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Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...Research Centre (2024) presents the following: PLATFORM % WHITE USERS % BLACK USERS % HISPANIC USERS % ASIAN USERS (ENGLISH SPEAKING) Facebook 70 73 69 65 LinkedIn 33 34 24 50 Instagram 45 52 59 62 TikTok 26 50 48 31 Other ideas for brand promotion Does your organisation have a dedicated careers website or webpage? This could be a very relevant place to share important...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

...children’s films, television programmes and picture books. However, the anthropomorphic masking of a rabbit’s ‘real’ face in Figure 1 is jarring, with the same effect as a destabilising use of written language. This illustration is a critique of how cute images of rabbits are so prevalent that they obscure the real rabbits that they supposedly represent. It...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Approaching prose fiction
History & The Arts

Approaching prose fiction

...Children (1981). Did you note also the perhaps parodying use of that familiar story-opener ‘once upon a time’ – undercut straightaway by the narrator's change of mind: ‘No, that won't do’. We are then given a very specific setting, not just Bombay – a city perhaps exotic and unfamiliar to many readers – but also the name of the Nursing Home and an actual...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Can you put a figure on the humanitarian crisis?
Society, Politics & Law

Can you put a figure on the humanitarian crisis?

...children. It is, after all, a substantially improved stance. Not long ago, Cameron was dismissing the desperate attempts by migrants to cross from Calais to the UK as “unacceptable”. Until very recently, his sole emphasis was on blaming migrants and on fortifying Britain. [David Cameron] Cameron is also right to argue for a “comprehensive approach that tackles the...
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Article 5 mins
Mistaken identity? Sharing experiences as a South Asian woman
Education & Development

Mistaken identity? Sharing experiences as a South Asian woman

...children’s names mixed up all the time, I often confuse them with the dog and vice-versa! However, I’m not at home or dashing madly about juggling 101 things, I’m at work where I expect people to have enough respect and interest to know my name, know that I am different to someone else of colour and have the decency to recognise when they have got it wrong and...
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Article 5 mins
Ethics Bites
History & The Arts

Ethics Bites

...Warnock about the ethics dilemmas of having children. Find out more about Mary, and ethics, at www.open2.net/ethicsbites. Human Use of Animals Peter Singer, possibly the most famous philosopher in the world, sparked the birth of the animal rights movement. Discover his take on the human use of animals. Find out more about Peter, and ethics, at www.open2.net/ethicsbites....
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Audio 3 hrs 49 mins
The moderate authoritarians: Labour's soft middle gets tough
Society, Politics & Law

The moderate authoritarians: Labour's soft middle gets tough

...centre-right” Christian Democrat party demanded that Greece accept austerity conditions – this despite the Greeks people’s decisive vote for the anti-austerity Syriza. This was nothing short of political authoritarianism. In the words of the German intellectual Jurgen Habermas: the outcome is disgraceful because forcing the Greek government to agree to an...
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Article 5 mins
How does rugby provide a focus for South African unity?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How does rugby provide a focus for South African unity?

...centres? An obvious omission to the squad is Elton Jantjies, a black player whose performance is arguably good enough. Rugby’s one saving grace is that it has not been involved in much of the corruption that has tarnished other sports, such as allegations of match-fixing in cricket. We can liken the state of the nation to the state of its rugby team. This sounds banal...
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Article 5 mins