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Hybrid working: starting in the workplace
Money & Business

Hybrid working: starting in the workplace

...world, and focusing on developing more inclusive workplaces and promoting social mobility. To understand what organisations are considering, and the skills they are focusing on, in the video below, Jessica Leigh Jones MBE, co-founder and Chief Executive of iungo Solutions, a company working at the intersection of business, education and government, discusses what...
What do historians do?
History & The Arts

What do historians do?

...world they saw. Here you can see that increasingly diverse fields of academic history have developed their own traditions of scholarly research practice and literature (historiography) over the last half a century or so but are also rooted in a broader cultural context. The economic and urban historian Richard Rodger studies the built environment today and shows how...
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Rural entrepreneurship in Wales
Money & Business

Rural entrepreneurship in Wales

...world around us and some that relate to social or cultural aspects. Sometimes they might be positive (as above), but others might be negative: everybody knowing your business; difficult to access services like education or health care; poor roads and transport links, and lack of employment opportunities. Defining ‘rurality’ is by no means straightforward, but it is...
Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Visions of protest: graffiti
History & The Arts

Visions of protest: graffiti

...world? Activity 6 Tate Modern’s giant graffiti Timing: Allow about 20 minutes Click on the following link to watch ‘Tate Modern‘s giant graffiti’, which is a short video of a BBC News report on Tate Modern’s graffiti exhibition in 2008. When watching this film think about the following question and make notes in the text box below: What is the difference between...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Reading visual images
Society, Politics & Law

Reading visual images

...world took the view that this was not a just or honourable war. Its prosecution by the USA and its client regime in South Vietnam was seen widely as oppressing the civilian population of the country. These meanings, and the information they supply to us, are transmitted from both the image and the context of its use, and are made up from the relationship between both...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging

...World War. It set out, on a global scale, fundamental human rights. The declaration includes such things as: all humans are born free and equal; everyone has a right to life, liberty, and security of person; everyone has a right to education; everyone has a right to freely participate in their community; everyone has a right to a family life. The Universal Declaration of...
Discovering music through listening
History & The Arts

Discovering music through listening

...World War as a powerful symbol of the war effort, reflecting Beethoven’s own belief in personal liberty. [This is a photograph of Winston Churchill] Figure 7 British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill giving the ‘V’ victory sign. Activity 6 The rhythmic pattern which forms the opening of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is not only an example of the social function of...
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...World War were redeemed. The Government is also looking closely at the case for redeeming £2 billion of other undated gilts issued after the First World War. The reason for these developments is financial rather than emotional, despite the centennial anniversary of the war, the cost of these gilts to the Government is now higher than the cost of newly issued gilts given...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs