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What is heritage?
History & The Arts

What is heritage?

...changes. It somehow becomes a place, object or practice ‘outside’ the everyday. It is special, and set apart from the realm of daily life. Even where places are not officially recognised as heritage, the way in which they are set apart and used in the production of collective memory serves to define them as heritage. For example, although it might not belong on any...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality Badge icon
Money & Business

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

...change to be successful...Session 3: Creating value: 1 Practice and theory - While it’s tempting to dismiss theory and go straight to creating your product or service, you may quickly run into problems with cash-flow, HMRC, suppliers and customers, amongst others, if you haven’t first established your legal status and your business model. A little planning and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work
Society, Politics & Law

Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work

...change laws, regulations or policies? How can your idea to improve an issue or problem be adopted by those in power? If you are involved in law reform or policy work, then this free course, Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work, is for you. Whether you are employed as a policy officer or carrying out voluntary work, this course will explain how to present...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families

...changes you can make in your own work and practice to improve people’s lives. You will also meet a panel of experts who will bring their perspectives to the issues raised throughout the course. Our experts are: [An image of two people sitting at a table and smiling.] Dawn Wiltshire and Pam Bebbington are both members of My Life My Choice, a self-advocacy organisation...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The obscure history of the ‘virgin’s disease’ that could be cured with sex
History & The Arts

The obscure history of the ‘virgin’s disease’ that could be cured with sex

...change there, then. Virginity as a ‘disease’ But one thing was very different when early modern writers thought about virginity. They believed in a particular disease which only virgins could have. First described in the 16th century, what was called “the disease of virgins” had a range of usefully vague symptoms: feeling faint, breathlessness, odd eating habits....
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Article 10 mins
Is blocking migrant benefits missing the point?
Society, Politics & Law

Is blocking migrant benefits missing the point?

...change in policy, based on the claim that the UK welfare system can’t cope with demand. Now, most countries are not against welfare restrictions. Some central European states do see it as discriminating against their citizens, but it is not unfeasible that Cameron will be able to get a deal. In fact, a timely focus group study revealed that Poles and Bulgarians...
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Article 5 mins
Methods in Motion: The magpie
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: The magpie

...changed by how we know it, I have come to realise that they are not just the means to an explanatory end. I might choose certain explanatory or theoretical frameworks because they suit my interests, but the reason I do this is because it is not sufficient to just offer observation or description alone. If I want to see how a certain identity is enacted through a state’s...
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Article 5 mins
Fiscal policy in the post-financial crisis era: debates and lessons learned
Society, Politics & Law

Fiscal policy in the post-financial crisis era: debates and lessons learned

...changed. Instead, the world has witnessed a widening of wealth and income inequalities. Transcript Further learning materials Arestis, P. and Sawyer, M. (2014) Fiscal and Debt Policies for the Future, Springer Link, available here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137269539#toc Ilori, A., Paez-Farrell J., and Thoenissen, C., 2021, Fiscal policy shocks and...
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