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Introducing global development issues
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development issues

...courses. ...These courses are derived from the Open University modules DD870 Understanding global development and DD871 Key challenges in global development. These OpenLearn courses are a set of two, introducing you to ideas of global development and the interconnectedness of the world when it comes to understanding the most pressing social, economic, political, and...
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UK clothing manufacturing booms, but workers' rights lag behind
Money & Business

UK clothing manufacturing booms, but workers' rights lag behind

...course, this does not apply to all workers across the board in the same way. The largest group working under these conditions is made up of female workers who have been in the UK for more than ten years, and either hold British citizenship or have a leave to remain and right to work status. The main reason why they have to continue working under these conditions is their...
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Rod Stewart was a 1970s ally
History & The Arts

Rod Stewart was a 1970s ally

...course, it is his voice, which so convincingly delivers a wide range of emotion, from callousness and exuberance, through anger and whimsy, to hurt and self-deprecating mockery. Elton John summed it up in his acceptance speech at the 2013 BRITs Icon Award Show. Stewart, he said, is “the greatest singer that rock ‘n’ roll has ever had.” What is sometimes...
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The origins of Welsh male voice choirs
History & The Arts

The origins of Welsh male voice choirs

...employment were migrants from rural Wales, bringing with them their culture, their language, their nonconformist religion, and their fondness for harmonised singing. They were young often single men who on arrival took lodgings where they were given the room next the front door. After work they went through it in search of recreation, entertainment and the company of young men like themselves, for men outnumbered women ......
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What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?
Society, Politics & Law

What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?

...language or religion, but these protections do not extend to people of variant sexual identity. This gray area is where discrimination still manages to play out in the daily lives of LGBT persons. Nasser*, a 23-year-old who moved to Jordan about a year ago and identifies as a homosexual, has experienced being asked to leave an establishment for displaying affection...
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Talking about weight in therapy – Top tips for size affirmative practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Talking about weight in therapy – Top tips for size affirmative practice

...language your client is using in relation to their size. At the same time it is worth considering the implicit meaning in terms such as ‘overweight’ and ‘obese’ as representing deviation from a largely unachievable norm of Body Mass Index (BMI). 4: What if my client wants to lose weight? [Plus size clothing ] Of course, client autonomy and self-agency is...
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People with dementia and meaning in music
Health, Sports & Psychology

People with dementia and meaning in music

...course, in communal settings such as care homes it is not always easy to cater for individual tastes, as the needs of a group of residents may have to be balanced (McDermott et al, 2014). You can complete this Playlist for Life chart to identify your musical preferences and begin to map your musical identity and see how these link with key memories from your own life....
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An exploration of ‘doing’ ethics in design practice
Science, Maths & Technology

An exploration of ‘doing’ ethics in design practice

...course. Instead, I look at where ethics appears in the day‑to‑day reality of design work. Who’s doing ethics? How are they doing it? At what point? Using what tools? And how do these decisions fit within the structures of organisations, rules and regulations, and power dynamics? Ethics isn’t just about big philosophical debates. It’s also about small choices...
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