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Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...communications in achieving behavioural change...Social marketing: 1 Course overview - Never before have social issues been more at the centre of public and private debate than at the present. From concerns about sustainability and the future of the planet to the introduction of smoking bans, from actions to combat ‘binge drinking’ and childhood obesity to programmes...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Exploring languages and cultures
Languages

Exploring languages and cultures

...oral Bengali? And perhaps I’m quite good at communicating, but not actually particularly good at writing. Interviewer: They say language learning opens doors to cultures,have you found that the languages you speak helped you get to know other cultures or people better? Reeta Chakrabarti: Yes, very much so, very much so. You can get under the skin of a culture in the way...
Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
United We Will Swim: Women’s Role in The Struggle to Save Glasgow’s Govanhill Pool
Society, Politics & Law

United We Will Swim: Women’s Role in The Struggle to Save Glasgow’s Govanhill Pool

...community. A small group of local people attended the final evening session before closure and refused to leave. This began what is still the longest continuous occupation of a civic building in British history, lasting some 141 days. Over twenty years later in 2022, the building is being refurbished to re-open as a Wellbeing Centre including restoration of the historic...
Exploring how migration changes the places where we live
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring how migration changes the places where we live

...communities and in a series of videos, key figures from local councils and university professors discuss issues ranging from solidarity to challenges migrants face and multiculturalism...Find out about The Open University's Sociology courses Migration is a key political issue, consistently rated by the public as one of the most important issues facing the UK. Most debate...
Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
History & The Arts

Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners

...community of West Indian writers in London. It should be noted here that this community was at first overwhelmingly male. In the 1950s most West Indian migrants were men; only when they had settled did some bring their families to Britain. Almost inevitably, there is an emphasis on masculine perceptions in The Lonely Londoners. The impact of this on the novel’s gender...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Keeping Ahead in ICT
Science, Maths & Technology

Keeping Ahead in ICT

...communication technology that defines the digital age. Today, the latest mobile phone technology has changed everything. To reach the poorest communities, the government has had to adapt the technology and build new commercial partnerships. The six video tracks in this album introduce the size of the challenge, government policy and initiatives and the businesses that...
Hack For Change
Society, Politics & Law

Hack For Change

...community organizers and anyone with the passion to make their city better. They will collaboratively build new solutions using publicly-released data, technology, and design processes to improve our communities and the governments that serve them. Anyone can participate; you don’t have to be an expert in technology, you just have to care about your neighborhood and...
Learn 40 hand signals used by the Aboriginal people of the Western Australian Desert
Languages

Learn 40 hand signals used by the Aboriginal people of the Western Australian Desert

...communicate across distances...With its rough terrain and harsh climate, the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia can be a challenging place to live. For those carving out a life in this sparsely populated region, the vast distances of Australia's second largest desert can also prove to be challenging for those wanting to communicate with neighbors. Hand signs have...