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Understanding organisational value
Money & Business

Understanding organisational value

...health and wellbeing of the organisation and its various stakeholders in the short and long term. That is to not assume that organisational value is amoral or devoid of any normative foundations. Instead, what an organisation values is commonly associated with what is perceived to enhance its value. An organisation, in this regard, does not believe necessarily in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
An introduction to social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to social work

...health team so know about services and the people who use them. I know how to work with people, for example, how to relate to teenagers; I know what to do if someone is angry or upset; I know how to be organised and get things done. I know some of the things about the law, for example at what age you can drink alcohol; the benefits system; deciding if someone has the...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Introduction to critical criminology
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to critical criminology

...health and safety regulations in pursuit of profit, then yes, factories are places of violence. Trade and production are presented as the cornerstone of thriving capitalist economics, yet critical thinking reminds us that they are also responsible for widespread injury, suffering and death. For some commentators (Young, 2002) the critical criminological project is a...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Voters might not love Europe - but that doesn't mean they'll leave
Society, Politics & Law

Voters might not love Europe - but that doesn't mean they'll leave

...health service that all EU citizens currently enjoy. Meanwhile, 51% want to end the automatic right of people in the rest of the EU to come to Britain to live and work. In other words they want to scrap the freedom of movement provisions that many in the EU regard as one of the cornerstones of the institution. Nevertheless, when these very same respondents were asked...
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Article 5 mins
Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act
Education & Development

Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act

...Health Visitors Citizens Advice Bureau Local Doctor Counselling support Student Pregnancy and Maternity Kids Days out Open University Student Association (OUSA) Societies/clubs Tips on balancing studies (time management) Student-parents with Disabilities Student-parents with additional caring responsibilities Finance and funding Budgeting tips Being a student-parent is...
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Article 10 mins
London’s great smog prompts link with Delhi
Nature & Environment

London’s great smog prompts link with Delhi

...health consequences. Over 4,000 people are thought to have died in London’s 1952 smog. By today 8,700 people in London will have died prematurely in 2017 because of major air pollutants, with more than one person an hour dying before their time. Globally, premature deaths linked to air pollution are estimated to be more than 12 per minute, or about one every five...
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Article 5 mins
Free online courses for refugees
Society, Politics & Law

Free online courses for refugees

...health and wellbeing resources Support and resources from other organisations Statutory agency UK Visas and Immigration (GOV.UK) – Seek protection or asylum General resources for educational support and finance Cara (the Council for At-Risk Academics) provides urgently-needed help to academics in immediate danger, those forced into exile, and many who choose to work on...
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Four weird ideas people used to have about women’s periods
History & The Arts

Four weird ideas people used to have about women’s periods

...health and in their absence, a loss of blood through another orifice was a fair substitute. In a classical Greek text linked to Hippocrates, the Aphorisms, it was written that “a nosebleed is a good thing if the menstrual period is suppressed”. So too was vomiting blood. And these beliefs lasted in western Europe until the middle of the 19th century. But what was the...
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