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Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...LES Employment Gazette According to the annual General Household Survey, the labour market position of blacks deteriorated relative to that of whites between the 1970s and 1980s. The difference between the black and white wage rose from 7.3 to 12.1 per cent while the difference between unemployment rates rose from 2.6 to 10.9 percentage points. And things have got worse...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...Sen, 1995, p. 15, in Gupta, 2017, p. 459). It is important therefore for social workers when assessing the potential and capabilities of service users to develop fulfilling levels of independence, to carefully incorporate an understanding of the impact of poverty on their lives, showing solidarity with service users and working in partnership to support their struggle...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Herodotus and the invention of history
History & The Arts

Herodotus and the invention of history

...Le roi Candaules (King Candaules). Oil on canvas, by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1859. Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico Discussion These are points of comparison that you may have noted: Candaules, when it was time for bed, led Gyges to the room, and quickly afterwards his wife entered. Gyges watched her come in and set down her clothes. When he was behind the back of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...Le Monde that: ‘France possesses in Jeanne Leleu its most talented female composer’ (cited in Hamer, 2018, p. 83). Although not often performed today, Leleu was a highly regarded composer during the earlier twentieth century. She won France’s famous composition competition, the Prix de Rome in 1923, pursued a successful career as both a composer and a pianist, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...Le Vay, J., Page, L. and Jennings, N. (2022) ‘The impact of climate change on mental health and emotional wellbeing: a narrative review of current evidence, and its implications’, International Review of Psychiatry, 34(5), pp. 443–98. Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.1080/ 09540261.2022.2128725https://www.tandfonline.com/ doi/ full/ 10.1080/ 09540261.2022.2128725....
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Creating open educational resources
Education & Development

Creating open educational resources

...Sen Figure 3 A flower Answer This picture has an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) licence. It is the most restrictive of the six main Creative Commons licences, allowing others to download your works and share them with others as long as they credit you, but they can’t change them in any way or use them commercially. Name the significant locations...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Internet of everything
Digital & Computing

Internet of everything

...sens, full sense, to what we’re doing in Barcelona right now. MANEL SANRON Technology is for people. Technology is for using it. And technology is for improving citizens’ lives. We are sure that the Barcelona of the future will be even much better than it is now. WIM ELFRINK Smart cities represent places where people will want to live. By connecting the unconnected,...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Developing business ideas for drone technologies Badge icon
Money & Business

Developing business ideas for drone technologies

...Le Chaffaut-Saint-Jurson (Carmejane farm). [Described image] Figure 4 Drones used in livestock monitoring, IDELE research facility: CIRBEEF farm, Brittany, France Using drones on alternating days, relieves farmers from time demands while ensuring that continuous oversight of livestock is maintained. Preliminary results indicate that farmers saved 30% of their time when...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs