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What foster carers want you to know
Health, Sports & Psychology

What foster carers want you to know

...health and social care at The Open University, spoke to five foster carers to gain their insights and reflections on their experiences. Transcript For foster carers, ensuring their voices are listened to, and that they are adequately supported, is essential not only for their own well-being but also for the quality and continuity of care provided to children. When foster...
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Article 5 mins
Forth Road Bridge
History & The Arts

Forth Road Bridge

...public transport alternatives and reducing the number of single occupancy cars and HGVs. You may wish to share these thoughts with fellow learners by posting your ideas in the Comments section below. Click to view the video extract (8 minutes). NEIL OLIVER Edinburgh reaches over the Firth of Forth with two great bridges. While the famously robust Victorian rail bridge is...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author
History & The Arts

Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author

...health Susannah Cullen died in 1796 (Lovejoy, 2006). Her death was followed by Equiano who died in London in March 1797 and their eldest daughter Anna Maria after she contracted measles age four years in July 1797 (Downs, 2020). [Sculpture of Olaudah Equiano, the Queen's House, Greenwich]Sculpture of Olaudah Equiano (Photo by ©JRennocks)Show description The commemorative...
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Article 5 mins
Lying and politics: a brief primer
Society, Politics & Law

Lying and politics: a brief primer

...public at a meeting or on the radio television or whatever it is. So it's not quite the same thing as lying specifically in the House of Commons. So that I would that's where I would draw a distinction. And of course it can sometimes become a grey area because you can say something what you mean but which perhaps you're not able to fulfil. Now this is where the the...
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Video 5 mins
Teaching citizenship: work and the economy
Education & Development

Teaching citizenship: work and the economy

...public life. Crick report, 1998 In the DfES document Making Sense of Citizenship: A CPD Handbook a distinction is drawn between acts citizenship and status citizenship (Chapter 1: ‘Spelling it Out’, p. 2). Acts citizenship involves behaviour. The issue this raises for companies is how to ensure that they conform to their obligations and responsibilities in respect of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Human rights and law
Society, Politics & Law

Human rights and law

...public international law, which in broad terms encompasses law relating to the legal rights, duties and powers of one nation state in relation to its dealings with other nation states. These rights, duties and powers are set out in international treaties or conventions. Such treaties and conventions may be global in their application or restricted to certain regions of...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Form and uses of language
History & The Arts

Form and uses of language

...public school, Marlborough. Although he had begun to write poetry at an early age, his expectations – like those of many young men of his generation – were that his privileged life would continue without the need for him to do much more than indulge his hobbies of golf, hunting and socialising. He continued to develop a poetic style and by 1914 had published some...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...public transport and street maps: how do they affect your life?...Cars have sat nav systems, mobile phones use GPS: maps are important in everyday life whether captured by aerial photography, satellite imagery or simply drawn. This free course, Why maps are made, looks at how we read and evaluate the information in maps and assesses the values embedded within them. From...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs