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Growing up with Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Growing up with Disability

...course KE312 Working together for children... Growing up with Disability A short introduction to this album. The Voluntary Organisation PLUS An introduction to the voluntary organisation PLUS. Circles of Support Forming volunteer groups of peers to help create natural friendship bonds with a focused child. Local Authority Play Support Creating, maintaining and prompting...
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Audio 1 hr 6 mins
Contemporary Issues in Finance
Money & Business

Contemporary Issues in Finance

...course B821 Financial strategy... Contemporary issues in finance An introduction to this album. Developments in corporate governance Developments in corporate governance, its cost and possible impact on fraud and misuse of company assets. Private equity The driving forces behind the use of private equity within financial markets. Hedge funds A history of hedge funds, and...
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Audio 1 hr 7 mins
Introduction to sport, fitness and management
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to sport, fitness and management

...course E112 Introduction to sport, fitness and management... Introduction to sport, fitness and management A short introduction to this album. Sport: Health and Safety A look at health and safety in the Gym and the precautions and checks that are taken. How the health, safety and welfare standards are met and how this is not restricted to people but apparatus as well in...
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Audio 54 mins
Managing care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing care

...course K303 Managing care... Managing care A short introduction to this album Moving into management Anita's frank and personal audio diary charts her progress in the world of management and highlights the challenges and decisions she now faces. Caring for quality How is the quality of service offered by providers maintained and assessed? Managers and staff analyse how...
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Audio 2 hrs 47 mins
Where does outer space begin?
Science, Maths & Technology

Where does outer space begin?

...free of any appreciable atmospheric drag. Clearly, at 200 km, you are in ‘space’ (the International Space Station orbits at 320-347 km). Lower orbits down to about 160 km are possible, but there is too much drag for these to be stable. But in the USA, there is no single accepted definition of where space begins, perhaps because the US Government prefers to keep its...
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Article 5 mins
The reason for low wages
Money & Business

The reason for low wages

...free market’ and the threat that that so-called neoliberalism poses for the survival of the middle class. Edward McClelland charts this history in his article The ‘middle class’ myth: Here’s why wages are really so low today in The Atlantic. This history speaks to the broader underlying causes of low wages. Whereas less pay is commonly framed as an economic issue...
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Article 5 mins
Out for the count: the mathematics of voting systems
Science, Maths & Technology

Out for the count: the mathematics of voting systems

...free elections, but how does the voting system affect the outcome? Across the UK and the world, different systems are used: the Additional Member System for the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Senedd, the Single Transferable Vote for the Northern Irish Assembly, the Alternative Vote for Irish presidential elections, and First Past The Post for Westminster. Transcript But...
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Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act
Education & Development

Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act

...course as a single mother with a nine-month-old baby girl, renting a flat, living on various benefits, working part-time and receiving a student loan. I’m sure there are many Open University students who can relate to this situation and have started their learning journey here. Many lecturers and tutors working at the Open University recognise that "student-parents" are...
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Article 10 mins