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The 2015 Autumn Statement: First responses
Society, Politics & Law

The 2015 Autumn Statement: First responses

...skills, the ideas and the infrastructure that fuel long-term prosperity. Osborne talks about “rebuilding Britain” and that the economy is “motoring ahead”, but he ignores that we have had the slowest economic recovery since the industrial revolution. The economy would have been more prosperous if he had buried his head in the sand and done absolutely nothing since...
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Five ways in which COVID-19 has impacted on progress in global health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five ways in which COVID-19 has impacted on progress in global health

...skilled care in a health facility prior to the pandemic. Figure 1: Percentage of live births delivering at a health facility in the five years preceding the Demographic Health Survey in nine African countries Data taken from the Demographic Health surveys of Kenya (2014), Malawi (2015-16), Mozambique (2011), Nigeria (2018), South Africa (2016), Tanzania (2015-16), Uganda...
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Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...studies. Professional bodies in Engineering and ICS have begun to require, as a condition for accreditation, the study of ethics-related topics, and, partially in response to these requirements, new pedagogies for teaching and learning these topics are gradually emerging. This course explores the idea that drama and dialogue provide powerful tools to help ICS students and...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the issues around defining ‘technology’, ‘innovation’ and ‘innovation management’ recognise the diversity of types of innovation, innovators and innovation settings understand the nature and extent of technological change and innovation critically assess and explain key current issues in our understanding...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Exploring equality and equity in education
Education & Development

Exploring equality and equity in education

...studying this course, you should be able to: delineate different understandings of equality in education give some examples of inequalities in different cultures and jurisdictions...Exploring equality and equity in education: 1 Equality and you - Across jurisdictions and cultures, there are different policies and practices which result in some people finding it difficult...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...skills by writing a character sketch. You can move on to Week 5 now. If studying this week of Start writing fiction has inspired you, take a look at the area specifically created for you to explore more about writing fiction on OpenLearn...Week 4: Building your story: References - D’Aguiar, F. (1995) The Longest Memory, London, Chatto & Windus. Carver, R. (1981) ‘A...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...studying this course, you should be able to: describe and explain the meaning and nature of social marketing analyse social marketing problems and suggest ways of solving these recognise the range of stakeholders involved in social marketing programmes and their role as target markets assess the role of branding, social advertising and other communications in achieving...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes
History & The Arts

Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes

...skill – traits commonly associated with hegemonic masculinity. Hegemonic masculinity is white, heterosexual, privileged/middle-class, and able-bodied masculinity which is generally represented as opposite and superior to femininity and homosexuality (Connell & Messerschmidt, 2005). Thus hegemonic hyper-masculinity marginalises other masculinities (e.g. black, disabled,...
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