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How can we address racial inequality and racial disproportionality?
Education & Development

How can we address racial inequality and racial disproportionality?

...concept is defined) within the police forces, and how to address racism in public institutions, remains highly charged and disputed. The killing of George Floyd in 2020 by police officers during an arrest in Minneapolis in the US, as well as other notable deaths of unarmed Black and other civilians of racially minoritised groups at the hands of police in the US within a...
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Article 10 mins
Buddhist Economics
Society, Politics & Law

Buddhist Economics

...concept of Buddhist Economics, a set of principles based on the belief that the function of business is to supply goods and services for need and true well-being. Schumacher argued that Buddhist Economics could serve as a vehicle for human development to overcome self centeredness and augment human creativity and knowledge. Presented by Dr Mike Lucas from The Open...
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Audio 44 mins
Museums in contemporary society
History & The Arts

Museums in contemporary society

...course AD281 Understanding global heritage. Global heritage: case studies Dr Rodney Harrison talks about the audio and video case studies that are integral to the course AD281 Understanding global heritage. Critical heritage studies Dr Rodney Harrison, course chair of the course AD281 Understanding global heritage, explains the concept of critical heritage studies....
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Audio 2 hrs 6 mins
60-Second Adventures in Astronomy
Science, Maths & Technology

60-Second Adventures in Astronomy

...concepts from the big bang to relativity, from black holes to dark matter. The series also explores the possibility of life beyond Earth and considers why David Bowie is still none the wiser about life on Mars... The Big Bang Just how big was the Big Bang? Discover how scientists have calculated the exact volume of the noise created at the birth of the Universe....
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Video 17 mins
Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...concepts, frameworks and techniques developed for commercial marketers can be applied to the solution of social problems...Never before have social issues been more at the centre of public and private debate. From concerns about sustainability and the future of the planet to the introduction of smoking bans, there is a growing recognition that social marketing has a role...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Synthesis as a way of understanding the changing uniqueness of rural Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Synthesis as a way of understanding the changing uniqueness of rural Ireland

...concept of synthesis is used as a way to understand how places are continually evolving while retaining their uniqueness. This may sound complicated at first, but can perhaps best be approached by applying the idea to a familiar real-world example. Activity: What makes a place unique? To begin, think about the area where you live, or another which you know well. What...
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The ice-covered ocean worlds of the outer Solar System
Science, Maths & Technology

The ice-covered ocean worlds of the outer Solar System

...Concept)] Figure 4: 2019 Europa Clipper Spacecraft (Artist's Concept). These missions will help to pinpoint locations where the ocean could have recently interacted with the surface, paving the way for future lander missions that will directly search for evidence of life. Together, they stand to revolutionise our understanding of Jupiter’s icy moons, providing us with...
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'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?
Education & Development

'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?

...concept of ‘institutional racism’ aims to reveal?While individual conduct is relevant in these incidents, does the reliance on the ‘bad apples’ explanation reflect the challenge that Critical Race Theory illuminates and the concept of ‘institutional racism’ aims to reveal? Specifically, does the reduction of these incidents to representations of ‘individual...
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