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Welfare, crime and society
Society, Politics & Law

Welfare, crime and society

...community. The tracks on this album explore how forms and practices of surveillance reveal the entanglements between welfare, crime and society and the tensions and overlaps between policies aimed at delivering social welfare and those intended to control crime. The material is drawn from the course DD208 Welfare, crime and society... Welfare, crime and society A short...
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Audio 1 hr 20 mins
Introducing Homer's Iliad
History & The Arts

Introducing Homer's Iliad

...orally use these features to think about and interpret the poem...Introducing Homer's Iliad: 1 The Troy story - Homer’s two poems – the Iliad and the Odyssey – together tell the story of a war between Greeks and Trojans at a place called Troy (or Ilium, to give it its Latinised name – hence the Iliad), and the return home of one of the heroes, Odysseus (hence the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The Art of Rich Pictures
Science, Maths & Technology

The Art of Rich Pictures

...communication? How can they help us in business, in our everyday and personal lives? Rich Pictures is a term used to describe a means of communicating, expressing and discussing complex ideas though images. Although the term is primarily used in a modern business setting, the Rich Pictures concept is wide ranging and has evolved over thousands of years. They can be seen...
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Video 21 mins
Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing

...communication and engagement. There is also an increase in the use of contractors, virtual teams and homeworking, flexible working and project-based contracts, with many employees having portfolio careers with multiple employers. How do we prevent people becoming demotivated and disconnected, and heading towards lower wellbeing and perhaps even burnout? Employee...
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Article 10 mins
Teaching secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Teaching secondary modern foreign languages

...communication skills and associated strategies but also employability skills and cultural awareness. It also develops their literacy in their own mother tongue, to motivate students to learn languages that’s the challenge. For that MFL teachers need to be enthusiastic about learning, passionate about teaching languages and aware of the main issues in relation to...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Culture and regional distinctiveness
OpenLearn Ireland

Culture and regional distinctiveness

...oral tradition of songs and storytelling. [St Brigid’s Cross] St Brigid's Cross on the wall of a cottage in the Folk Village, Glencolmcille There are also distinctive customs and behaviour in the West, including religious practices which blend the universalism of Catholicism with more ancient religious traditions at, for example, weddings and wakes (funerals), and in...
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Article 5 mins
Public health approaches to infectious disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Public health approaches to infectious disease

...Oral rehydration salts - The importance of community participation in the success of national campaigns to reduce the impact of diarrhoeal diseases is also illustrated by the use of oral rehydration salts (ORS) by parents all over the world to prevent dehydration in children with diarrhoea. Many low-income countries have established national ‘Control of Diarrhoeal...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
How religious groups support peacebuilding in the UK
History & The Arts

How religious groups support peacebuilding in the UK

...community relations and peacebuilding?...In these two short films, you will learn about two organisations: the Corrymeela Community in Northern Ireland, and the St Philip’s Centre, a charity in Leicester. Before each film, Dr John Maiden will provide some background information about these organisations and the contexts in which they work. The Corrymeela Community The...
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Video 5 mins