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The Harrison Centre for Social Mobility
Education & Development

The Harrison Centre for Social Mobility

...social mobility by working with young people and connecting them up to employment. 2022 saw the expansion of the Harrison Centre for Social Mobility business model, culminating in new Centres opening across northern England and overseas. This includes the first online Harrison Centre in partnership with The Open University, providing a curated series of freely accessible...
The benefits of social media in academia
Education & Development

The benefits of social media in academia

...social media into their work is very straightforward. For instance, sharing a document and commenting on it with others in a work or study team is possible in a few clicks or taps on a screen. Academic research projects can not only be shared or publicised, but researchers can put out a call for fellow researchers or participants. Social media can also be used creatively...
Social Care: Past and Present
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social Care: Past and Present

...Social Care: Past and Present A short introduction to this album. Changing communities in north Sheffield Introducing the two adjacent but distinct communities of Darnall and Tinsley in north Sheffield. Sheffield Health Action Zone Working with the community to improve individual and community welfare. Ethnic diversity in Sheffield communities Sheffield Social Services'...
Communication in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Communication in health and social care

...work. This material forms part of The Open University course K309 Communication in health and social care... Communication in health and social care A short introduction to this album Relationships in two settings Using two locations in the West Midlands, interpersonal relations are analysed in the context of everyday working practice, providing a unique look at...
Crime, Order and Social Control
Society, Politics & Law

Crime, Order and Social Control

...social problems - how should we respond to it? This album visits various communities in the UK to explore issues of criminal justice and the introduction of possibly controversial crime control initiatives such as restorative justice, which involves offenders meeting their victims. It also looks at schemes tackling problems of racial violence and other anti-social...
The Social and Discursive Construction of Disability
Society, Politics & Law

The Social and Discursive Construction of Disability

...social model' of disability Why does so much doom exist about disability? Where does that come from? The problem is not so much disability rather the idea of 'normal'. Disability is a conceptual anxiety of the normal body and mind. Social and discursive constructive perspectives can help explore the way disability and disabled people are represented in talk and text...
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...social nature of being human, will introduce you to several of the social aspects of humanity and being human. Some of these are obvious, as, during the course, you will think about crowd behaviour and consider traditional dilemmas of being in crowds. Others will be less obvious, such as the seemingly intimate and private act of charitable giving to the homeless. Yet the...
Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...social factors interact to cause wildfires and shows why these interactions need to be considered when preparing for future wildfires. Focusing on the 2007 wildfires in Greece, this course introduces students to the geographical concept of entanglement as a tool for exploring these interrelated factors. Using the ideas of the environmental historian Stephen Pyne, the...