through a smartphone lens
Society, Politics & Law

Witnessing war through a smartphone lens

...history - much of it recorded on smartphones. Yet most images made by and of victims of war provoke only a temporary surge in empathy. The digital witnessing of war by people caught up in it has at least helped to rebalance professional images of war and conflict which objectify the subjects. Images captured by Syrian civilians under constant bombardment have an...
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Video 5 mins
Olde dessert recipes
History & The Arts

Olde dessert recipes

...history of food since he stumbled across a copy of John Nott's 1723 Cook's and Confectioner's Dictionary in an antiquarian bookshop at the age of 13. He has since collected early cookery books and equipment as well as systematically learning most of the techniques and methods of the period confectioner. Ivan has given numerous lectures and demonstrations, runs courses in...
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Activity 5 mins
Henry Tudor: a Welsh hero…?
History & The Arts

Henry Tudor: a Welsh hero…?

...history is therefore fraught with problems. He can fulfil that role for people who are comfortable thinking of Wales as part of a greater British whole. But he sits less well with those who, whilst not necessarily advocating political independence, nevertheless view Wales’ historic relationship with England in more ambivalent terms. [The statue of Henry VII is in front...
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Article 5 mins