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Tracing your family history
History & The Arts

Tracing your family history

...education seminars and excursions to archives. You should also consider joining the Society of Genealogists, where there is a wealth of resources as well as work done by others. Of course, these days you can find any number of websites that offer advice, but try to stick to official sites such as the General Register Office, whilst Cyndi's List has an amazing collection...
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LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters
Society, Politics & Law

LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters

...Education in 2017 found that 45% of LGBTQIA+ young people don’t feel safe within our schools, 48% had experienced homophobic or transphobic bullying, and 66.5% reported not feeling welcomed or valued within their school. The most recent statistics reported by the PSNI show the highest levels of homophobic and transphobic hate crimes in Northern Ireland to date. [Why the...
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The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction

...education and health outcomes are more mixed (Little et al., 2021). While cash lays the foundation for poverty reduction and improved wellbeing, complementary support is often required to go the extra mile. So-called ‘cash plus’ programmes do exactly this (Roelen et al., 2017). They complement regular cash support with additional support that help build knowledge and...
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Killers or carers?
Nature & Environment

Killers or carers?

...educate her partner (or the audience) about veganism, but the discursive work has been done – vegan is another country that may as well be the land of Oz for all the purchase it has on the ethical identity of the imagined Fray Bentos consumer. Insofar as the viewer identifies with the pie-eater, veganism is profoundly uninteresting; ethics cannot trump the pleasures of...
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Support for you and your mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Support for you and your mental health

...education provider will have pathways to help. If you are studying with The Open University, please talk to your Student Support Team or tutor. If you are studying at another institution search for your institutions name and ‘student support’ to get information on who to speak to. Alternatively, speak to a representative at your student’s union or your lecturers and...
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Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...Education institutions and SCITTs, and supports 82 OU/UKLA Teachers’ Reading Groups which offer free CPD for RfP across the UK. A monthly newsletter keeps teachers up to date with new resources, events and conferences and, in addition, the Egmont RfP Awards, in collaboration with OU and UKLA, help to profile the work of practitioners and schools who have created vibrant...
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Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...education play an important role in facilitating our personal diversity and inclusion journeys and the impact we can choose to have in our workplaces. As has hopefully come across clearly throughout the course, we all have biases and privileges, and we shouldn’t be afraid of admitting that. The key is to acknowledge them, try to understand them and make an effort to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social care and social work

...education maintaining a register and ensuring that registrants demonstrate that they continue to meet relevant standards investigating and responding to complaints. ‘Social worker’ is a protected title applied to people who hold their nation’s recognised and regulated professional social work qualification, currently at honours degree level across the UK. In 2022,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs