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Engendering citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Engendering citizenship

...become a very important issue again. Mary Ruth Lister talks about citizenship in relation to membership of a community, but are we all equal in the community? In recent years there have been many challenges to the idea of universal citizenship, the idea that we are all equal before the law, but what about our access to the social benefits of welfare provision for example....
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First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...STUDENT 60. BOY 2 Higher. A lot higher. BOY 1 Higher. [MUSIC PLAYING] BOY 1 Each one of these turbines powers 500 houses, which is 2500 total. BOY 2 Solar group, if you want to gather around here. LIZ ROTHSCHILD We’ve got this fantastic team of student environmental educators who we’ve been working with in the local secondary school. BOY 2 It’s called an...
Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...students and their tutors has to be addressed in order for the tutors to be able to assess their students’ progress on a given course of study. The UK postal service became the key component of the solution that enabled The Open University to deal with large numbers of assignments. At regular intervals during the presentation of a course, students are required to submit...
Using data to aid organisational change
Money & Business

Using data to aid organisational change

...Becoming a practitioner-researcher - When researching an aspect of an organisation – in this case to make change – you can think about your role in relation to this research. In this case, you can call yourself a ‘practitioner-researcher’, due to the fact that you are working within the organisational context in which you would like to make a change. Different...
The importance of interpersonal skills
Money & Business

The importance of interpersonal skills

...becoming perhaps defensive, dependent or argumentative. Awareness of both our state of mind and the other person's can help to achieve more effective communication and to develop more positive relationships...The importance of interpersonal skills: 3 Roles - Quite often in work situations we are asked to work with a group of people we have not met before and with whom we...
What does it take to mentor young offenders?
Education & Development

What does it take to mentor young offenders?

...become entrepreneurs. Over a period of approximately 18 months, the programme trained and supported a team of 15 volunteer Business Enterprise mentor, linking them to around 50 young people during this period. 10 of the mentors are male and five female. They ranged in age from 22 to 60 years. Nine define themselves as white British, two as other British, one as black...
Why could phosphorus depletion leave us all hungry?
Society, Politics & Law

Why could phosphorus depletion leave us all hungry?

...become a basic human right?...Food is a fundamental human right, as set down by international human rights treaties and, often, national constitutions. But the right to food cannot be ensured without a corresponding right to phosphorus, as some scientists pointed out at the Sustainable Phosphorus Summit 2014 in Montpellier, France. [Trains loaded with phosphate rock, Al...
Building over farmland: Will city expansion leave the world hungry?
Nature & Environment

Building over farmland: Will city expansion leave the world hungry?

...becoming hubs of economic activity, large-scale changes are expected. However, the authors say this is the first study to quantify the effect of urbanisation on crop lands at global, continental, and country levels. The study was carried out by researchers from Austria, Germany, Sweden, New Zealand, and United States. The croplands that are going to disappear by 2030 have...