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Introducing global development issues
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development issues

...social, economic, political, and environmental issues of our times. You will learn about key global development issues such as migration, socio-economic security, technological innovation and environmental sustainability. You’ll be introduced to a conceptual framework called PASH (power, agency, scale and history) that will help you to make sense of these issues and...
Sanctuary Tales: Fighting Speciesism One Animal at a Time
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sanctuary Tales: Fighting Speciesism One Animal at a Time

...Social Sciences qualifications. In this film, we reflect on some of the reasons why animal sanctuaries are needed. Other animals are often victims of neglect or harm, due to how humans perceive and use them, such as for food and clothing. Sanctuaries such as Hillside provide us with a unique insight into how animals can survive these difficult circumstances, and go on to...
Turn your bank holiday into a badged holiday
Miscellaneous

Turn your bank holiday into a badged holiday

...social media. 100% free online learning Earn a digital badge you can show off Flexible study in your own time So instead of chasing down missing screws in the DIY aisle or finding out you left the picnic at home, spend your bank holiday earning something future-you will thank you for. Free courses. Free learning. Free badges. Our most popular badged courses Not sure where...
Scottish nurses striking out
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish nurses striking out

...working conditions...Find out about The Open University's History and Social Sciences courses. Setting the scene On 12 August 2022, Scotland’s highest circulation broadsheet newspaper, The Herald, carried a headline exclaiming ‘Nurses set to strike for first time in their history’. While the words made an eye-catching headline, they failed to recognise, and in...
Does Brexit mean another Scottish Independence vote?
Society, Politics & Law

Does Brexit mean another Scottish Independence vote?

...social union should be to withdraw from another major political, economic and social union. This is particularly true now that Brexit has opened up the possibility of more devolution, which had previously been more or less closed off. A feasible alternative to independence is to push for more autonomy in the areas that are devolved and currently “Europeanised” –...
The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Northern Powerhouse
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Northern Powerhouse

...social cohesion. However, that initiative has largely been either derided or forgotten. The “Northern Powerhouse” concept has similarly not fully captured the public’s imagination yet. For many this signals that the strategy could be destined to fail even before it has been fully outlined or launched. The BBC explores this possibility in their article “Northern...
Supporting physical development in early childhood
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting physical development in early childhood

...that what happens in the early years impacts on a happy and healthy childhood. So the work that you do is absolutely vital to the national effort to give our children the best start in life. One of the things that we've learned over the last few years is the benefits of physical activity in health and wellbeing at all ages. From the very smallest babies when we start to give them tummy time and to support their head and ......
An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945

...social imagination of a society in any given period. European crime fiction since 1945 In 1945, most of Europe lay in ruins. The US government proposed a programme of economic reconstruction which, along with the prestige the US had gained from its role in the defeat of Nazism, led to an interest in the ‘American way of life’ in broad sections of the European public....