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Race, ethnicity and crime
Society, Politics & Law

Race, ethnicity and crime

...articulated around concerns as to the ethnic polarisations between White English and Pakistani English residents in urban areas like Bradford (e.g. Ouseley, 2001). Community cohesion came to dominate an agenda in which local Muslim communities appeared to be blamed for the polarisation and cultural withdrawal that had occurred. As criminologist Eugene McLaughlin (2009)...
Level 3: Advanced 1 hr
Sut i ddarllen y newyddion
Society, Politics & Law

Sut i ddarllen y newyddion

...le ar hynny yn y bôn, mae'n ddefnyddiol gallu gwahaniaethu rhwng y ddau fath. Mae adroddiadau seiliedig ar farn yn cynnwys dehongliad yr awdur ei hun o'r digwyddiadau, a all roi safbwynt penodol iawn ar y newyddion. Drwy wahaniaethu rhwng adroddiadau ffeithiol a sylwebaeth, byddwch mewn sefyllfa well i lunio eich barn eich hun ar y sefyllfa. 2. Pwy yw awdur y stori, a...
Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage
Society, Politics & Law

Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage

...le lingue e la traduzione, perche’ pensi che queste siano questioni importanti? In che misura il tuo multilinguismo è importante per la tua arte? E in quale lingua pensi che il tuo lavoro stia comunicando con il pubblico? Laura: Thanks for this question about language, translation and the relation between my own plurilingualism and art. When we have to define what is...
Contemporary issues in managing
Money & Business

Contemporary issues in managing

...articulations between them (see Figure 3). This is represented diagrammatically as five nodes (in no particular order) connected by arrows. [Described image] Figure 3 Circuit of culture Articulations reflect how culture is produced and exchanged through movement between the five practices. In other words, we interact with each of these interrelated practices to produce...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...articulate your prior experience and its concerns...Week 1: Practising systems thinking in practice: 1 What do we mean by systems? - The most generalised definition of systems is usually along the lines of ‘an assembly of interacting components that does something for somebody’. In common usage (and in systems engineering!) there is an assumption that systems are...
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...articulate these skills and attributes they have gained through both formal and informal learning. Take a moment to familiarise yourself the framework in the figure below. [Described image] Figure 7 The Open University’s Employability Framework The framework captures ten core employability skills and attributes across three domains: Core skills and competencies Personal...
Ireland and the Battle of The Somme
OpenLearn Ireland

Ireland and the Battle of The Somme

...le Transloy, and at Ancre Heights, during which the decision was taken to terminate the campaign. With troops exhausted, casualties mounting and no sign of a breakthrough, it ended on 18 November 1916. The consequences of the Somme campaign The Somme has become emblematic of the hopeless, futile, apparently interminable slaughter of World War One. During the battle,...
Three Irish Poets – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

...le taobh na habhann, féachaint n’fheadaraís cá dtabharfaidh an sruth é, féachaint, dála Mhaoise, an bhfóirfidh iníon Fharoinn? The Language Issue I place my hope on the water in this little boat of the language, the way a body might put an infant in a basket of intertwined iris leaves, its underside proofed with bitumen and pitch, then set the whole thing down...