3,400 search results
Engaging with children and young people
Money & Business

Engaging with children and young people

...Open University in association with the Police Service of Northern Ireland. ...Engaging with children and young people: Introduction - Perhaps more than any other engagement, the first encounter that a young person has with police can form their perception for years to come. Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children 2013-2014, Baroness Massey of Darwen, is...
View course Engaging with children and young people
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Revision and examinations
Education & Development

Revision and examinations

...Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Revision and examinations: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: manage time more effectively when revising and in the exam itself learn, or brush up on, revision and exam skills feel equipped to approach exams with less anxiety and stress...Revision and examinations: 1 Revision and exams...
View course Revision and examinations
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
UK clothing manufacturing booms, but workers' rights lag behind
Money & Business

UK clothing manufacturing booms, but workers' rights lag behind

...sourcing networks and wield a level of market power that cannot be matched by relatively small suppliers and manufacturers. And, if the dominant business model of fast fashion is one of quality production, low margins, and lean supply chain practices, it is only logical that purchasing practices are oriented towards price, rather than more long-term and mutually...
View article UK clothing manufacturing booms, but workers' rights lag behind
Article 5 mins
Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?

...sources can provide perfectly legitimate estimates for probabilities. There is however no such data on which to base estimates for the probabilities of an adverse outcome in a hospital were any of the medical staff actually trying to harm the patients. It is an experiment which cannot be run. One cannot simply let a known murderer loose among the high dependency units to...
View article Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?
Article 5 mins
Should we be worried about the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we be worried about the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement?

...sources by 2020 and is even considered a “renewable energy paradise”. Renewable energy initiatives in most other countries are pale by comparison. The US has very different reasons to withdraw from the Paris climate deal. Trump wants a deal “on terms that are fair to the United States” and his reason for withdrawing from the deal is that he is “elected to...
View article Should we be worried about the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement?
Article 10 mins
The ‘New World’ Beckons: Irish Migration to Britain’s American Colonies
OpenLearn Ireland

The ‘New World’ Beckons: Irish Migration to Britain’s American Colonies

...sources, Kevin Kenny estimates that between 440,000 and 517,000 of a white population of 3.17 million were Irish or of Irish descent. Kenny also estimates that of the total Euro-American population, only 4% were of Irish Catholic origin and 10% were Irish Presbyterian, while several other Irish Protestant denominations (which included Methodists, Quakers and especially...
View article The ‘New World’ Beckons: Irish Migration to Britain’s American Colonies
Article 5 mins
The challenge of invasive alien species
Nature & Environment

The challenge of invasive alien species

...Source: Global Invasive Species Database (http://www.issg.org/database/welcome/) What are the impacts of invasive alien species? The negative impacts of invasive alien species could be direct or indirect. Invasive species could directly impact native species through herbivory or predation; acting as vectors of disease transmission; or even physically damaging local...
View article The challenge of invasive alien species
Article 10 mins
Why has reaching the Chinese internet audience just got a little harder?
Digital & Computing

Why has reaching the Chinese internet audience just got a little harder?

...source who had participated in the drafting of the regulation told Wall Street Journal (via China Digital Times): No one in China will have trouble visiting whitehouse.gov. The White House will not have to submit network access information to the authorities, because it has nothing to do with China […] Still, the rule could affect larger foreign companies that have or...
View article Why has reaching the Chinese internet audience just got a little harder?
Article 5 mins