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Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...Refugee and Migrant Justice were caused by organisations being too dependent on one source of income, particularly government contracts. Although the reasons for organisations failing are likely to be complex and intertwined, better financial management, together with maintaining stakeholder support, is important...Week 4: Working with financial information: 6 This...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...refugees arriving at Amritsar, now a border town on Pakistan and India, following the Partition, 1947. Different kinds of post-colonial nationalism developed imagining different futures for an independent India. These included a federalised system in which provinces where the Muslim population was dominant would play a role in a unified Indian state. They also included...
Planning a better future
Education & Development

Planning a better future

...seekers, and you can use it to gather information on potential employers with Facebook pages. Twitter is mainly used on mobile phones and enables short messages of 140 characters or fewer to be sent to all the people who ‘follow’ an account. It may be used by recruiters to get messages out to many potential employees very quickly and so can be a very good way of...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Hybrid working: organisational development
Money & Business

Hybrid working: organisational development

...refugee resettlement, has been the hospitality and openness of many rural towns towards migration and towards difference in that way. And I think there are small towns who've been quite pioneers in the way in which they've tried to reach out and to accept refugees, for example. There's an awareness of the additional needs of migrants in terms of entering the labour force...
Exploring anxiety
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring anxiety

...asylums of earlier centuries) ‘protect’ society as much as, if not more than, the people who are detained therein. This is clearly a distorted image − one that gives a disproportionate amount of attention to the risk of violence by people experiencing mental distress compared with other risks affecting them. The priority given to the risk of violence is not only...
Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Rural entrepreneurship in Wales
Money & Business

Rural entrepreneurship in Wales

...refugee populations Challenges to welfare provision and educational systems Changing consumer needs and wants. Technological Speed and capacity of communication Moore’s Law (data capacity of computer chips doubles every 18 months) Increased consumer sophistication due to widespread use of computers and the internet New mobile and wireless communications applications...
Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...seekers use it in their job search Showcase your company’s journey and commitment to diversity – including relevant programmes, benefits, policies, etc. Encourage employees to advocate for your brand – create content they can share with their networks Highlight your leaders’ commitment to diversity – share content on their commitment, efforts and diverse...
Get ready for beginners’ French Badge icon
Languages

Get ready for beginners’ French

...refugees; sales people with international customers; scientists cooperating with researchers around the globe. [Described image] Figure 5 Intercultural communication in medicine Activity 3 Interaction across cultures Timing: Allow about 10 minutes Can you think of situations in your private or professional life in which you interact with people from different cultures?...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs