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Innovative efforts to raise wages
Money & Business

Innovative efforts to raise wages

...works for the money they earn. The last several decades have witnessed people having to work longer hours—often for less and less pay. This has caused serious imbalances in the time they can devote to their family and personal interests. Increasingly, people feel as if they simply live to work rather than work to live. The attempt to increase pay can, therefore, also...
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Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...works by women composers. The 6-week course considers the male-dominated nature of the contemporary classical music industry and how to programme more women. It offers practical advice on diverse programming, funding, building audiences, finding scores and resources, and how to promote the work of living women composers. The course is illustrated throughout by interviews...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
My career goal: digital
Science, Maths & Technology

My career goal: digital

...working world, there are a range of free to access courses below which explore some essential aspects of IT. Digital life Our lives are increasingly digital, knowing how to best utilise this at work is becoming more and more important. The free courses below explore some ways in which you can take advantage of these skills. More Creative suites and software In extension...
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The Great Resignation: temporary blip or more enduring labour market trend?
Money & Business

The Great Resignation: temporary blip or more enduring labour market trend?

...Work Reshuffle, or the Big Quit. As academics who research issues to do with what we might call ‘decent’ work, this phenomenon interests us both. This article explores the Great Resignation and in particular asks whether it is likely to be anything more than a short-lived by-product of the pandemic, as well as exploring its wider significance in terms of what we look...
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Developing Stamina for Decolonising Higher Education
Education & Development

Developing Stamina for Decolonising Higher Education

...work, people tend to underestimate just how deeply colonisation shapes our everyday lives, and overestimate our capacity to identify and interrupt it. This is especially true in academic contexts where we tend to assume that if we simply accumulate more facts and information about the histories of colonialism and its contemporary impacts, this will then lead us to shift...
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Video 10 mins
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Education & Development

Succeed in the workplace

...work after a break? If so, then this free course, Succeed in the workplace, is for you. It will help you explore career opportunities by starting from you, not the job - getting to know yourself and what you value are the foundations of your career planning. You will gain the skills to write strong CVs and application forms, and to handle different types of interviews. By...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Wendy Gregory On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Wendy Gregory On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...work on green spaces...Transcript About Wendy Wendy is a semi-retired independent consultant and volunteer coordinator at two community gardens in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Wendy was introduced to systems behaviour in 1984, through the OU: “After that, I couldn’t stop seeing systems everywhere. It became so much a part of me that I even married another systems...
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UK clothing manufacturing booms, but workers' rights lag behind
Money & Business

UK clothing manufacturing booms, but workers' rights lag behind

...working conditions have yet to improve...[An abandoned factory] Clothes manufacturing in the UK has seen a striking revival since 2007. Not only have new business models come onto the scene, particularly with the growth of online retailers, their actual manufacture has increased significantly. Between 2008-2012, for example, the industry grew by almost 11%. This...
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