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The impact of COVID-19 on linguists and their mental health
Languages

The impact of COVID-19 on linguists and their mental health

...work is very visible to the outside world. The risks taken daily by the armies of British doctors, nurses and healthcare workers treating coronavirus patients have been starkly illustrated by a growing number of deaths which have been widely reported. The mental health of frontline staff has also attracted increasing attention, as they are believed to be at high risk of...
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Article 10 mins
Managing and managing people
Money & Business

Managing and managing people

...working environment. They include your job, your organisation, and the people you work with. Then you will need to diagnose what you might do to improve your own managerial performance, and take a first step to improve it. This free course, Managing and managing people, is an adapted extract from the Open University course B628 Managing 1: organisations and...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Why has the welfare cap become so complex?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has the welfare cap become so complex?

...working aged families introduced in April 2013 has been one of the most supported policies introduced by the coalition. By setting the maximum eligibility at the median household income and excluding those working over 16 hours (24, if two workers) voters saw it as an equitable constraint which could, with support, also help people to better their circumstances by finding...
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Hacking under your skin?
Digital & Computing

Hacking under your skin?

...worked out how to hack into the communications used by an implanted medical device – that is a piece of technology permanently placed inside a living person. In this case, the device was an unnamed neurostimulator used to treat conditions including Parkinson’s Disease as well as chronic pain. Although these devices are placed within the body, they can be reprogrammed...
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The hostile environment for immigrants is drawn from a well of taken-for-granted assumptions
Society, Politics & Law

The hostile environment for immigrants is drawn from a well of taken-for-granted assumptions

...working as an NHS nurse, and spent the rest of his life in the UK. His mother now believes that he was a victim of the Government’s so-called ‘hostile environment’ policy which was introduced by Theresa May when she was Home Secretary. The ‘Windrush scandal’ came to light as a result of excellent investigative journalism by Amelia Gentleman in The Guardian and...
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Article 10 mins
Tackling systemic human and workers’ rights issues in garment supply chains
Society, Politics & Law

Tackling systemic human and workers’ rights issues in garment supply chains

...working hours, discrimination and the exploitation of migrant workers. ETI and our members believe that in order to address labour and human rights issues, you must first understand the root cause (be it political, economic, cultural or a mixture of all three) and then to work together to tackle this and drive long-lasting change for workers. In Bangladesh, our programme...
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Meet the ThrustWSH project team
Science, Maths & Technology

Meet the ThrustWSH project team

...work on the ThrustWSH team? In the next video you'll hear from Dick Barton who explains what the RAF taught him and some of the practical skills that are needed to be part of the team. You'll also hear from Leonard Newton as he explains how learning what works is achieved through building and testing models of boats, as well as Butch Dalrymple-Smith who explains how, of...
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Video 30 mins
Enduring Love
Society, Politics & Law

Enduring Love

...work' that people do to sustain their enduring love... Finding 'The One' - and Keeping Them Couples describe their experience of meeting ‘the one’ and staying together. 1+1=3: Relationships and Children Couples reflect on how children affect their relationships. Love and Intimacy Couples talk about sex and affection and how they show their love for each other....
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