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Building relationships with donors
Money & Business

Building relationships with donors

...social welfare; I think its funding should come from taxation. I feel I am intruding on people's privacy. I know it sounds funny, but I think we ought to be able to manage on what we've got already. I don't like rich people – they make me feel angry and uncomfortable; and I don't think we should ask poor people. It's just begging on a large scale and I find it is...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work
Society, Politics & Law

Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work

...social media where statistics are used to make a claim that seems improbable. When using or interpreting statistics, it is important to take care to check that the information is reliable and presented in a clear and unbiased way. To do this, you need to understand the context of the information, how it was collected and the limits of what it shows. [Described image]...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...Social Security numbers, physical addresses, and other personal information that could lead to identity theft and fraud. Equifax had a system to monitor network traffic, but it hadn’t worked for the previous 19 months because a security certificate hadn’t been renewed. Equifax stored its data in a database called ACIS, and was alerted in March 2017 to a critical...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Companies and financial accounting
Money & Business

Companies and financial accounting

...social context of company financial accounting so far. [Described image] Figure 5 The market, legal and social context of companies...Companies and financial accounting: 2.1 Sources of company finance - Sources of company finance include equity capital, debt capital, and retained earnings. In this section you will look at share capital in the form of ordinary and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Leadership: external context and culture
Education & Development

Leadership: external context and culture

...social group. The following activites will help you to focus on societal culture more closely. Activity 1 Timing: Allow up to 30 minutes Watch the film clip below, which is commenting on aspects of education in Singapore. As you watch, make notes on what it says about the societal culture in Singapore. You need to be aware that the narration on all the video clips has a...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Continuity and learning
Education & Development

Continuity and learning

...social interaction within a ‘culture’ – this could be a country’s culture, the culture of a family, or a workplace culture – and created the term ‘socio-constructionism’. He believed that an individual’s learning and development depend on interaction with others, and that a culture provides individuals with ‘tools of the mind’ – ways of thinking –...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture
History & The Arts

Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture

...social movements or activities which could be considered to blur the boundary between religion and culture? Classroom activity Discuss the questions above as a group...Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture: What next? - Check out the Religious Studies content on offer from OpenLearn. Interested in taking your learning further? You might find it helpful to...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms
History & The Arts

The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms

...social forces in the empire. It introduces some key topics and terminology. Please read it now before doing the exercise below. Click to view Looking for culture, identity and power (PDF) Exercise 2 Look at Plate 2 below, the image on the tombstone of a Roman soldier, Sextus Valerius Genialis, found at Cirencester in Gloucestershire and dated to the middle of the first...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs