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Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...think about what you would like to achieve in your career in the short (within the next year), medium (next 1–3 years), and long (3+ years) term. In the box below set out some of these goals. They could be ‘general’ rather than comprehensive e.g. be employed in a sports related job in one year. You might want to relate them to experience you want to gain,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
A question of ethics: right or wrong?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A question of ethics: right or wrong?

...think it is important that as a footballer I am employed to help my team to win every match. Whilst some of my on-field behaviour may not be morally acceptable I can always justify my actions to myself.' Comment The main point here is that values are personal and what we think is important whilst morals are not decided or defined by ourselves. Morals are cultural or...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...thinking about the causes of crises and unemployment. Keynes's thinking on how to reduce these problems was very influential with economists and policy makers for several decades following the 1930s. The economic downturn that started in 2008 led to a widespread revival of interest as economic conditions seemed to resemble those seen in the 1930s. This OpenLearn course on...
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Level 2: Intermediate 28 hrs
Working with diversity in services for children and young people
Education & Development

Working with diversity in services for children and young people

...think around ten percent, or maybe just over ten percent, of the school age population is from a non-white, non-British background. So it's a significant proportion of young people who have a different ethnicity or a different religion, or a different nationality, a different language, a different home life, which makes it more difficult, and they face an extra challenge...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Introduction to making political and social change
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to making political and social change

...think critically about it, i.e. how can their action lead to change? What are the different perspectives about the issue? Is the issue a contested one? (Wood et al, 2018; Westheimer and Kahne, 2002). They also need a range of practical skills and understandings to make real-life change within a democracy, including how to communicate effectively (Wood et al, 2018). An...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Retirement planning made easy
Money & Business

Retirement planning made easy

...think about are: What kind of lifestyle would you like to live? How much will you have saved by the time you reach retirement? Would you like to carry on working part-time or would you prefer more leisure time and freedom? Do you need to think about later life costs or looking after other people? Being well informed and taking control of your retirement finances –...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Behind the camera
History & The Arts

Behind the camera

...system; other times the films’ content was ‘unofficial’, agitational propaganda against the current order. Taking all these users together, a number of common threads emerge as to how and why they used film - what might be defined as the personal/psychological, the social/cultural and the political/ideological motivations. On a psychological level, much use of film...
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Article 10 mins
The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911
Society, Politics & Law

The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911

...system was pressured and dehumanising with the worker seen as just another cog in the process of maximising profit. Payment for work was on a piece rate system where every task was timed by foremen carrying stopwatches. The times would be set to the speed of the fastest, often the most experienced, workers. If work was rejected for quality problems, the worker would have...
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Article 10 mins