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The case for and against a second referendum
Society, Politics & Law

The case for and against a second referendum

...course, it was unlikely (but not impossible) that such a long list of questions could be put to the electorate, not least because it would have been a confusing turn off for voters. But this why a second referendum is now required. It’s essential because we only started to ask the questions above after June 2016. Not only did we not know the answers to such questions at...
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Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’

...courses and qualifications. You might be surprised about the different career paths that are emerging for nursing associates (NAs) in the healthcare workforce. In fields such as research and education there are increasing opportunities for band 4 NAs to progress without requiring the degree Transfer to Nursing (top-up) programme to be a registered nurse. You may be...
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Different cultures, different childhoods
History & The Arts

Different cultures, different childhoods

...courses and qualifications and Early Years courses and qualifications. [Children in tent - Corbis] When I look back on my own childhood in the 1970s and 80s and compare it with children today, it reminds me of that famous sentence ‘The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there’ (from L. P. Hartley’s novel The Go-Between). Even in a relatively short...
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Seeing the internet
Digital & Computing

Seeing the internet

...course, if you’re an OU student you'll be using the internet for your studies! But even in the case of people who don't have any of that technology – who don't own a smartphone or a tablet, and who, in the Global North, are more likely to be poor and old – a lot of what they do will be managed by digital technologies. The bus that runs into town will probably have a...
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Digital carbon footprints and remote working
Nature & Environment

Digital carbon footprints and remote working

...courses. Digital carbon footprints and the remote workforce Today many companies find themselves at the intersection of two global workforce megatrends – distributed, remote workforces and the phenomenon known as the Great Resignation. These two trends have disrupted the notion of the workplace and the employer’s sphere of workforce responsibility, leaving many...
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What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?
Languages

What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?

...courses and qualifications. Germany has discovered a new social type that is causing grief in modern diverse societies: the “Integrationsverweigerer;” literally someone who refuses to integrate, a “Verweigerer” is a “conscientious objector” or a “refusenik.” The principal characteristic of a “Integrationsverweigerer” is that they are not learning...
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Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives
Education & Development

Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives

...courses attended, certificates earned, hours logged. But what if we reimagined it as something more human, more relational and more embedded in the everyday?...A recent conversation between three colleagues from different professional backgrounds – education, social work, and academic development in Higher Education – explored the synergies and differences between how...
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Artificial intelligence: implications for social work writing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Artificial intelligence: implications for social work writing

...courses. Social workers write some of the most important records and reports about people’s lives, which have a lifelong impact (Pierre, 2022). Although writing is often mentioned as a burdensome sideline of what social workers do, writing and recording are core aspects of the practice of social work (Rai et al., 2024). The rapid development of artificial intelligence...
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