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Diversity in Education: Challenging the Norm in Academic Recruitment
Education & Development

Diversity in Education: Challenging the Norm in Academic Recruitment

...Open University? This article explores ...There is growing recognition across the higher education (HE) sector that an institution’s leadership should be representative of wider society. As institutions strive to ensure diversity is championed and that diverse viewpoints are reflected, it is equally important for individual decision-makers to reflect on their own...
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The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies
History & The Arts

The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies

...Open University's History courses and qualifications [Our] ash was mingled in the ovens - why should we be remembered separately…? (Woolford & Wolejszo S, 2006). [Forced Roma female labourers at Ravensbrϋck concentration camp] Forced Roma female labourers at Ravensbruck concentration camp The Roma (also known as Gypsies, Travellers, Sinti, Romani) are one of Europe’s...
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Supporting women musicians in the workplace
History & The Arts

Supporting women musicians in the workplace

...open culture where people feel able to talk about what they are going through and any support which they might need in the workplace – such as access to a desk fan, available drinking water, and appropriate flexibility – can help to normalise menopause and perimenopause and help those going through it feel supported. The charity Menopause Matters offers helpful advice...
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How gender equality can help fix the construction industry
Society, Politics & Law

How gender equality can help fix the construction industry

...for which the Carillion crisis serves as a violent example. Our research suggests that in order to do this we first need to transform our outdated industry. Promoting women to senior levels is essential for this to happen. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. More articles and free courses Study with The Open University...
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'A Rose By Any Other Name...': The Importance of Words when it comes to Race
Education & Development

'A Rose By Any Other Name...': The Importance of Words when it comes to Race

...Open University's Social Sciences courses and qualifications. 1969 was the year that a human first landed on the moon. It was also the year that I first saw a Black person on the telly. Both events were equally stellar for me. I was allowed to stay up late, even though it was a school night (I was only seven), to watch the grainy but miraculous pictures on our small black...
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Why the bands played on: Live music in the shadow of the Paris attacks
History & The Arts

Why the bands played on: Live music in the shadow of the Paris attacks

...course, there’s still big money in music. Increasingly, though, it’s live revenues that count, especially for artists without a back catalogue of hits, trying to build a career. It’s difficult to feel sorry for stars jetting between stadiums. Restrictions won’t hurt them much. But putting a show on the road with a shoestring budget, on the other hand, is hard at...
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Butterflies tell us more than you might think about our natural world
Nature & Environment

Butterflies tell us more than you might think about our natural world

...Open University module Environment: responding to change Vanishing nature You have probably heard that biodiversity, the variety of life on earth, is being eroded away. Climate change, pesticides, deforestation and intensive farming all contribute to this downward trajectory. Butterflies have declined by 50% since the 1970s, with 8% of resident British species extinct,...
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World Book Day
OpenLearn Ireland

World Book Day

...courses, articles and quizzes on OpenLearn...Celebrate the stories that shape us this World Book Day – from unforgettable characters and iconic novels to the brilliant authors and illustrators who bring them to life. Most of all, it’s a day to celebrate the joy of reading in all its forms. To help you join the festivities, we’ve curated a collection of free quizzes,...
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